Comments on: Ireland’s Debt to Its World War II Soldiers http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/irelands-debt-to-its-world-war-ii-soldiers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irelands-debt-to-its-world-war-ii-soldiers Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jim http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/irelands-debt-to-its-world-war-ii-soldiers/comment-page-1/#comment-22758 Jim Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=100173#comment-22758 The Irish government's treatment of its soldiers who fought for the Allies in the second world war is a disgrace.  I speak as a died-in-the-wool Celt whose father came from County Galway and whose sons proudly served against the Axis. My uncle Joseph McLaughlin, every one of whose forbears came from County Kerry, was a pilot in the RAF during the Battle of Britain and was shot down on his first bombing run over occupied France. He was cited by the King of England and we still have the medals to prove it. The only parallel, inexact as it may be, was Stalin's slaughter of Russian soldiers returning from captivity for not perishing for the homeland.  For its epic shortsightedness and stupidity in this matter, I say to the Irish government, shame, shame, shame.  Sincerely, James Patrick McGrath The Irish government’s treatment of its soldiers who fought for the Allies in the second world war is a disgrace.  I speak as a died-in-the-wool Celt whose father came from County Galway and whose sons proudly served against the Axis. My uncle Joseph McLaughlin, every one of whose forbears came from County Kerry, was a pilot in the RAF during the Battle of Britain and was shot down on his first bombing run over occupied France. He was cited by the King of England and we still have the medals to prove it. The only parallel, inexact as it may be, was Stalin’s slaughter of Russian soldiers returning from captivity for not perishing for the homeland.  For its epic shortsightedness and stupidity in this matter, I say to the Irish government, shame, shame, shame. 

Sincerely,
James Patrick McGrath

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