Hang On, Walt Straka!

[bigtree]

...this patriot deserves a White House ceremony with a real president.

Stacey Burns @WentRogue
Walt Straka, a 101 year old Minnesota survivor of the Bataan Death March, turned down an invitation to receive his Congressional Gold Medal in a White House ceremony: “I would have gone if Obama was still in there.”

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____Walt was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, a rare honor, and the Minnesota World War II Memorial Medallion for “his intrepidity and indomitable courage against a brutal enemy.”

Previous recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal include George Washington, Thomas Edison, Charles Lindbergh, Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks.

“I guess I’m in pretty good company,” said Straka, who declined an invitation to receive the medal at the White House. “I would have gone if Obama was still in there,” he said.

read Walt's story: https://www.startribune.com/from-brainerd-to-bataan-at-101-veteran-recalls-the-horrors/573003751/

[underpants]

1. Amazing that that horrific experience didn't take years off his life

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[LSFL]

2. Maybe it did

He's a highlander brah.