Remember the guy who wouldn't take
the flag pole down on his Virginia property a while back?
You might remember the news story several months ago
about a crotchety old man in Virginia
who defied his local Homeowners Association,
and refused to take down the flag pole on
his property along with the large American flag he flew on it.
about a crotchety old man in Virginia
who defied his local Homeowners Association,
and refused to take down the flag pole on
his property along with the large American flag he flew on it.
Now we learn who that old man was.
On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg, Texas.
That probably didn't make news back then.
But twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, Near Carano, Italy,
that same Van T. Barfoot who had in
1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set out alone to
flank German machine gun positions
from which gunfire was raining down on his fellow soldiers.
But twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, Near Carano, Italy,
that same Van T. Barfoot who had in
1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set out alone to
flank German machine gun positions
from which gunfire was raining down on his fellow soldiers.
His advance took him through a minefield but
having done so, he proceeded to single-handedly
take out three enemy machine gun positions,
returning with 17 prisoners of war.
Contributed by Dr. J. Rust, Ph.D. Physics
Contributed by Dr. J. Rust, Ph.D. Physics
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