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JD Simkins
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Executive editor, Military Times & Defense News. Would rather be outside.
And then there's the irony of Hegseth presenting a medal to Hellfighter relatives after Hegseth personally stripped a base name honoring Hellfighter Medal of Honor recipient Henry Johnson to return it to something Confederate-adjacent. Oh and this was a Biden-era Act www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
... or that Black soldiers acted as a “constant menace to the American” and didn’t possess a “civic and professional conscience,” or that the Hellfighters were initially relegated to labor-intensive duties until they were ordered into battle in 1918 … after they were assigned to the French Army
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It also fails to note Gen. Pershing's authorization of the distribution of a pamphlet advising America’s French allies against relying on — or associating with — their Black counterparts, or that Pershing claimed the men of the 369th were “inferior” to white soldiers...
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Elite pull
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
His insistence on main character syndrome at the heart of all his grotesque arguments is totally vile
July 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
He’s still at it — just days ago
July 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM