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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Genuine "Thanks" on Thanksgiving. France mourns a hero among heroes: Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, one of only two remaining "Compagnons de la Libération" -an honor awarded by exiled wartime leader, Charles de Gaulle- dies at 100

Genuine "Thanks" on Thanksgiving. France mourns a hero among heroes: Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, one of only two remaining "Compagnons de la Libération" -an honor awarded by exiled wartime leader, Charles de Gaulle- dies at 100.

After the death of Cordier, as of today, only one Compagnons de la Libération is still alive, Hubert Germain, out of the 1,038 distinguished by General de Gaulle for their commitment within Free France during the German Occupation. 

Upon his death, Germain will be buried in the crypt of Mont Valérien in the last empty vault.


1/ Daniel Cordier, #French Resistance hero, a designated "Companion of the Liberation," dies at 100. After the war, he became a leading modern art gallery owner in Paris as well as a prolific author on his wartime experiences, via @washingtonpost
https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/1332022863918985218?s=20


The Washington Post

Obituaries
Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100
By Phil Davison, Monday November 23, 2020 at 5:21 p.m. EST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/daniel-cordier-dies-/2020/11/23/3986156e-2d98-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html




What a great beginning for this tale of valor and strength...

Age 19 and about to join the French army to fight the Nazi invaders, Daniel Cordier heard on the radio in June 1940 that France’s military head of state, Marshal Philippe Pétain, had capitulated to the Germans.
“I naively thought, as my parents did, that Pétain was going to launch France’s victorious counteroffensive,” Mr. Cordier recalled in a 2010 interview with the public radio channel France Culture. “Instead, he announced the end of the fighting, that is to say the end of hope. I burst into tears, went up to my room and sobbed.”

Then, muttering a choice epithet about Pétain, he regrouped.

2/ #DanielCordier was a man who, when #France was at its lowest depth, was up to the moment + tasks ahead, when others were not. He did not shirk his responsibility as a citizen and leave it to others to do what was necessary. He just did it. @RBrookhiser @LewisHowes

https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/1332024626877173760?s=20



3/ “When #France was in danger, [#DanielCordier] and his compagnons took every risk so that France remained France. We owe them our freedom and our honour...”
-President Emmanuel Macron
https://t.co/jjSpW0kYlr?amp=1 @RBrookhiser @LewisHowes

https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/1332027630816792579?s=20



The Guardian
Daniel Cordier, one of last heroes of French resistance, dies aged 100
As secretary to the great resistance leader, Jean Moulin, he helped organise fight against Nazi occupation.
By Kim Willsher in Paris, Friday 20 Nov 2020 14.33 EST
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/20/daniel-cordier-one-of-last-heroes-of-french-resistance-dies-aged-100



4/ .@EmmanuelMacron  "#DanielCordier helped to build the history of the past century, to bring his indispensable testimony to the memory of our present time. Farewell Caracalla. Thank you. The flame that you lit with your companions will not go out." 🙏

https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/1332028062448431106?s=20


Watch the amazing video of the complete nationally-televised hommage to Daniel Cordier that took place this morning in Paris, at la Cour des Invalides, aka Les Invalides.

https://twitter.com/Elysee/status/1331971169889775617?s=20


Daniel Cordier, dans l'ombre de Jean Moulin

France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine YouTube Channel
Uploaded May 7, 2018

Ce magazine met à l'honneur Daniel Cordier à travers un documentaire inédit, un homme au destin extraordinaire : il fut le secrétaire particulier de Jean Moulin durant la seconde guerre mondiale. A 97 ans, il est l'un des 10 derniers Compagnons de la Résistance encore en vie. Ce Bordelais d'origine a reçu les journalistes dans son appartement cannois, peuplé de centaines de livres et d’œuvres d’art. Face à la caméra, il revient sur son parcours hors du commun. Marie Pierre d'Abrigeon et Didier Bonnet signent cet entretien. https://youtu.be/Qh4_N6Q5lNM




Dave

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Genuine &quot;Thanks&quot; on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thanksgiving?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Thanksgiving</a>. 🙏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#France</a> 🇫🇷 mourns a hero among heroes: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DanielCordier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DanielCordier</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/French?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#French</a> Resistance hero, one of only two remaining &quot;Compagnons de la Libération&quot; -an honor awarded by exiled wartime leader, Charles de Gaulle- dies at 100. 😢<a href="https://t.co/kiE7Q7zHRK">https://t.co/kiE7Q7zHRK</a></p>&mdash; HallandaleBeach/Hollywood Blog (@hbbtruth) <a href="https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/status/1332188693147377664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Thursday, June 6, 2019

#DDAY75 - So many stories to tell and share, including actor Charles Durning's, but one in particular that connects-the-dots: Four generations of one family remember Great Britain's D-Day heroes






I've been watching Sky News since late last night, early this morning in France, so wanted to share just some of what I've seen and been thinking about all day on this very important day.
























#DDAY75

Four generations remember Britain's D-Day heroes
Sky News
Uploaded on June 6, 2019

Clive Pitt is a D-Day veteran and, as the 75th anniversary of the landings returned, his family - including Sky News presenter Sarah Hewson - heard from him about his journey and made a journey of their own. #DDAY75



















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Saturday, April 27, 2013

WaPo's editorial is important because it matters and will be read in lots of important places: Washington Post Editorial Board mulls facts over and fillets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his well-known, self-destructive penchant for engaging in historical revisionism and nationalism: "Shinzo Abe’s inability to face history" -or reality; @安倍 晋三



Arirang News YouTube Channel video: Japanese Prime Minister Shenzo Abe statement inflames tensions between Korea and Japan 아베의 '망언'...한일. Uploaded April 24, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWRVleXJIvM


Steve Miller reports from South Korea on the latest Abe controversy that has the Koreans and Chinese so irate: 


theqirangervlog YouTube Channel video: Shinzo Abe Denies Historical Colonization of Korea. Uploaded April 23, 2013. http://youtu.be/lLMGdNGdZ1g
WaPo's editorial is important because it matters and will be read in lots of important places: Washington Post Editorial Board mulls facts over and fillets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his well-known, self-destructive penchant for engaging in historical revisionism and nationalism: "Shinzo Abe’s inability to face history"
Get it, the Post's intentional or unintentional double-meaning of face?

Defenders of Abe and at least some of the Japanese Establishment will no doubt see this criticism of him as a result of China and South Korea teaming-up behind the scenes to... blah blah.

 No, it's that Abe, far too often for comfort's sake, seems unable to help himself and keep his mouth shut and his head focused, a habit that is NOT a positive trait for anyone, least of all, Japan, China, South Korea or the U.S. and its military forces in the area to protect our allies, capisce?

But how do you convince the Chinese people or their government of this, or that this character fault of his can be overcome, since some of them at least, officially or not, STILL believe in 关系, guanxi and feel that in this equation, we, the U.S, are still NOT doing enough to make Abe stop indulging himself at their expense and humiliation?.

 Our dilemma is that we don't seem to always act like we know when Abe is playing to small elements within Japanese society that he feels he must sate, but with his fingers crossed, or when he's actually serious about what he's saying or doing.

 But there's no real confusion of what it means to Koreans and Chinese when Abe goes to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Our perceived confusion on this part, whether real or feigned for public consumption in Asia, only is making things worse, and as most of you know, I'm not a fan of John Kerry's, so I don't see him bringing anything to the equation that's going to change the dynamic.

 And now the main course...

The Washington Post
Editorial Board
Shinzo Abe’s inability to face history
April 26, 2013
From the moment last fall when Shinzo Abe reclaimed the office of Japanese prime minister that he had bungled away five years earlier, one question has stood out: Would he restrain his nationalist impulses — and especially his historical revisionism — to make progress for Japan?
Until this week, the answer to that question was looking positive. Mr. Abe has taken brave steps toward reforming Japan’s moribund economy. He defied powerful interest groups within his party, such as rice farmers, to join free-trade talks with the United States and other Pacific nations that have the potential to spur growth in Japan. He spoke in measured terms of his justifiable desire to increase defense spending.
Read the rest of the WaPo's editorial at:

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Monday, August 13, 2012

#London2012 - Deadspin offers up video clips of what you missed at the 2012 London Olympic Closing Ceremonies because of NBC's editing, and the Tom Brokaw one-hour documentary that allowed him to reclaim his title of "voice" of "The Greatest Generation" -his personal kitsch marketing niche

Deadspin offers up video clips of what you missed Sunday night at the 2012 London Olympic Closing Ceremonies while people because like me continue to question  NBC-TV putting Tom Brokaw front-and-center Saturday night to showboat a bit, and to reclaim his title of "voice" of "The Greatest Generation" -his personal kitsch marketing niche- during a completely unnecessary one-hour program about 1930's Britain and WWII and the economic and social aftermath, "Their Finest Hour."

 Nice original title(!) and contrary to what's been reported, I HAD seen much of the footage before.

And if you insist on doing something like this, why would you schedule it on the last weekend the Olympics instead of the first weekend?
It's completely illogical, even on its own terms -even if you support something like it airing on U.S. television.

There's a very good reason why so many smart people in the U.S. saw the original "The World at War" anthology by ITV about WWII when it first aired in the U.S. came out in the late 1970's, with Laurence Olivier's narration.
Because of its quality and clarity and depth, unlike most high school and college textbooks.

 It aired here in South Florida on Channel 10 on Sunday nights before ABC-TV's entertainment  programming began. I never missed it and have seen every episode about a dozen times thanks to the Military Channel, DirecTV Channel 287. http://www.theworldatwar.com/ )
NBC Cut Nearly An Hour From Its Closing Ceremony Telecast. Here’s Everything They Didn’t Show You (Including The Kinks’ Ray Davies)
By Timothy Burke
August 13, 2012 1:44 PM 
We knew NBC would heavily edit its broadcast of last night's London Olympics closing ceremony; they cut out a bunch of stuff from the opening ceremony, too, in the name of "tailoring programming to our American audience."

IF you are one of those rare Americans who had somehow missed the point for the last forty years that Brokaw was from South Dakota, you couldn't have missed it during this self-indulgent one hour.
Since it was all recorded, there was no actual reason for Brokaw to even physically be in London save high self-regard and him throwing-his-weight-around and/or NBC wanting to trot him out to how how serious they were, and in any case, wasn't the latter role actually Bob Costas' role as Everyman, who felt it necessary to state the obvious, sometimes, in grave tones?

Meanwhile, these are the same NBC geniuses that waited until the 15th day of the 17-day Olympics to do a segment on Roger Bannister, when it should've been done the first weekend.

 The same geniuses who DIDN'T show the medal ceremony for the Men's Marathon winner, the last contest of the Games, and always a highlight.
Thank goodness an American runner didn't do something silly and win and throw NBC's minute calculations off.

Me, foolishly, I thought that the hour of coverage that NBC promised us after the Local NBC affiliate newscast would be what we missed.
Instead, they re-played what they'd already run, awkwardly picking it up during the narrative of the U.S. Women's gymnastics team battle for the team gold against Aliya Mustafina, Victoria Komova and the rest of the Russian team.  

See clips of the rehearsals of the Closing Ceremonies at
http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012

My grade for NBC for the whole Olympics is C-.
In a nutshell, with plenty of examples I could cite jere, probably just like you: The winner of the Women's 100 Meters speaks English, being from Jamaica, but NBC chose not to interview her - THE fastest women in the world.

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