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appalachiablue

(43,700 posts) Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:02 PM Dec 2020

Steve Domitrovich, Last Survivor Malmedy Massacre, Dec. 17, 1944, Battle of the Bulge WWII

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Steve Domitrovich, age 90, last survivor of the Malmedy Massacre, Dec. 17, 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium. (2014). In a field in Belgium, 84 American POWs were massacred by German Waffen SS troops.

SD Story & obituary, Jan. 14, 2017. https://www.timesonline.com/c1934608-df53-11e6-b72b-c7e4c1fced32.html

Read More, Malmedy Massacre, https://democraticunderground.com/1016280114

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Steve Domitrovich, Last Survivor Malmedy Massacre, Dec. 17, 1944, Battle of the Bulge WWII (Original Post) appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

I read that Hitler specically orderd brutal treatment of the GIs, thinking it would spread fear captain queeg Dec 2020 #1

The SS also did this on the eastern front, desperate and vicious. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #2

IIRC, the USSR had not signed the Geneva Convention GopherGal Dec 2020 #6

Sounds right sorry to say appalachiablue Dec 2020 #10

One of the terms of the Geneva Convention gladium et scutum Dec 2020 #11

He passed at age 94. Surrounded by family. irisblue Dec 2020 #3

Thank you, he was in very good shape in the video appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8

Thanks. 90 wasn't adding up for me. yonder Dec 2020 #4

Another hero passes. TomSlick Dec 2020 #5

More and more, as the last heroes pass. My uncle just appalachiablue Dec 2020 #7

There yet remain heroes among us. TomSlick Dec 2020 #9

That's right, more heros from Vietnam, Iraq, Afgahnistan appalachiablue Dec 2020 #12

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

1. I read that Hitler specically orderd brutal treatment of the GIs, thinking it would spread fear

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:06 PM

Dec 2020

It had the opposite effect when the rumors about the massacre spread. Soldiers figured they'd better fight to the death than surrender. I don't think this massacre was typical on the western front, but these guys ran into the SS.

appalachiablue

(43,700 posts)

2. The SS also did this on the eastern front, desperate and vicious.

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:12 PM

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GopherGal

(2,734 posts)

6. IIRC, the USSR had not signed the Geneva Convention

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:51 PM

Dec 2020

so there was all sorts of brutal stuff going on with prisoners there.

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-the-USSR-decide-not-to-sign-the-Geneva-convention]

appalachiablue

(43,700 posts)

10. Sounds right sorry to say

Reply to GopherGal (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 09:25 PM

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gladium et scutum

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11. One of the terms of the Geneva Convention

Reply to GopherGal (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 07:13 AM

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is the requirement to treat POWs of a non-signatory nation (such as the USSR) in the same manner as you would treat the POWs of a nation that signed the Convention.

irisblue

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3. He passed at age 94. Surrounded by family.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:15 PM

Dec 2020

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https://www.toddfuneralhome.net/obituary/Steve-Domitrovich

appalachiablue

(43,700 posts)

8. Thank you, he was in very good shape in the video

Reply to irisblue (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:55 PM

Dec 2020

considering age and all he had been through in the war. And his brothers were likely gone.

yonder

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4. Thanks. 90 wasn't adding up for me.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:34 PM

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TomSlick

(12,817 posts)

5. Another hero passes.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:35 PM

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appalachiablue

(43,700 posts)

7. More and more, as the last heroes pass. My uncle just

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:53 PM

Dec 2020

went, in his 90s, Korean War Veteran, Purple Heart, Silver Star. Became a cardiologist in Detroit.

TomSlick

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9. There yet remain heroes among us.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 08:59 PM

Dec 2020

The WWII heroes are passing and the remaining Korean War heroes are fewer in number. Heroes of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. are with us and should not be forgotten. So long as men and woman are prepared to risk all for the country, there will be heroes in our midst.

appalachiablue

(43,700 posts)

12. That's right, more heros from Vietnam, Iraq, Afgahnistan

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 10:17 AM

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