Posted by
Gray Ghost on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:20:33 PM
On Memorial Day, presidential candidate Obama released statements that members of his family served in the forces of the Soviet Union during World War II. Obama said, "His WWII veteran uncle helped liberate Auschwitz."
This concentration camp, located in Poland, was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945.
Later, presidential candidate Obama and his handlers released additional information. It seems that Obama's Red Army uncle and Soviet forces also liberated Buchenwald later that year. This came as quite a shock to veterans of the U.S. 89th Infantry Division. For over 50 years they thought that they had liberated Buchenwald, located in Germany.
Speaking to a gentleman (who asked not to be named), this World War II veteran of the 89th Infantry Division and the liberation of Buchenwald said he was shocked to learn that the Russians got there first.