Joe & the Veterans

Joe McCarthy's bullying treatment of Brigadier General Ralph W. Zwicker made one veterans' outfit see red. Last week the Veterans of Foreign Wars post of Stoughton, Wis., Zwicker's birthplace, gathered in meeting and unanimously adopted a resolution:

"Whereas General Zwicker's record of service to his country includes combat action which has brought him many decorations and honors, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters and Arrowhead, British Distinguished Service Order, French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre, and

"Whereas Senator McCarthy's service record includes resigning from the service before the war with Japan was over at a time when his Marine Corps comrades faced months of bloody fighting in the Pacific; false claims about alleged wounds which in fact he did not suffer; claims that he was a 'tail gunner' when in fact he was a Marine Air Force ground intelligence officer; false claims that he entered service as a 'buck private' when in fact he entered as a commissioned officer; efforts to promote decorations for himself;

"Therefore be it resolved that the Stoughton Post of the V.F.W. condemn the abusive and insulting treatment of General Zwicker by Senator McCarthy and [express] its gratitude to [Zwicker] for the valiant service he has rendered on the battlefield against the enemies of our democracy."

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