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Harry Patch: Anti War Hero
Harry Patch: Anti War Hero
Private Harry Patch, aged 111, popularly known as ‘The Last Tommy’ through being the last soldier to survive WW1, was, in fact, an outspoken antiwar refusenik.
A warmongering UK
Establishment would try to commandeer him and his memory in
order to glorify their notion of “the good war” – as
if Harry was just a poppy to put in their buttonholes –
but Harry wouldn’t have it. He firmly believed that
‘Thou shalt not kill’ trumped all demands of ‘King and
Country’ and said so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d26IVqVivE
Heathcote Williams
ENDS
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