181pl Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 KAUFMAN, TX (KTVT/CNN) - At age 92. World War II veteran Howard Banks is legally blind, but his memory is sharp. On July 11, a day before his birthday, the Marine heard someone outside pulling his American flag down. So he went outside to investigate. “I walked out, hanging onto the railing, and stepped down. That must’ve startled them,” Banks said. Banks said the first time this happened, about a year ago, someone shredded his American flag and ripped his Marine flag. He was determined not to let that happen again. “They could see me. I couldn’t see them. I turned and looked in the other direction, and about then - wham! One of them knocked me down,” Banks said. Whoever did it took off. Neighbors rushed in to help Banks up. His knee was left a little twisted, he said, and he suffered bumps and bruises. But he said that can’t stop him from his life’s mission, to honor veterans who sacrifice and serve. “I think we all had that same feeling, that that flag was our identity. We were Americans,” he said.”The fact that I’m getting older, and the less I can do, at least I can still do that.” Banks didn’t hear who attacked him. Meanwhile, family, neighbors and police are keeping a close watch on Banks and his flags. Copyright 2017 KTVT via CNN. All rights reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin4ever Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 There's a special place in Hell for these MF's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aZjimbo Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 14 hours ago, Drummer61 said: Tar and feather them...... Better, just shoot them. But guns are so dangerous? Isn't that so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftOnBase Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, aZjimbo said: But guns are so dangerous? Isn't that so? And scary looking.......especially those fully automatic AR-15 rifles. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealCAJ Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 The closest james has been to an AR-15 was watching Rambo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aZjimbo Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 hour ago, TheRealCAJ said: The closest james has been to an AR-15 was watching Rambo. Your stupidity knows no boundaries. Go back to telling us about air rumell. What excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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