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On February 13, 1944, Congress held a hearing on the "protection money" incident, and although the final conclusion was still to be voted on by Congress, the relevant gossip had already circulated in advance: "...... Chasing after the wind and shadows, there is no substantiated evidence, and it is recommended that the investigation be stopped". Although the Republicans are not satisfied www.biquge.info they can only accept this point of view, and the people who can check it are all poor, they have read all the materials they can see, and they have all thought of the methods they can think of, but there is no strong evidence, how can they be convicted? Moreover, Truman's work attitude and work style are impeccable, and he is more Republican than the Republican Party, and no one can criticize him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before we convene the meeting, let us hear from a young man about his personal experience...... "his name is John F. Kennedy, who served and captained a PT torpedo boat and fought in the Battle of Cape Verde a few months ago, fought bravely but was unfortunately taken prisoner of war after being coerced. In the prisoner of war camp, he did not give up, always looking for an escape opportunity, and finally escaped from the clutches of the Germans with 9 brothers in his life, and deliberately led away the pursuers in order to cover his companions on the way to escape, but he was lucky not to die with 3 shots, and finally escaped safely with his companions and returned home, let us greet this hero with the warmest applause! ”

Everyone applauded enthusiastically, and a few Democratic lawmakers were asking privately: John F. Kennedy's name is familiar, is it Joseph Kennedy's son?

Joseph Sr. and the other officers and men on the torpedo boat slowly pushed the stretcher into the venue, Kennedy's injuries healed quickly, and he could barely sit up, but how could the effect of the speech be as good as lying down? After everyone summed up, they decided to push the stretcher cart out of the field.

Sure enough, after this posture came out, the applause was even more enthusiastic, and many Democrats who were familiar with Joseph even stood up and waved, and now everyone is sure that this Kennedy is the son of Joseph Sr., and the old Joseph under the spotlight looks a little restrained, only he knows what the truth of the prison escape is, but he must not say it, and he can't say it even if he is dead!

"I'm sorry to meet with the esteemed Councillors like this, I should have come back after recovering from my injuries, but what I have seen and heard over the past few months has made me unable to suppress my eagerness, and the urgency of hearing the charges against General Turner is particularly strong, and my sense of honor, my sense of mission, and my faith have compelled me to report to you as soon as possible."

John F. Kennedy took a breath and said slowly, as a top student at Harvard University, who has always taken the American presidential dream as his own responsibility, and has been exposed to it in high-level political circles for so long, his speech level is certainly very ideal.

"I didn't serve the Navy for long, and my only field combat experience was as the captain of the torpedo boat PT-189 in the Cape Verde Islands, where my torpedo boat lost 7 companions, 5 died in German S-boat attacks, and 2 ......" Kennedy's tone was very bad, and his voice was full of irrepressible anger, "Died at the hands of the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the mutinous Army!" ”

There was a "buzz", and the crowd began to talk and start to talk to each other.

"I have heard the commander say more than once that the German defenders on the island have only 5-6 thousand men, and we have gone up to 2 old army divisions, and at the same time there are a large number of warships and aircraft to provide fire cover, it should be said that the preparation is very sufficient, and the advantage is completely ours, I at first thought that this battle would soon end with a complete victory for our side, but the expected victory did not come for a long time, the Germans defended very stubbornly, their aircraft and S-boat units fought very fiercely, and the army suffered heavy casualties but could not take it, In particular, the endless night raids made us lose our troops, and 5 of our companions died in a night raid, and I didn't know that the battle could still be fought like this...... Of course, this is only what I have seen as a junior officer, and it is very incomplete, and what I want to focus on today is the situation at the moment of the final retreat......"

Everyone pricked up their ears, everyone actually knew how Cape Verde was playing, and now the most concerning, vague and chaotic thing was the situation at the last moment.

"The order to retreat was given in a hurry, and the commander told me that the German fleet had swooped in from the direction of Newfoundland, and that it had fought with the fleet once first, and that it was very strong, and our army was outmatched. If there is no further retreat, it is possible that the entire army will be annihilated in Cape Verde - not only the fleet, but also the ground forces that have landed. Therefore, the higher authorities arranged for the main fleet to retreat first, and our auxiliary ships, including torpedo boats, frigates, several destroyers, and some freighters, assisted the army in retreating.

At that time, there were at least 14,000 troops in the Cape Verde Army, and all the ships that could retreat together could only provide a maximum of about 7,000-8,000 evacuation capacity. I asked the sir, what should I do? He was silent for a long time, and told me that he believed that the army would pick the personnel to retreat, and that it was my duty to accept as many evacuees as possible while ensuring safety. To achieve this, we threw away everything we could on the ship in order to make as much room as possible for people, even if there was one more!

But what we never expected happened, the army after boarding the ship actually mutinied, they pointed their guns at us, saying that the navy was treating them unfairly, that they were going to surrender to the German army to start a pre-battle uprising, and two companions reasoned with them and tried to resist, but they died tragically under the Thomson submachine gun - I never knew that the army would actually fire at the navy! Not only us, but many ships exchanged fire, and 40 officers and men of the Navy died at the hands of the army! We were all taken prisoner by the Germans.

I begged them before, we don't care if you want to defect to the Germans, we don't want to be prisoners, let us go. The other party refused, shouting, 'No, the navy has abandoned us, we will not let the navy have a good time!' In the end, all the ships present, probably hundreds of ships of all types, were escorted by the army and given to the Germans, and what made me even more angry was ......"

Speaking of this, Kennedy's voice choked, "The Navy had sent 4 destroyers in the distance to meet the retreating troops, but the rebels reported their location to the Germans, and the Germans took off early in the morning and sank them all, and it is said that almost no one survived!" ”

There was silence in the audience, and everyone was immersed in grief

In fact, there are many people in the army who do not agree with this kind of behavior, the situation is critical when they retreat, and they are excited and their brains are hot, and many people regret it afterwards, but it is too late to regret it, and they can only make mistakes. The leaders of the two army divisions shamelessly became SS division commanders - they sold and deceived their officers and men, and sold their navy to the Germans in exchange for their dogs' lives! After entering the prisoner of war camp and learning more about the situation, I was very depressed because ...... Because ......," Kennedy gasped, "I don't know what happened to the American soldiers, what they went through at home, why are their bones so soft?" -- There are so many traitors! Much more than the British!

I met a British prisoner of war in a prisoner of war camp, he was taken prisoner during the North African campaign, and he said that we all volunteered to be prisoners. I was surprised by this statement and hurriedly asked why? Later, it became clear that in the late stage of the North African campaign, more than 200,000 troops of the British Eighth Army were surrounded by the Germans in the desert, and there was no shortage of supplies.

He explained the reason for this: 'North Africa is a colony of Great Britain and not Australia and New Zealand, they are here to help Great Britain fight, and now the troops are facing a life-and-death crisis, and every British soldier must have the consciousness of being loyal to the country and fulfill his responsibilities...... 'So more than 200,000 troops gave up all the petrol, trucks, supplies, water and the most precious escape life they could to the Australian and New Zealand divisions, and General Montgomery took the remaining troops to fight the Germans, and only led his troops to surrender when they were sure that they had escaped from the encirclement. It was not long before the general, who was ashamed of his subordinates, committed suicide, and the Germans respected him and arranged a solemn memorial ceremony for him, which was attended by Hitler, Mussolini, and senior German and Italian generals, and nearly 200,000 British officers and soldiers were also taken prisoner - no one said that the commander was going to carry out a 'pre-battle uprising' if he was unfair to us.

There were also a small number of British who joined the German army after the mutiny, but they were not large-scale, and they never heard of the formation of an SS British division, and our army had too many prisoners and defections, and the establishment of two SS American divisions was insufficient, and Germany was considering forming a third American division, and some even said that they would organize a separate SS American army. The Nazis came to the POW camps again and again to mobilize, and so on, such demagogic propaganda as 'Don't work for the big capitalists', 'You are of German\Italian\Hungarian\Romania\Irish descent, not Americans,' 'Your commanders don't want you, your navy abandons you, be loyal to the Führer, we treat you as brothers', and so on, and then a lot of soft bones defect - what a shame! ”

"That's what I saw and heard in the German prisoner of war camps, it was the darkest day of my life, and it was nice to be able to go home and breathe the air of freedom." Kennedy sighed, and then added, "Finally, I want to take a minute to talk about what I think of General Turner, what a junior officer thinks about the commander's final decision to retreat."

American education and tradition have made the concept of freedom and equality deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but when it takes some people to sacrifice, who should step up?

When fighting traditional battleships, if the combat is unfavorable and preparing for retreat, destroyers and light cruisers will be required to launch lightning strikes against the enemy to gain time and opportunity for the main force to retreat. In aircraft carrier operations, I have heard more than once that heavy cruisers and light cruisers use their bodies to shield aircraft carriers from torpedoes, which is a very normal thing. Why should a cruiser block torpedoes for an aircraft carrier? We are all equal, living beings, and no one is more noble than the other!

I don't think there is anything wrong with the commander's decision-making, if there is a problem, it is also due to the lack of communication due to time constraints, but can all this constitute a reason to defect to the enemy or even kill his comrades? You can be relieved by surrendering, but no one forced you to join the SS, and the reason why you did this was all to cover up the meanness, shamelessness and betrayal in your heart......

I would like to take this opportunity to tell everyone: ask not what the state can do for you, but what you can do for the country! ”

Everyone in the audience stood up and applauded Kennedy!