The Forrest

[Jolly]

Nathan Bedford...

https://www.historynet.com/fear-nathan-bedford-forrest/?f

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting story. I have never hear of him, but quite a character and soldier. It appears that he had "command presence "

[Jolly]

First Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan...

[Jolly]

BTW, his great-grandson is buried in Arlington and bears a unique distinction.

Care to guess what it is?

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in The Forrest:

BTW, his great-grandson is buried in Arlington and bears a unique distinction.

Care to guess what it is?

Forrest Gump? LOL

[Jolly]

Nope.

Try again ...

[Jolly]

Ok, I think I've stumped you.

He was the first American general to die in WW2.

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Forrest:

Ok, I think I've stumped you.

He was the first American general to die in WW2.

Yeah, I googled it and saw, but I didn't want to cheat. He was an observer on a B-17 which was shot down.

However, reading the story, it jogged a memory, so maybe I used to know that.

[jon-nyc]

Shelby Foote said he and Lincoln were the two geniuses made by the war.

[Jolly]

Shelby is no longer PC.