Private Carlton Barrett was possibly the smallest man in his regiment.
5 feet 4 inches tall. 125 pounds.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, he landed at Omaha Beach in neck-deep water, machine gun fire cutting the surface all around him. He made it to shore.
Then he turned around and went back in.
A soldier was drowning. Barrett pulled him out. Then another. Then another. For hours, under constant fire, this 125-pound man waded back into the surf again and again, pulling drowning men to safety and physically carrying the wounded to evacuation boats offshore.
But he didn't stop there.
He ran dispatches the full length of the fire-swept beach. He found soldiers paralyzed by shock and calmed them back into action. He appeared wherever the crisis was worst, doing whatever needed doing, treating rank and personal safety as irrelevant details.
He did this for hours without stopping.
His Medal of Honor citation says his courage had "an inestimable effect on his comrades." That is military understatement for: this small, anonymous man held that section of beach together through sheer force of will.
He survived the war.
His comrades later said his life darkened after he came home. He lived quietly and died in 1986 in California, largely unknown outside of military history circles.
5 feet 4 inches. 125 pounds. He went back in.
Remember him.
🚨🇬🇧 La policía ignoró a los inmigrantes que acosaban a una mujer en su casa y luego la amenazó con arrestarla por "odio racial" si denunciaba los hechos. Ahora, el hombre que lo expuso está esposado.
Una mujer fue acosada en su casa por inmigrantes. Acudió a la policía, pero no hicieron nada.
Cuando dijo que acudiría a la prensa, la amenazaron con arrestarla por "incitar al odio racial".
Un periodista ciudadano @ActivePatriotUK publicó información al respecto y fue arrestado por "comunicación maliciosa".
Lo retuvieron hasta las 11 de la noche, le confiscaron el teléfono y lo pusieron en libertad bajo fianza durante 3 meses con condiciones estrictas que no puede mencionar.
Esta es la realidad del Reino Unido hoy.
🚨 THE MOST BLATANT, UNDENIABLE EXAMPLE OF TWO-TIER POLICING YOU WILL EVER SEE! 😡
A police liaison officer is filmed calmly addressing a large group of Muslim men outside a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire Police, near Darul Falah Mosque in Hanley) amid disorder.
His exact words, spoken through a megaphone:
“If there’s any weapons or anything like that, what I would do is discard them at the mosque.”
“Don’t give anybody any reason to have any interaction with the police, so if there’s any weapons, get rid of them. We are not going to arrest anybody.”
Absolutely staggering. No searches. No arrests. Just friendly advice to stash the weapons inside the mosque and carry on.
Imagine if it was a group of white English lads tooled up with knives, bats or worse in the middle of the same chaos. We’d have seen riot gear deployed, police dogs, baton charges, mass arrests, air support, the full works, followed by blanket media coverage branding them “far-right thugs”.
Instead? A calm, helpful suggestion. A quiet word of advice: “Just discard them in the mosque, lads.”
This is blatant, on-camera proof of two-tier policing happening openly in the UK.
The force itself admitted this footage damaged public confidence. No wonder.
🚨 THE MOST BLATANT, UNDENIABLE EXAMPLE OF TWO-TIER POLICING YOU WILL EVER SEE! 😡
A police liaison officer is filmed calmly addressing a large group of Muslim men outside a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent (Staffordshire Police, near Darul Falah Mosque in Hanley) amid disorder.
His exact words, spoken through a megaphone:
“If there’s any weapons or anything like that, what I would do is discard them at the mosque.”
“Don’t give anybody any reason to have any interaction with the police, so if there’s any weapons, get rid of them. We are not going to arrest anybody.”
Absolutely staggering. No searches. No arrests. Just friendly advice to stash the weapons inside the mosque and carry on.
Imagine if it was a group of white English lads tooled up with knives, bats or worse in the middle of the same chaos. We’d have seen riot gear deployed, police dogs, baton charges, mass arrests, air support, the full works, followed by blanket media coverage branding them “far-right thugs”.
Instead? A calm, helpful suggestion. A quiet word of advice: “Just discard them in the mosque, lads.”
This is blatant, on-camera proof of two-tier policing happening openly in the UK.
The force itself admitted this footage damaged public confidence. No wonder.
90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18.
Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.
@robstaton If wilder has had no say in this I wouldn’t be surprised to see him leave also. Hopefully we’re not in for another shambles of a pre season.
@NadiaWhittomeMP You are fighting for the demands of men like this over the rights of my daughters, nieces and female friends and frankly, it is unforgivable.
@SheffUnitedWay He won’t sign for us. And if he doesn’t sign this season we should cast him aside. He’s earnt an absolute fortune in his career, money shouldn’t even come into it. He’s earnt either wants to play for us again or he doesn’t. Fed up of hearing about it now.
The son killed Henry
The brother lied
The mother lied and tried to cover it up
The Dad was also there
None of them told the police he had been stabbed
The family abused them in court.
Now they issue an apology..
Fuck off..😡😡😡