(By Bill O'leary) Will Limbaugh call these men "phony soldiers?" For six decades, they held their silence. The group of World War II veterans kept
October 6, 2007

(By Bill O'leary) Will Limbaugh call these men "phony soldiers?"

For six decades, they held their silence.

The group of World War II veterans kept a military code and the decorum of their generation, telling virtually no one of their top-secret work interrogating Nazi prisoners of war at Fort Hunt.

"We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture," said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

"During the many interrogations, I never laid hands on anyone," said George Frenkel, 87, of Kensington. "We extracted information in a battle of the wits. I'm proud to say I never compromised my humanity."...read on

BushCo. and the Republican Congress will always be known as the "Party of Torture." Their pundits as well are a disgrace to the American flag that they wrap themselves around in everyday...

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