Category: History Publisher: Eric Beckemeier
ISBN-10: 0615172830
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 148
Copyright: 2007
ISBN-13: 9780615172835
"Traitors Beware" is a history of Robert DePugh's Minutemen. The Minutemen were an ultra-conservative organization that existed during the 1960s for the proclaimed purpose of fighting a Communist invasion of the United States.
The Minutemen, under Robert DePugh's leadership, existed fror a relatively short period of years during the 1960s. They were a vicously anti-Communist, militant organization that believed a Comunist invasion of the United States was imminent, most likely through internal subversion. The organization advocated extremist tactics in what they believed was going to be a geurrilla war against communism on American soil. Eventually the Minutemen's extreme nature and propensity for violence brought them to the attention of law enforcement, most specifically the FBI. After Robert DePugh and other members were convicted of firearms violations and sent to prison, the leaderless organization faded into obscurity. The aim of this book is to provide an accurate historical record of the Minutemen because previous research concerning the Minutemen has often been severely biased against the organization. This book is for the reader who is interested in militant organizations and right-wing extremist groups.
Excerpt
"The Minutemen flourished only briefly in history...Today the Minutemen are mostly forgotten, but perhaps we should remember them. They should not be judged based solely on their extremism. They may teach us some valuable lesson yet."
325 letters my father wrote to my mother during his time in World War II.
Woven together in a timeline of events of three of his brothers, 5 brothers-in-law, and one cousin, all 10 of them were in WWII at the same time.
