A suspect in the brutal beating of a World War II veteran who later died from his injuries has been arrested, as police in Spokane, Washington continue to search for a second attacker.
Police confirmed the arrest but did not identify the suspect accused in the Wednesday parking lot attack. Authorities continue to search for another suspect who is described as an African-American male between the ages of 16 and 19.
The Spokane Police Department says in a press release officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday and found the victim, 88-year-old Delbert Belton, in his car with serious head injuries. He died Thursday in the hospital.
Friends identified Belton, and say he was sitting outside a lodge for the Fraternal Order of the Eagles when he was attacked.
KXLY-TV reports that Belton served in the Army during World War II and was shot in the leg during the Battle for Okinawa.
"He was a tough old bird, I'll tell you that," Ted Denison, Belton's friend for 23 years told the Spokesman-Review.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/23/world-war-ii-veteran-beaten-to-death-by-2-teenagers-in-washington-parking-lot/#ixzz2cnvC576x
I'm sorry. All hope is lost. When an 88 year old WWII veteran can't even walk the streets of a country he took bullets for, we're toast. Today marks the official end for all of mankind.
Does anyone else wish they had a chance to sit down with Delbert (shorty) Belton to have a beer? They called him Shorty because he was so tall and he accepted that. That's funny! Can you ask for a better generation? Like the whole reason this blog exists today. Barstool. DeadSpin. WithLeather. The sole reason why we can log onto twitter and write any opinion we want. The entire existence of Facebook and sending a post blasting Obama. These exists because of people like Shorty and our countries greatest generation. Because guess what, if these guys fucked up WWII like our generation would, we'd have none of these freedoms. I can assure you of that.
The appropriate punishment for these guys? Jail and death is easy. How about we send these assholes to school. Make them pick up a book and read about WWII. After that have them watch every battle scene known to man on Okinawa. Let every picture taken of the D-Day invasion of Okinawa burn inside their brains. The piles of bodies. The wounded being cared for. The badassness of a single American taking out a Jap machine gunner. After that, let every living WWII vet visit these scum in a hole to tell them the atrocities they faced during war. Tell them the effects it's had on their everyday lives. Let them know how they outsmarted and killed physically fit Jap and German killing machines. Let them know going to the lounge and having a beer with other people that can relate to them is the greatest tool for coping with being a war hero. Have both of these fucking losers become the #1 historians on WWII in the entire world. Then. And only then. WIll we let them die.
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