WWII Vet/Hot Tamale King murdered
Fox News reports that Lawrence “Shine” Thornton, the crowned “Hot Tamale King” of Greenville, MS and a World War II Navy veteran was murdered in his driveway by four teens;
Greenville Assistant Police Chief Andrew Kaho told the Delta Democrat Times that Terrance Morgan, 19; Edward Johnson, 19; Leslie Litt, 18; and Geblonski Murray, 18; were all arrested Monday, and charged with capital murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.
And although little is known about the specifics of the run-in that cost Thornton his life, much has reportedly been said about the apparently momentous loss to the delta community.
The Mortimer Funeral Home of Greenville says this about his Navy career;
He was a veteran of World War II where he served in the Pacific Theater for two years as a Fireman First Class aboard the minesweeper, the USS Herald.
Wiki tells story of the the wartime history of the USS Herald (AM-101) which we can assume included “Shine”;
Herald got underway on 16 May 1943 for Dutch Harbor, Alaska, where she took part in patrols and was present for the unopposed landing on Kiska Island on 15 August. The ship resumed her patrol and escort duties; but, after suffering severe damage in a storm on 6 November 1943 returned to Seattle, Washington on 10 December for repairs.
The minesweeper returned to duty on 12 February 1944, sailing to Pearl Harbor on the 22nd. After two convoy voyages to the Marshalls, she got underway on 30 May to join the fleet at Eniwetok for one of the most important amphibious operations of the war, the invasion of the Marianas. Herald arrived off Saipan on D-day, 15 June, and performed minesweeping and escort duties. While the U.S. fleet won a great victory at the Battle of the Philippine Sea 19 to 21 June, the minesweeper protected the transport and fueling areas off Saipan. She sailed to Tarawa on 17 July to escort a group of LST’s back to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived 26 July.
In the months that followed, Herald performed vital convoy work in the Marshalls and Marianas, including patrol and some minesweeping work. In early 1945 she served as an escort ship for submarines returning to Ulithi from war patrols.
The USS Herald earned two battle stars.
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These fucking scumbag cowards need to be beaten within an inch of their lives…multiple times.
Great example of why CCW is needed.
In this case the tragedy is not the ruination of 4 young lives, but the loss of an older valuable life at the hands of 4 useless, parasitic, cancerous lives that need to be snuffed out as soon as possible.
When I was a naive young man prior to my military service I always believed the idea that every child’s life was important. Then I grew up, after a third strike for violence at age 14 society needs to cleanse these incorrigible little b4stards from our society permanently. Gang bangers and their wannabe followers should be routinely executed by society, it is time for society to decide whether or not it wishes to exist in a civilized polite society or a degenerative, rude, criminal society. Those who would work to ruin that society deserve a quick shot behind the ear and a thorough harvesting of their organs so that their last moments can at least be the most productive of their wasted useless lives….
My thoughts and prayers to Mr. Thornton’s family.
VOV, there used to be a place for people like that.
It was called Botany Bay.
As for those murderous little parasites, try ’em, convict ’em, and HANG ‘EM!!
So sad that a member of the Greatest Generation had to have his life end this way. Godspeed Mr. Thornton, haze gray and underway.
Amazing how almost NONE of the stories mentions if they were Obama’s sons or not (hint: they were.)
Sorry to bust out with the race card, but ignoring it won’t address the root causes of this or how to stop it.
@6. You just beat me to it. The Fox story carried no pics but all of them are Black. This Veteran died of internal bleeding after the “teenagers” knocked him down and robbed him. Teenagers? I object to that label as much as I object to the omission of the bastards’ race. Two of the pukes are 19 and two are 18. Referring to them as teenagers is ridiculous. One conjures an image of 13 or 14 year olds. These are grown-f’n-ups! How old was this Veteran when he was aboard a minesweeper in a war zone? F these clowns. Just f ’em.
@7. THIS
@1 Then shot in each elbow, each knee and a day later in the head.
Naw, Sparks. One knee today. Opposite elbow tomorrow. Second knee the day after tomorrow, and if they have not yet bled out, go for the second elbow the next day.
As I recall, there are plenty of rather large fire ant mounds in parts of Mississippi. And I’m sure there’s plenty of rope and large tent stakes, too.
SCOTUS would probably rule that a NO-GO, though.
Capital Murder charge is a good thing!
The loss of this life is a bad thing!
fire up old sparky- id pay for the surge
And I’ll be sure to kick up the generator enough to make sure there’s plenty of juice for “Old Sparky!”
@13, LET ME PITCH SOME MONEY IN, TOO!!
@13, LET ME PITCH SOME MONEY IN, TOO!!
@14, Hey, I work with generators, maybe i could make myself useful there, too!
Well, they will need a squealer and all four are battling for that status right now. when one is selected, he (I think there is a she in this, too) will get 10 years with all but a year or two suspended. The others will plead to 2nd degree murder and catch 10, maybe 15 years.
Fair winds and following seas, Shine.
Godspeed and Fair Winds Shine. May we be worthy. As to the little pukes who did this: I really don’t care if they get the chair or a short sentence. If they get less than life we should know the following information:
1. Where they are locked up
2. When (or if) they will be released: Exact time and date.
3. Exactly what exit they are coming from and
4. Range and distance to the door.
Then all we need to do is take a raffle or lottery for three or four able marksmen to take these punks down with bolt action rifles. We’ll give them a fair chance at making it 100 yards before they buy the farm. After that well, good luck amigo.