Forward Kentucky: Russian helmets, MAGA mobs, and Lincoln’s fears
By BERRY CRAIG
Vietnam vet Gene Nettles, 78, never dreamed somebody in a Russian army helmet would be part of a mob storming the U.S. Capitol.
“When I saw that whole mess, I thought about my fraternity brother; I thought about a good friend — an African American gentleman from Alabama — and several others who gave their lives for our freedoms in the Republic of Vietnam,” said the decorated former Army paratrooper who made lieutenant colonel before retiring to Fulton County, as far west as Kentucky goes.
The Trump-incited Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol left him “quaking mad” at “the SOBs that would stoop so low, in particular the SOB in charge.”