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Report: Photo of Dying Veteran Voting Gets 600,000 Views
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 60206" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Report: Photo of Dying Veteran Voting Gets 600,000 Views</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012 04:50 PM</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By Todd Beamon</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nearly 600,000 people have viewed a photo of a 93-year-old World War II veteran voting on his deathbed.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The veteran, Frank Tanabe, is suffering from liver cancer. He is casting his vote from a hospice bed in Hawaii, NPR reports.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #00ff00"><a href="http://imgur.com/JciOj" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">This message was posted with the photo</span></a></span>: The Picture of Frank Tanabe</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"My grandfather is proud of having voted in every single presidential election since he was awarded his citizenship in order to serve during WWII. Here he is, 93 years old and on his deathbed, with my aunt helping him fill out one last ballot."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But according to the Associated Press:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Barbara Tanabe read aloud the names of the candidates to her dad. He either nodded 'yes' to the names or shook his head 'no.' She filled in the boxes on his behalf, following his instructions, even when he didn't pick the people she wanted.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"There were some that were OK, but there were others where I said, 'Dad, are you sure?' she said,” the Associated Press reported. “But he knew what he was doing. He's kept up on the issues, reading newspapers regularly until only recently, she said."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">During the early years of the war, Tanabe was sent to a California internment camp. There, he volunteered to serve in the U.S. military. He was assigned to the Military Intelligence Service. Last year, that service was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If Tanabe dies before Election Day, by law his vote would not count, The Atlantic Wire reports. © 2012 Newsmax. All rights reserved. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Read more on Newsmax.com: <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/voting-veteran-election-deathbed/2012/10/23/id/461178#ixzz2AAZLOwwj" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">Report: Photo of Dying Veteran Voting Gets 600,000 Views</span></a> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? <a href="http://polls.newsmax.com/repeal/?PROMO_CODE=B683-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399">Vote Here Now!</span></a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 60206, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Report: Photo of Dying Veteran Voting Gets 600,000 Views[/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012 04:50 PM[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]By Todd Beamon[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Nearly 600,000 people have viewed a photo of a 93-year-old World War II veteran voting on his deathbed.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]The veteran, Frank Tanabe, is suffering from liver cancer. He is casting his vote from a hospice bed in Hawaii, NPR reports.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#00ff00][URL='http://imgur.com/JciOj'][COLOR=#00ff00]This message was posted with the photo[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR]: The Picture of Frank Tanabe[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]"My grandfather is proud of having voted in every single presidential election since he was awarded his citizenship in order to serve during WWII. Here he is, 93 years old and on his deathbed, with my aunt helping him fill out one last ballot."[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]But according to the Associated Press:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]"Barbara Tanabe read aloud the names of the candidates to her dad. He either nodded 'yes' to the names or shook his head 'no.' She filled in the boxes on his behalf, following his instructions, even when he didn't pick the people she wanted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]"There were some that were OK, but there were others where I said, 'Dad, are you sure?' she said,” the Associated Press reported. “But he knew what he was doing. He's kept up on the issues, reading newspapers regularly until only recently, she said."[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]During the early years of the war, Tanabe was sent to a California internment camp. There, he volunteered to serve in the U.S. military. He was assigned to the Military Intelligence Service. Last year, that service was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]If Tanabe dies before Election Day, by law his vote would not count, The Atlantic Wire reports. © 2012 Newsmax. All rights reserved. [/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=#00ff00][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Read more on Newsmax.com: [URL='http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/voting-veteran-election-deathbed/2012/10/23/id/461178#ixzz2AAZLOwwj'][COLOR=#00ff00]Report: Photo of Dying Veteran Voting Gets 600,000 Views[/COLOR][/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? [URL='http://polls.newsmax.com/repeal/?PROMO_CODE=B683-1'][COLOR=#003399]Vote Here Now![/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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