Mercredi 25 novembre 2009
Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.DONAHUE
Michael Donahue, Little Bighorn battlefield historian, is among those who want to end the cover-up of the Little Bighorn. His helped the the documentary of the BBC (2007) to be the most accurate movie on Custer's Last Stand ever.
Dimanche 22 novembre 2009

OCTOBER 2009
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LEGENDS AT THE O.K. CORRAL
TOMBSTONE
Follow custerwest's member Gary Neidert (CAN) in the streets of Tombstone, Arizona, where heroes of the West, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Virgil Earp, Doc Holliday walked into Freemon Street to gun down the gangsters and get immortality.

click here to see the West in pictures
 
 

Mardi 17 novembre 2009

 

Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.Little Bighorn does not tarnish the reputation of US soldiers at all, because there is something much more important beyond Benteen's and Reno's betrayal: the historic Last Stand, which has been attacked by the US army and the National Park Service since 1876

THEY DID IT


The National Park Service and the Pentagon refuse to tell the truth because it is another infamous American “mystery”. What about the reputation of the
US army, the US flag, the 7th cavalry?

 

Well, Little Bighorn does not destroy the reputation of US soldiers at all. Let us see why:

 

Yes, it was a cover-up, but the army  did not cause the disaster at all. President Grant did not send Custer to his death. Generals Sherman and Sheridan did not conspire to assassinate General Custer and his men. The responsibility of the crimes lays only on Frederick Benteen and Marcus Reno, who decided, during the ongoing battle (it was not planned), to send Custer and his men to hell.

 

They forced the army to help them with their acts of high treason. Generals Sherman and Sheridan had virtually no choice but to whitewash the affair in order to protect the budget of the Defense.

 

Does this eternally put shame on the US flag? Should US soldiers be ashamed when they visit Little Bighorn?

 

No.

 

The cover-up was created to hide Benteen’s and Reno’s ugly truth. But there is another truth, a truth constantly downplayed by the cover-up, a truth that should be learnt and taught in all US military schools, institutes and academies.

 

They did it.

 

Despite Benteen’s and Reno’s betrayal, despite the fact that no support was in sight, Custer’s 210 men of the 7th cavalry did it.

 

We have cold facts, definitive evidence about the Last Stand. Saying that the Last Stand did not exist, or that the resistance was soft, is an outright lie. To reach this conclusion, Richard Fox had to ignore hundreds of Indian accounts, downplay one century of relic hunting, ignore the accounts by the men of the 7th cavalry and Terry’s men, and base his affirmation on… Benteen’s comments.

 

(Captain Benteen also stated, in the Reno Court of Inquiry, that Custer and his men were dead before Trumpeter Martini gave him the order to be quick.)

 

Of course, the National Park Service applauded Fox’s conclusions, and the Little Big Horn Associates gave him an award (also awarded is Frederic Wagner III, a Vietnam vet who thinks that questioning Benteen’s perjuries at the Reno Court of Inquiry is “unpatriotic”).

 

But today, everybody is so embarrassed about this affair that no one wants to talk about it anymore. After praising Fox in a documentary (1991), the British channel BBC changed its mind in the face of evidence and produced the best documentary/movie on the battle to date, with the Last Stand fully depicted (2007). Even the National Park Service remains discreet about its blunder.

 

Read the most important works published on the battle in recent years (Unger, Donovan, Sklenar, Donahue): no one accepts the “no Last Stand” fairy tale anymore. They all know that it is a part of the cover-up, although few are those who say it without obvious embarrassment.


 


Yes, they did it.

 

Forget the latest fashionable defamation on Frontier soldiers. Yes, they were poor emigrants who had bad food and a very hard life. Yes, Captain Keogh, for example, had a drinking problem. What could a soldier drink after a hard day in the West? Mineral water?

What did Keogh do during the battle? Did he desert his unit, like the drunkard Reno? Did he run away? Did he surrender? Did he cold-bloody betrayed his comrades, like Benteen?

No. Captain Keogh died with his men, and five dead Indian horses around him. He displayed astonishing heroism. As Lincoln famously said: "Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals".

 

And what about this officer, maybe Lieutenant James Calhoun, who battled with Chief White Bull when the federal line was broken? And what about this soldier, a pistol in one hand, a carbine in the other, encircled by Indians, who fought until the last bullet (witnessed by White Bull)?

 

And what about the very Last Stand, Custer’s men behind their breastworks during half an hour? What about the numerous cartridges of his pistol found near George Armstrong Custer’s body? What about Lieutenant William Cooke and his famous beard, who, at the end of the battle, stood up in the middle of his dead comrades (witnessed by Wooden Leg)?

 

What about Indians admiring the courage of Custer’s men?

 

 
Riderless mounts scattered across the hills and ran to the river but the soldiers kept in order and fought like brave warriors.
(Crow King)


 
   It was a hotly contested battle. (Moving Robe)

 

 

The shootings [by the soldiers] Eagle Elk had witnessed within the last minutes had been enough to convince him of the good sense in staying away from the front lines.   (Eagle Elk)

 

 


Even tough virtually surrounded, the soldiers put up a stiff resistance, for it was in this charge
[chief Lame White Man’s charge] that the Lakotas lost more of their men. Red Horse thought that 136 Indians were killed and 160 were wounded in that phase of the battle.
 (Red Horse) 

 

In fact, Hollow Horn Bear believed that the troops were in good order at the start of the fight, and kept their organization even while moving from point to point. (Hollow Horn Bear)

 

There was so much doubt about the outcome [of the battle] that I told the squaws to break the camp and be ready to leave. (Sitting Bull)

 

  Here the soldiers made a desperate fight. (Red Hawk)

 

 

The Indians pressed and crowded right in around Custer Hill. But the soldiers weren’t ready to die. We stood there a long time. (Iron Hawk)

I had never seen before and would never see again soldiers so brave or fearless. (Low Dog)

  Wait a minute: did these Indians want to please White journalists by praising the army? This is a very popular comment these days. After all, Whiteys cannot fight, can they?

 

Well, Indians also said that they did not understand why Reno was not coming to Custer’s aid (Sioux warrior Respects Nothing). Sioux Chief Red Horse thought that Reno was lacking ammunition (an ironically tragic comment, since Reno and Benteen had plenty of ammunition and the pack train quickly coming up). Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, while stating that Custer’s men were the “bravest men he had ever seen”, also said that Reno was a big cowardly papoose (sic). Red Feather and other spoke about the fleeing soldiers in the timber without any admiration.

 

Did these Indian witnesses not get the memo to praise the army in front of White journalists?

 

Or were they simply stating the truth, an embarrassing truth for 389 survivors led by Major Reno and Captain Benteen, and for an army and a government eager to cover up the story?

 

When Terry’s men arrived at the Little Bighorn site, they saw “plenty of evidence of hard fighting” (General Terry’s confidential report). General Sheridan himself noted the huge Indian casualties and the hard fighting in his own report. Yet, several months later, the "plenty of evidence of a hard battle" had disappeared. Suddenly, the US army had a short battle, low Indian casualties and Benteen’s mocking comments on the resistance (he compared the dead US soldiers to a bag of popcorn that fell on the floor).

When Lieutenant McClernand and Captain Clifford saw the Last Stand on Custer Hill, they observed an organized “circle of dead horses” (McClernand) and "40 men in organized resistance" (Clifford). Lieutenant DeRudio called the circle “breastworks”. Months later, this circle of 39 horses, covering 42 men who fought until the last bullet, had disappeared.

~ The accurate portrayal of the Last Stand, a painting by J.K Raltson, according to witnesses: a circle of 39 horses, used as breastworks ~


 

Conveniently enough, when the Little Bighorn battlefield National Monument had to select a painting on the battle, in 1976, they picked up one that fit Benteen’s lies: no circle of horses, no organisation. It still is the official painting of the site (Eric von Schmidt's "Here Fell Custer")

A totally inaccurate painting that is claimed to be “the most accurate one by Custer historians”. By whom? According to what evidence? None.

~The official painting of Little Bighorn battlefield (Eric Von Schmidt, Here Fell Custer, 1976): a very nice painting, except that there is no circle of 39 horses (no breastwork at all), a total breakdown, no organisation: Benteen's lies were chosen by the National Park Service, not the accurate version of the Last Stand. This is intentional, and a clear attempt to rewrite the story of the battle of the Little Bighorn. This is disinformation in pictures, a method of propaganda famously used in the Soviet Union. ~


 
 As historian Paul Hutton rightly stated in 2001, the Last Stand existed, there should not be any debate about it. 

 

In fact, what the US army and the National Park Service are doing at Little Bighorn Battlefield is simply whitewashing a splendid display of heroism by 210 men of the 7th cavalry, in order to protect Benteen and Reno and the cover-up.

 

If you ask for evidence of this heroism, read the Indian accounts. If you want to know why General Custer (youngest US Major General in history), Captain Tom Custer (two Medals of Honor), Captain Keogh (Papal soldier and Civil War veteran) and so many of their officers and soldiers were highly regarded in the US army, read Indian accounts, or accounts by Terry’s men who inspected the battlefield.

 

George Armstrong Custer’s men were betrayed and left behind by Frederick Benteen and Marcus Reno. But the story does not end there.

 

They fought. Held their ground. Built breastworks. Close fight. Pistol firing. 210 against 1’000 Indians. And, for the last 30 minutes, 50 US soldiers against 1’000 Indians.

 

Among them: Joseph Monroe, from France, Werner Lieman, from Germany. Thomas Custer, from the United States. Myles Keogh, from Ireland. John King, from Switzerland. And soldiers from Canada, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe.

 

This is not one of Longfellow’s poems. This is not a dream, this is not wishful thinking. This is no mythology. This is History. Cold facts, solid evidence.


 

 

They stood up to the task.

 

The visitors of Little Bighorn must not honor these men because they died, but because they lived. Because that day, on these hills, these poor emigrants did it, in such an astonishing way that even Indian accounts are full of admiration and respect.

 

One of the most glorious moments in the history of the 7th cavalry was on that hill, that day.

 

These men cared about honor, their flag and their army. Before History, their Code of Honour was and remains intact.  
                                                                                             

They were  no bureaucrats, no elites, no PhDs. Their comrades were not coming. Captain Benteen was mocking their heroism. Major Reno was so drunk that could not even dress himself properly.

 

Let us listen to General-in-chief Nelson Appelton Miles, Lieutenant General of the United States of America in 1897, while studying the battlefield (letter to his wife, 1877): “The more I see of movement here, the more I have admiration for Custer.”

 

Their names were Myles Keogh, Thomas Custer, Joseph Monroe, Thomas Tweed, John Groesbeck, Charles Coleman, John Briody, George Armstrong Custer and many more of the 210 men of the 7th cavalry that covered themselves and the US army with glory.

The facts proving the Camerone of the United States army can be given to any official of the Department of Veteran Affairs or a National Park Service Ranger. In fact, many of them know these facts, especially the Little Bighorn rangers. But the Last Stand raises questions on Benteen and Reno.
 
The National Park Service and the US army have whitewashed this heroism. They have lied to the wives, the children, the parents, the brothers, the sisters, the relatives, the friends, the descendants, the American people, the soldiers of the 7th cavalry, past and present. They have lied on the fact that these soldiers and officers were true heroes, and really fought like devils that day.

They have whitewashed true, historical heroism.

25 June 1876, 133 years ago.

 

It really happened.

 

Custer's men did it.




 

Lundi 16 novembre 2009

Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.custerwest's and Little Bighorn battlefield visitors,  angered by the silence of the National Park Service, constantly ask for a richly detailed English book that would explain the Little Bighorn betrayal and cover-up. Here is the best book.

THE BEST ONE

[ Keep in mind that speaking about betrayal (a soft word for crimes of high treason) is out of question in 90% of the American books on Little Bighorn. This one makes no exception. You will find a lot of "mismanagement", "dawdling", "falsehoods", but the embarassment is obvious when it is clear that Major Reno and Captain Benteen sent their comrades to hell.

There is also a curious statement, at the end of the book, about Benteen's finest moment as a soldier being the Little Bighorn (not very kind for US soldiers who never betrayed any of their comrades)...

Nevertheless, these taboos of the "convenient mystery" are really nothing, compared to the monumental and absolutely brilliant work done by Jim Donovan.

This book is a milestone in Custeriana, an awesome work that will help you understand the betrayal and the cover-up of Custer's Last Stand.

You will understand the corruption of the US army, Captain Benteen's venomous personality, Major Reno's cowardice and the whole farce of the Reno Court of Inquiry.

Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn, best-seller in the USA, is a giant step forward.]

 

Terrible Glory (Paperback) on Amazon.com:  $ 11.55


Author Jim Donovan, 2008


Review (May 2008) by custerwest.org member Bill Rini, Moderator of the Little Big Horn Associates Message Board, Indian War Reenactor, and Myles Keogh Living Historian.

A Terrible Glory by James Donovan is and excellent read and a wonderful introductory book for the serious student interested in the Indian War period of American History.

I would not call this an introductory book on the Battle of the Little Big Horn, as it is far more than that. It is by far and away the best written and researched book on the overall story of the battle and the events leading up to it since Son Of The Morning Star by Evan Connell. In fact, I found it to be better written, more organized and better researched than Connell's book, which was a very pleasant surprise. 

An impressive addition to this book is the voluminous endnotes and extensive bibliography whereby the author attempts to reconstruct the battle from numerous first hand sources and eye-witnesses. In so doing, he is able to unravel many of the controversies and debates that continuously plague the world of 'Custeriana'. The endnotes are detailed and interesting to read. They add much depth to the story and justification for the authors conclusions. Rarely will one read a history book with such a wealth of information detailed and presented in such an organized context to enhance the reader's understanding of what happened and why. 

There are some minor errors found in the book. At one point, the author refers to James Porter as a 2nd Lieutenant with little or no experience in the 7th Cavalry. In fact, Porter was a 1st Lieutenant with 6 years of field experience with his regiment. Other minor points mistake Custer's camp on Davis Creek as being 8 miles from the Crow's Nest, whereas it was closer to half that distance. He also mistakenly identified Custer's battle wounds as being on his right side (p. 276) which he then corrects on p. 308 by mentioning that they were on his left side. A serious publishing error occurs in Chapter 16's endnotes, several of which are out of order and one missing. 

Notwithstanding, these errors for the most part are inconsequential to the understanding of the general public and do not take away from the otherwise excellent research that went into the writing of this soon to be classic work. The author's reconstruction of the events leading up to the battle, and his insight into the behavior and motivations of the major characters involved are superb. 

His description of the battle itself is very well done and follows closely with the latest research based on Indian accounts and archaeological research. In short, A Terrible Glory is an excellent and well written narrative on the Battle of the Little Big Horn and well suited for any student of history who wishes to known more about what happened to Custer at Little Big Horn and why.

James Donovan has written a true masterpiece, a work that places him at the forefront of those who have attempted to tell the tale of this fascinating and complex period of American History.

A job well done.

 



Terrible Glory (Paperback) on Amazon.com:  $ 11.55
Jeudi 5 novembre 2009
Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.
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For the record: Benteen and Reno apologists constantly refer to the 1879 Reno Court of Inquiry as the extensive investigation on the Little Bighorn. But facts tell us a different story.

The RCOI was asked by Major Reno three years after the battle, and was therefore called "the Inquiry at the request of Marcus Reno". It was not a normal legal process by the US army or any kind of official inquiry that should have taken place immediately after the disaster.
  
Moreover, the validity of the court is non-existent. Fake exhibits, perjuries ignored, selection of witnesses, ban of writing material for journalists... The court produced some good testimonies (many have been illegally destroyed by the US army in 1931), and even concluded that Benteen and Reno lied under oath by claiming that they did not hear the firing of Custer's command. But no legal action has ever been undertaken.

Benteen was so happy about this farce, and sure that he would never be prosecuted, that he joyfully wrote in his personal letters how he had commited perjuries in court.

The Reno Court of Inquiry, asked by Marcus Reno, has no legal validity. Even chairman Jesse Lee (Lt) or the US General-in-chief Nelson A. Miles denounced it as a sinister decoy. But this story has been erased in most history books.
 
Generations of historians and scholars, and still the SAQ.

Stop Asking Questions : the story of the Little Bighorn since 1876.

Mysteries always come with silence.
   
 
Vendredi 30 octobre 2009

Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture. CUSTER'S CAPITOL HILL
custerwest's pictures in Washington D.C., 25-28 October 2009
The Capitol
  General Grant inside the Capitol

Abe

The Library of Congress.
 According to the files of the Library, David Cornut's book in French, "Little Big Horn, autopsy of a legendary battle", which was selected by the LC, has been asked - and is currently read - by a senator of the United States Congress. The link to the book in the catalog of the LC
 

 

Smithsonian Museum
 

General George Armstrong Custer's legendary buckskin jacket
 






Grave of the unknown soldier

Be quick. W.W. Cooke. Arlington Cemetery
 
And... an ordinary day in Washington D.C. : the Helicopter MARINE ONE with President Obama going back to the White House.
Lundi 19 octobre 2009

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Reinforcements
(not led by Major Reno or Captain Benteen, but by Captain Weir)

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Mercredi 14 octobre 2009
Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.The story of Sgt Botser, from Germany, whose squeleton was found and buried in the 1980s.
CUSTER'S LOST SOLDIER


COVER-UP DETAILS : See also how the LBH battlefield is mixing up the events of the day of June 25 with  the ones of the evening of the 25 and 26 to make people believe that Reno and Benteen could not have supported Custer. In truth, there was no Indian sharpshooter at all near Reno's and Benteen's position until Custer's two-hour battle was over.
 

 

Lundi 12 octobre 2009

 

Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.Today's American Indians want to stop celebrating Colombus Day. Instead of remembering the discovery of America, they want a "Burn your flag" day when everyone could hate the country, distort its history and defame historical figures.

WAKAN TANKA'S JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA

 

Let's whitewash history and destroy America in an atmosphere of peace and understanding, folks! So muuuuch fun!

See you soon at the "Peace and Reconciliation" (aka Indian) Monument at Little Bighorn battlefield. Do not forget to bring your US flag.

The National Park Service will provide the necessary fuel to burn the flag.

BAD


GOOD

 
Dimanche 4 octobre 2009

Inspired by a love of history and its amazing accounts of human endeavor, model making and dramatic representations of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture.Chronology of how the US army decided to betray General Custer instead of bringing Major Reno and Captain  Benteen to justice, and how this decision will continue to haunt the USA
THE
CHOICE
OF
HIGH TREASON


25 June 1876: MONTANA

Captain Frederick W. Benteen and Major Marcus A. Reno commit crimes of high treason by voluntarily letting General George A. Custer and 210 men being slaughtered by American Indians. Benteen, Reno and their 400 soldiers survive with a majority of soldiers who have not shot a single bullet until the evening of June 25.

**

27 June 1876: MONTANA

General Terry discovers 2/3 of the 7th cavalry which survived the Little Bighorn. Strangely enough, 400 soldiers out of 647 survived the battle, while 210 soldiers, whith the commander himself, died a few miles away. At a gallop, these 400 soldiers could have given support to their comrades in 15 minutes (studies by US General-in-chief Nelson A. Miles, 1877).

 

 
**

4 July 1876: PHILADELPHIA

America learns of the defeat on the very day of her Centennial. For Generals Sherman and Sheridan, the reputation of the US army is at stakes. It is obvious that something is strange about the fact that the overwhelming majority of the soldiers actually survived the massacre, except the commander and his staff. The US army convenes no court of inquiry. No court martial. Nothing. 

**

September 1876: WASHINGTON D.C.

General Custer had testified against the well known corruption of the Grant administration. Now, Ulysses Grant has his revenge: in the newspapers, he presents Little Bighorn as Custer's "sacrifice of soldiers". This is the official call for the US army: no inquiry will ever take place. Captain Weir, the officer who tried to stop the betrayal, is brought to New York and put under pressure. Newspapers begin to speak about Major Reno's and Captain Benteen's strange (in)actions.

**

October 1876: WASHINGTON D.C.

Captain Frederic Whittaker speaks in the press about the betrayal. He tries to convince Captain Weir to testify againt Benteen and Reno but the Captain, depressed, is ruining his life with alcohol. He severely damages his health.
Meanwhile, Major George Elliott, of the US army, sends a memo to modify the maps of the Little Bighorn. In a few months, many maps of the Little Bighorn are destroyed. The official fairy tale of a "undiscovered country" are given to the press. Moreover, an enormous Indian village, with thousands of fictionous warriors, is created on new maps.

**

December 1876: NEW YORK

Captain Thomas Weir dies from severe depression, alone. In 1879, the US army official newspaper would welcome an article, written by Captain Benteen, saying that Captain Weir was a drug addict.

**

Autumn 1878:  WASHINGTON

Two years have passed, with no inquiry on the Little Bighorn. The public pressure on Major Reno has been huge. The Major decides to ask for an inquiry. He knows that the US army, who has decided since day one to cover his ass, will not let him down.
The betrayal of the code of honor can now be complete, there is no turning back for the US army. By linking itself with those who had betrayed Custer, by faking evidence and refusing any legal protection to General Custer, the army covers itself with dishonor.

**

Autumn 1878:  CHICAGO

The Reno Court of Inquiry starts near General Sheridan's office. The officer responsible for the hearings, Lt Jesse Lee, is under heavy pressure by the army. Once, Col Merritt directly threatens him of losing his job if he continues to ask interesting questions to witnesses.

Only 23 selected witnesses (out of 380 + survivors) are asked to testify. The US army threatens them of losing their job and career if they do not protect Major Reno. The civilian scouts are the only people really critical of Reno's conduct. However, in their testimonies, many officers and soldiers give very damaging comments on Capt Benteen and Maj Reno.

A "petition by the enlisted soldiers" to praise Benteen and Reno is presented by Reno's defense to the court. In 1951, the FBI, at the request of the Little Bighorn battlefield, would discover that this petition is full of fake signatures (Superintendant McChristian: "many signatures, if not the majority, are fake.")

A map of the battle is presented by Major Reno as the copy of Lt Maguire's map. A study by Cartographic Inc.(1995) would show that this map was a fake one, with huge differences with Maguire's map. The change had been made to exonerate Reno and Benteen.

The Reno Court of Inquiry finally releases his report - but no one can see it. In the final days of the hearings, chairman Jesse Lee officially says that Major Reno and Captain Benteen are guilty of perjuries when they said that they could not hear anything of Custer's fight. Nevertheless, the court concludes that Major Reno is innocent.

The President of the United States and the US army accept the report.

The report is locked up in the US army buildings.

The US army and the US government officially "legalize" the defamation on General Custer. In 1884, General Merritt whitewashes Custer's participation in the Shenandoah Campaign (the Civil War) in a book.

**

1898: WASHINGTON D.C.

The controversy has lived on. Many critics of the Court of inquiry have continued to speak out for truth, including the US General-in-chief Nelson A. Miles, who gets the confession of chairman Jesse Lee. Miles condemns Reno and Benteen for treason and is ashamed that the US army hasn't done any official and extensive inquiry on the battle.

**

1931 : WASHINGTON D.C.

The US army puts the archives of the Reno Court of Inquiry on microfilm. 50% of the archives of this unofficial inquiry are destroyed, an illegal act .

**

1951 : WASHINGTON D.C.

Under pressure by the officer of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) William Graham, the US army finally releases the microfilm to the public. Graham discovers that many reports of hearings are missing. Some parts of the RCOI even contain useless pages of newspapers.

The defamation on General Custer lives on. He is the only officer in US history whose entire career has been whitewashed in such ways that his successes (if known) are credited to "luck", and his failures are utterly exaggerated or invented for purpose. He is depicted as a fool, a womanizer, a drunk coward and an incompetent soldier.

**

1965 - AMERICA

With the civil rights getting media exposure, the American Indians work hard to rewrite history, defame American pioneers and depict themselves as innocent victims of systematic killings. They are helped by the ignorance of new generations of Americans, by anti-American feelings among US citizens and by the fall of the American pride during the anti-Vietnam (and mostly anti-American) protests.

Looking for a scapegoat to advance their agenda, the American Indians discover that General Custer can be defamed without any reaction by the US army or anyone else. In fact, they joyfully understand that everyone can invent whatever he wants on Custer and presents is as the truth. The fictionous story of "Custer the war criminal" is created.

Of course, most of the US historians who should defend historical accuracy do not react. You can defame Custer. It is the new national sport. Turn off the TV and begin a book on Custer based on what you discussed yesterday with grandpa. No one will react to your fairy tale.

**

2009 - AMERICA

General George Armstrong Custer, prodigy of the American Civil War, American hero, American soldier, American citizen, is mocked, tarnished, insulted, forgotten by his nation. His entire life has been whitewashed.

It is the result of one century of lies by the very organisation he swore to serve until his death.

General George Armstrong Custer served the US army and his flag, and the US army protected the officers who betrayed him.

General Custer has never had any legal protection, any defenders in military circles, except individual officers or the US General-in-Chief Nelson A. Miles.

By covering up acts of high treason by Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen, the US army and the US government betrayed their soldiers, their values, their citizens, their history, their code of honor and their Constitution.

The US army has commited an act of high treason that should be carved in the walls of the Department of Veteran Affairs.


So if someone asks why the USA do not stand up for General Custer against the anti-American propaganda spread by today's American Indians, it is because they do not want to stand up for him.

For American historians - who have conveniently look the other way, for the US army, for the US Department of Veteran Affairs, General Custer must never be a real historical subject.

You can make movies insulting General Custer in every way possible. You can defame him, you can even try to desecrate the graves of soldiers at the Little Bighorn battlefield. You can rename the battlefield in order to honor those who killed 263 US soldiers and General Custer.

You can do whatever you want, but you MUST NOT dig in the case.

Don't you understand ? Truth has never been important in this criminal case. Most historians have accepted the theory of the "convenient mystery". Every year, they come up with impossible theories, politically correct bullcrap and the ever-lasting fairy tales.

Watching most documentaries on Little Bighorn - except the documentary made by the BBC, a British channel - is like spending the day on Cartoon Networks: interviews of useless "witnesses" (some Indian found on the way to Little Bighorn who had enough time to speak before lunch), so-called experts who have never heard of the Reno Court of Inquiry, and the formidable Joe Medicine Crow, Medal of Freedom recipient, World War II hero, who creates a new story on what his grandfather "heard" for every new documentary (as for now, we have 35 different stories of how Custer discovered the fictionous big village).

What a pathetic disgrace.

Little Bighorn is a 133-year old lie.

"(Reno was a ) yellow streaked coward. (...)
(Benteen was a) disloyal officer openly disobeying his commanding officer's orders, which he had in his pocket, and a traitor to his comrades and his country. (...) 
With 380 men and the ammunition packs closed up, Benteen and Reno could and ought to have made that effort to save Custer's command.
They they did not do so and it will always be recorded as a crime."

Captain Robert Carter, Indian fighter of Mackenzie's command, friend of surviving officers of the 7th cavalry, Little Bighorn researcher and Medal of Honor Recipient. Captain Carter thought that justice would be done and the honor of his country preserved. He was wrong.


This is the lesson: the honor of a United States officer, and the truth on which an entire nation is based on, means little.


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