Communist dictator deemed unworthy of D-Day recognition
Wayburn Norfleet and Norma Stover, visiting from Indiana, take pictures of the Josef Stalin bust at National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. The controversial bust was installed in time for Sunday's 66th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy. (Associated Press)The small town of Bedford, Va., is home to 21 men who sacrificed their lives on D-Day, June 6, 1944. It is now also the home of one of the world's few public memorial busts of communist dictator Josef Stalin.
Local citizens and organizations have expressed their outrage over the installation of the bust at the National D-Day Memorial, which honored the 66th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy over the weekend. The bust of the Soviet Union's wartime leader was unveiled last week to accompany existing busts of U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman as well as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
"Having Stalin in our backyard, people are really upset about that," said Karl Altau, the managing director at the joint Baltic American National Committee that has helped in movements against the Stalin bust...
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