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Barack Obama meets with veterans on Memorial Day (2008) at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Skip ahead to 5:13

Did Barack Obama embellish upon his Uncle’s or some family member’s World War II war record yesterday?

Obama also spoke about his uncle, who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz. He said the family legend is that, upon returning from war, his uncle spent six months in an attic. “Now obviously, something had really affected him deeply, but at that time there just weren’t the kinds of facilities to help somebody work through that kind of pain,” Obama said. “That’s why this idea of making sure that every single veteran, when they are discharged, are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder and given the mental health services that they need – that’s why it’s so important.”

But, the Red Army liberated Auschitz, no?

Mistake or Gaffe?

It is difficult to make out what Obama said in the above video above but the facts do NOT make sense. Wrong POW camp for sure and the wrong relative?

Obama is very loose with his characterization of this story and someone should call him on it for a correction.

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