West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
Apparently Hanks actively supports WW2 vets, including being instrumental in pushing for the memorial in DC. The award is canceled because he actively supported Biden.
“Hanks, 69, was to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award, which recognizes an “outstanding citizen” who did not attend West Point and has a distinguished record of service that exemplifies the academy’s ideals: “Duty, Honor, Country.” A ceremony and parade were scheduled for Sept. 25”
The decision marks a dramatic shift from June, when the association announced Hanks as its 2025 Thayer recipient. The alumni group cited his work acting in several movies portraying U.S. service members, including “Saving Private Ryan,” “Forrest Gump” and “Greyhound.” It also credited his producing of “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” both World War II-themed miniseries, and his extensive advocacy for veterans. Hanks, the announcement noted, was a leading proponent for creation of the World War II Memorial in D.C.; supported efforts to build a national memorial for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a celebrated Army general before entering politics; and served as national chairman for a massive fundraising campaign to establish what is now the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. “Tom Hanks has done more for the positive portrayal of the American service member, more for the caring of the American veteran, their caregivers and their family, and more for the American space program and all branches of government than many other Americans,” Robert McDonald, a former secretary of veterans affairs and the alumni association’s board chairman, said in the June announcement.“
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 7, 2025 3:47 PM
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Trump’s revenge tour continues
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 6, 2025 5:20 PM
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[quote] Apparently Hanks actively supports WW2 vets
Apparently? He's done numerous WW2 films and documentaries and appearances with the Greatest Generation for the past thirty years.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 6, 2025 8:09 PM
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He also is a big supporter of Gary Sinise’s veterans charities.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 6, 2025 8:12 PM
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Have you hear of Hanx Coffee?
"Tom Hanks founded Hanks for Our Troops, the food and beverage brand that gives 100% of its net profit to military organizations. Currently, the company supports Bob Woodruff Foundation, The Headstrong Project, Hire Heroes USA and Student Veterans of America."
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 6, 2025 11:47 PM
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That’s embarrassing, they should be ashamed. I’m not crazy about Hanks, but he had done a great deal to support veterans. I guess Sinise is on the shit list by association.
Band of Brothers is great television, IMO.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 7, 2025 12:02 AM
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This is why I won’t GAF when the VA gets even more budgets cuts
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 7, 2025 12:22 AM
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Amazing how Trump is trying desperately to get back all at his perceived enemies.
This will not go well among soldiers and vets
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 7, 2025 4:39 AM
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R9 This cancellation was pushed by the White House, not from West Point itself Dump is playing petty political revenge because Hanks visibly supported Biden.
It's the military rank and file that are going to be hurt most by VA cutbacks. They have nothing to do with this particular decision, with the exception for the personnel who voted for the Disaster in Chief.
From a recent WaPo article:
[Quote] In 2020, Hanks participated in a campaign fundraiser with Joe Biden, who went on to defeat Donald Trump for the presidency that year in an election marred by Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. Months later, after a pro-Trump mob smashed its way into Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed attempt to stop the certification of Biden’s victory, Hanks hosted a televised event called “Celebrating America” that was organized by the Biden Inaugural Committee. Hanks noted then that the United States had seen “deep divisions and a troubling rancor” over recent years.
[Quote] Hanks assisted Biden again one year into his presidency, narrating a video touting the value of perseverance as the U.S. economy rallied and the covid-19 pandemic subsided. “We are stronger than we were a year ago today,” Hanks said then.
[Quote] Hanks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his acting and advocacy from President Barack Obama in 2016. He also has poked fun at Trump supporters while portraying one in “Saturday Night Live” skits, once in 2016 and again in 2025.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 7, 2025 7:24 AM
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So petty. Trump is going to debase every institution by the time he leaves office.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 7, 2025 7:53 AM
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Oh, I doubt it will take him that long, r12.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 7, 2025 8:13 AM
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Trump hates the military. How stupid can service members be to support MAGA
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 7, 2025 3:07 PM
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Tomasina served in the WACS.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 7, 2025 3:45 PM
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Trump likes the military just fine when he can use it however he wants.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 7, 2025 3:47 PM
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