“If an English Jew was saved by British soldiers, I think he’d correctly refer to them as his heroes.”
That doesn’t contradict what I said – it only proves my point. You aren’t referring to the American soldiers as “our heroes” because they saved Yidden in Europe. If that were the case, then the British Jews would refer to them as “our heroes” as well and would also be celebrating Pearl Harbor day.
It seems that you are referring to them as “our heroes” because you consider yourself to be American, and that is what I was objecting to.