And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Aircraft Carrier USS Midway and Battleship USS Iowa in Persian Gulf, December 1987
Holy sh*t! I was there! I worked right under the flight deck, just barely forward of the island, on the angled deck. Below our deck (floor) was a drop down to the water. AIMD, IM3, Shop 8, Work Center 69A. Very cool photo! Thanks!
That is just plain pretty. I've walked both of those decks in awe.
ReplyDeleteJust about as much warship as one could expect in just one photo.
DeleteBoth are museums now.
ReplyDeleteAwesome pair !
ReplyDeleteLooking at the 2 (or 3) cables- it was some kind of UNREP.
ReplyDeleteHoly sh*t! I was there! I worked right under the flight deck, just barely forward of the island, on the angled deck. Below our deck (floor) was a drop down to the water. AIMD, IM3, Shop 8, Work Center 69A. Very cool photo! Thanks!
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