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.
Surprisingly, one version of the P-47 was the fastest Allied piston-engine fighter during WWII. The -51 gets all the glory, but the -47 did all the work.
Jug!
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Francis Gabreski, P47 Ace with 28 kills, most in the ETO.
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Every thing you ever wanted to know about the Jug---
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