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.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Twin Bofors gun “Sally Rand” and crew on the escort carrier USS Altamaha, 15 Jan 1943
Sally must have made a big impression on somebody. Likely she had freckles.
ReplyDeleteI suspect she took a few "nips" out of more than one Zero!
ReplyDeleteHow do you know this is USS Altamaha CVE-18?
ReplyDeleteIt said so where I found the picture, so being the internet, it must be true.
DeleteSally Rand was a pretty high-calibre babe! Here's a pic:
ReplyDeletehttp://fanpix.famousfix.com/gallery/sally-rand/p10238323