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.
Friday, September 11, 2020
F6Fs prepare to launch from HMS Emperor during an arctic convoy, early 1944.
Perhaps as cold as you could ever be...
ReplyDeleteI could only imagine the frozen hell those jobs would have been.
ReplyDeleteAside from decent deicing gear, my only thought is recovery! Time in the drink can't be much than 2-3 minutes.
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