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, October 19, 2020
WW II, 1940’s. Waist gunners in action aboard a US B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
Unimaginable courage these men had. So many never returned. The price of war is heavy and dear, but there is no price on freedom. They knew this. Thank you veteran's. Thank you all.
Close Quarters Combat.
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ReplyDeleteUnimaginable courage these men had. So many never returned. The price of war is heavy and dear, but there is no price on freedom. They knew this. Thank you veteran's. Thank you all.
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