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.
Over Johnny's enlistment period, he rose to the rank of Staff Sargent and became a crack Morse Code Operator in a Security Service unit. Because Cash showed such skill at deciphering Morse Code, he was put in a prominent seat at his Landsberg post to listen in on Soviet communications.
We really enjoyed the Ken Burns country music show. Well worth watching.
ReplyDeletewalk the line
ReplyDeleteA good woman gave us the better in a good man.
ReplyDeleteSomeone asked Mr.Cash what his idea of paradise was, and he answered, "This morning, having coffee with her...."
ReplyDeleteDied of a broken heart.
ReplyDeleteLook up the Johnny Cash cover of "Hurt" on YouTube. While you're watching it, remember that it was filmed a couple of months before June passed.
ReplyDeleteOver Johnny's enlistment period, he rose to the rank of Staff Sargent and became a crack Morse Code Operator in a Security Service unit. Because Cash showed such skill at deciphering Morse Code, he was put in a prominent seat at his Landsberg post to listen in on Soviet communications.
ReplyDelete