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.
P-51D-25-NA, s/n 44-73155. Assigned to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF (photo). Transferred to 38th FS, 55th FG, 8th AF. Returned to the US during Fall 1945 and later (April 1947) assigned to the 165th FS (KY ANG). Went to Korea and eventually transferred to the Korean AF. Written off in a flying accident 17 May 1953.
Back side that is…
ReplyDeleteI don't think "Back" was the word first submitted for that piece of artwork.
ReplyDeleteYeah most officers are not noted for their sense of humor
ReplyDeleteP-51D-25-NA, s/n 44-73155. Assigned to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF (photo). Transferred to 38th FS, 55th FG, 8th AF.
ReplyDeleteReturned to the US during Fall 1945 and later (April 1947) assigned to the 165th FS (KY ANG). Went to Korea and eventually transferred to the Korean AF. Written off in a flying accident 17 May 1953.