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, May 8, 2023
The amphibious transport submarine USS Perch (LPSS-313) underway off Oahu, Hawaii, in Nov. 1966. The 40 mm deck gun was used more than once in support of special operations forces. U.S. Navy photo by PH2 C.A. Komperda
From the days of diesel boat sailors.
ReplyDeleteAmphibious? Explanation, please.
ReplyDeleteThat L in front makes it "amphibious" by inclusion with LPD and other classes of amphibious ships.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Perch_(SS-313)
ReplyDeleteShooting at the Norks in the 1950s was hardly sporting, but probably great fun.
ReplyDeleteThe whole point of clandestine landings is for nobody to even known you were ever there.
We've gotten a lot better at that over time.