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.
Thats right now you mention it. Brit airforce wasn't it? And didn't he have a part in the movie Bomber Command? Maybe thinking somebody else, (Alex Guinness?)
there's cool, then there's Gentleman cool !
ReplyDeleteHis Hollywood memoir, The Moon's a Balloon, is a terrific read. Them Brits have a mastery of the English language. Imagine that.
ReplyDeleteWonder how long he practiced that and how many takes it took to get it right.
ReplyDeleteDistinguished in a custom Zootsuit.
ReplyDeleteHe fought in WW2.
ReplyDeleteThats right now you mention it. Brit airforce wasn't it? And didn't he have a part in the movie Bomber Command? Maybe thinking somebody else, (Alex Guinness?)
DeleteVarious postings, including landing at D-Day in a Signals unit called Phantom.
DeleteHe was Special Operations Executive. Special Forces types.
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