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.
Ah- a play on American Gothic, by Grant Wood. Some years ago wife & I did that but with her in approx ver of dress, & me in shirt/coat/glasses close to orig, for Halloween contest. We won, but many had no idea. Zsazsa & Eddie pull it off w Levi & Brooks Bros, but it totally works. She was something.
On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the coxswain of a U.S. Navy landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. "
...at the bloody Battle of Tarawa in the South Pacific, he found and rescued wounded soldiers who had been abandoned under heavy fire, transporting them to troop ships for treatment.
Estimates credit him with pulling 70 men to safety."
Ah- a play on American Gothic, by Grant Wood.
ReplyDeleteSome years ago wife & I did that but with her in approx ver of dress, & me in shirt/coat/glasses close to orig, for Halloween contest. We won, but many had no idea.
Zsazsa & Eddie pull it off w Levi & Brooks Bros, but it totally works.
She was something.
Ava....not the crazy one.
Delete"Green Acres"
ReplyDeleteThey don't make'em like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteI believe the role of Oliver Douglas’ wife Lisa was played by Eva Gabor, the younger sister of Zsa Zsa.
ReplyDelete49er Badger
He’s got more makeup on his hands she does
ReplyDeleteGotta love auto correct. Not.
DeleteMore makeup on than she does
On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
ReplyDeleteHe was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the coxswain of a U.S. Navy landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. "
...at the bloody Battle of Tarawa in the South Pacific, he found and rescued wounded soldiers who had been abandoned under heavy fire, transporting them to troop ships for treatment.
Estimates credit him with pulling 70 men to safety."
And all he got was a Bronze Star, I would have thought at least a Silver Star
ReplyDelete