Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
Monday, December 7, 2015
"A Date Which Will Live In Infamy..."
Every day we lose many WWII Vets.
Soon there will be none.
I'm very blessed in that I get to meet many of them doing my various "jobs" on the Iowa.
Cherish them while we still have them. They truly were "The Greatest Generation".
These two "vets" of a slightly different type saw much action.
The USS Iowa, and the USS Midway. I'm fortunate to have been on both, and have friends on both.
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