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.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Mitsubishi Zeros patrol over New Guinea in 1944. The middle A6M is flown by ace pilot Takeo Tanimizu, who survived the war and is credited with 32 kills. Tanimizu is also well known for dropping his own life preserver to downed American pilots.
My dad was in New Guinea at this time.
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Tanimizu was a warrior, not a killer.
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Some people have honor. Some don't.
Not Zero's
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