Who needs weapons with mugs like this?
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Hard men for hard times.
Random thoughts...
IF General Patton could have had his way, there would NEVER have been an Iron Curtain... No Berlin Wall, NO Soviet CCCP Empire.
Most likely NO Korean War, er a, I mean Police Action...
No Viet Nam...
ETC... ETC... ETC...
IF General Patton could have had his way, there would NEVER have been an Iron Curtain... No Berlin Wall, NO Soviet CCCP Empire.
Most likely NO Korean War, er a, I mean Police Action...
No Viet Nam...
ETC... ETC... ETC...
OLDNAVYMCPO
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My one addition to that choir would be Chesty Puller. Amen.
They look like a bunch of playground thugs. A fit girl from the field hockey team could whip the lot of them!
LVSteve
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Caption:
"The annual Queen Victoria 'We are not amused' lookalike competition drew a strong field this year."
"The annual Queen Victoria 'We are not amused' lookalike competition drew a strong field this year."
gaucho1
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Somehow they are one
CCantu357
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Many newer books seem quite hard on MacArthur. My grandfather served for him in Korea and always loved him. I smoke a corn cob pipe on occasion, and when I do I always get the urge to put on some Aviator shades and say "I shall return" when leaving a place.
george minze
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I see the resemblance.
I like how Patton always wore a helmet . . .
lots like a serious bunch to me
Arik
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Did the guy 2nd on the left fall asleep 
?
Looks like veterans day at the local nursing home!!!!
I kid I kid!
?Looks like veterans day at the local nursing home!!!!
I kid I kid!
Yeah NO KIDDING!!!!
Did the guy 2nd on the left fall asleep
Looks like veterans day at the local nursing home!!!!
I kid I kid!
He does look like he's watching a different show than the rest of them.
A few more...
Matthew Ridgeway
Alexander Vandergrift
Chesty Puller
Omar Bradley
Frank Fletcher
Ernest King
Raymond Spruance
Matthew Ridgeway
Alexander Vandergrift
Chesty Puller
Omar Bradley
Frank Fletcher
Ernest King
Raymond Spruance
Yes, we had some honest to goodness butt kickers in that war.
Of course, everyone else supported them. That makes a huge difference.
There's quite a few good ones now, too.
And that's as far as I will go with it.
Of course, everyone else supported them. That makes a huge difference.
There's quite a few good ones now, too.
And that's as far as I will go with it.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Very nice, Steve!
I certainly think Raymond Spruance belongs in that lineup. So does Theodore Roosevelt Jr., though he was only a brigadier if I recall correctly. And though he wasn't yet a general, I'd add Matt Ridgway.
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vigil617
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Personally, I think we've some pretty darn good ones these days too, to help us with "the troubles." One or two have proved to have feet of clay, but on the whole, I think our general officers are a very capable and, in some cases, exemplary bunch. They fight a completely different kind of war than the guys in the photo did. Not taking away anything from any of them.
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You guys forgot to add: Brigadier General Frank Savage. See if you can "catch" that one?
Dennis The B
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They all put a face on the words "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us." *
*Variously misattributed to George Orwell or Winston Churchill.
*Variously misattributed to George Orwell or Winston Churchill.
Dennis The B
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From my favorite movie of all time - "Twelve O'Clock High".You guys forgot to add: Brigadier General Frank Savage. See if you can "catch" that one?
