Pearl

"Let every patriot take his stand on the bastions of democracy. We go into battle in defense of our own land, of our present and our future, of all that we are and all that we still hope to be, of a way of life which we have made for ourselves on free and independent soil, the only way of life which we believe to be worth living."--Bizarro World New York Times, Dec., 1941

Thanks, Dad.

And Happy Birthday.

Corsair fighter Takes off from from USS Coral Sea (CVB-43), while she was operating in the Mediterranean Sea,
November 1950. This is a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft. Note radar antennas atop the island, and flag signal reading 085 turn.