A publicity photo, no date or location, but too good a photo to stay in my files. It's probably from 1943 when the WACs were put on active duty status in the US Army. 150,000 volunteers served in the WAC during WWII.
Although they served with uncomplaining distinction, it was far short of the hoped-for replacement of a million men for reassignment to front line duty. The WAC was folded into the regular Army in 1978.
Taxicab Depressions - What Happens If Nothing Happens? ... the elites prove once again that they are just too big to jail
Mirror - Britain's 'worst ever' child grooming scandal exposed:
Hundreds of young girls raped, beaten, sold for sex and some even killed
... many as 1,000 white children,
girls as young as 11, kidnapped by Moslem perverts and torturers in
Telford since the 1980s (Worst ever, that's saying something)
Reply to WaPo,
Cold Fury - You miserable elitist tapeworms in your exorbitantly-priced
urban ratholes, quivering in terror at the nascent American
renaissance? You surely can’t be talking about normal Americans, who are
in the main living contentedly in quiet, peaceful homes surrounded by
loving families; perhaps competitive but by no means viciously so;
suspicious not of each other but of YOU and your ilk, their would-be
masters, and quite rightly too; comforted and enriched by the Christian
faith you deride and mock from the depths of your mindless
ignorance—while you yourselves provide a near-comical example of true
spiritual shallowness by mindlessly chasing after every fad guru,
shaman, mystic, quack, crackpot, or plain charlatan who knows an easy
mark when he sees a city full of them. Zero Hedge - Baltimore Mayor 
Pledges 60 Taxpayer-Funded Buses To Drive Students To D.C. Gun Protest ...
she's a Black Lives Matter mayor
Meanwhile, Baltimore ranks just below Juarez for most violent cities in the world
Time for a sea story from World War II, an account of a remarkable event told by CDR—Commander, for you army pukes, O5—Salamander. A couple of excerpts ...
After a brief description of the unequal battle in which the Glowworm goes down in a final all-out lunge while heavily damaged and on fire:emerged from the squall she came face-to-face with the 14,000 ton German Heavy Cruiser, Admiral Von Hipper armed with eight 8 inch and twelve 4 inch guns ...
You want class? Need 'professionalism' defined? I present to you two men, LCDR Roope and CAPT Heye.
Out of a crew of 149, only 31 survived, the only officer being Lt Robert Ramsey. The prisoners were treated well by the Germans who congratulated them on a good fight, and Captain Heye told the men that their Captain was a brave man.
Later, Heye sent a message through the International Red Cross recommending Lt Cdr Roope for the Victoria Cross, the only time in British history that a VC has been recommended by the enemy.The action took place in heavy seas off the coast of Norway in early 1941. Hipper was damaged and Glowworm lost. Glowworm was an old-school 'greyhound' destroyer, small, fast, lightly armed with four 120 mm main guns, reliant on speed and her torpedoes to engage capital ships, but as part of a set-piece battle, not a one-on-one.
During the battle the Hipper's gunnery was what you'd expect from the Kriegsmarine, all but unerring. The first shells fired hit Glowworm decisively, yet she fought on.
Several photographs were taken by Hipper during the engagement, so astounding was the ferocity and courage of Glowworm. And yes, LCDR Roope was posthumously awarded the VC. What better recommendation could a man have than his counterpart in battle?
Captain Heye survived the war, Hipper did not.
A more complete account by U.S. Army Colonel Robert Smith is posted at Warfare History Network, here
| Fred Platt, in a neck brace, a cane in each hand, in his “party suit.” |
