Poor William's Almanack, March 3, 2009, The Military Way

franklin-bifocals-60 Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Death of General Kasamir Pulaski
[1747 - Kasamir Pulaski, Revolutionary War general, born near Warsaw, Poland]

[1776 - First US amphibious landing operation. Commodore Esek Hopkins
lands Sailors and Marines on New Providence Island in Bahamas]

Pullman Sleeper Car
[1831 - George Pullman, inventor, industrialist, labor foe, born in Brocton, New York]

[1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, inventor,
born in Edinburgh, Scotland]

[1853 - Vincent Van Gogh, painter,
born in Zundert, Netherlands]

[1895 - Matthew Ridgway, U.S. Army General,
born in Fort Monroe, Virginia]

[1911 - Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpenter), actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri]

[1916 - Robert Whitehead, Tony Award-
winning producer, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada]

[1920 - James Montgomery 'Jimmy' Doohan, actor,
born in Vancouver, British Columbia]

Flamenco Guitarist Carlos Montoya
[1993 - Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist, dies at age 89]

The Military Way

A military commander once remarked:
"Having lost sight of the objective, we must redouble our efforts."

military drill instructor

William's Whimsical Words:

Would you call that strategic, or tactical thinking?

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