True, but Truman would not be bullied. He, Patton, was barking up the wrong tree. Remember, it was not until Pearl Harbor that Americans wanted anything to do with that European War anyways.
If anyone was going to be assassinated, it would have been Douglas MacArthur. He really wanted to go in to China. He pretty much got off the hook for his fiasco in korea , not Inchon, the Yalu chosin part of it all.
Those are the soldiers from the Battle of the Bulge buried there. Confusion comes from Seventh Army in Sicily, Palermo and that arena, then the 3rd Army in France and that arena....
Rick Atkinson: If you have not read his trilogy o WWII, then go there. The best. Narrative friendly. Great stuff....My Uncle was with Patton, died after the war a little later at Walter Reed . Still have his group photo and plaque inscribed from all those battles starting in Sicily.
It's not like the moved up in the draft or used a first round pick on Smith. Ya gotta try. Nothing says any second round pick will be a great choice. Throw of the dice on all of them.
Well, , at $25 million a year for the next two and one-half years, and an option year after that, I think you can narrow that "list" of nine teams down. Way down....
Inside the mind of JJ.." It's not a step back for Jason. It's actually a step forward for Jason in my mind."
Reminds me of Cool Hand Luke: JJ-" You gonna get used to wearin' them chains afer a while, Luke. Don't you never stop listenin' to them clinking. 'Cause they gonna remind you of what I been saying. For your own good. "
Garrett-" Wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, cap'n."
$3.5 million signing bonus three months ago and a total of $10 million for this year.
Reminds me of Cool Hand Luke:
JJ-" You gonna get used to wearin' them chains afer a while, Luke. Don't you never stop listenin' to them clinking. 'Cause they gonna remind you of what I been saying. For your own good. "
Garrett-" Wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, cap'n."
He would not qualify for arbitration until completing his third full season in 2016, and will not be a free agent until the end of the 2019 season.
Before June 1st, if a player is not sent back down, it would start the countdown as a full season.