Give me a Teddy Roosevelt please. Or a Black Jack Pershing. Mebbe a Patton? My dad was in Patton's 3rd in Europe. Patton would be ok. But no sniveling cowards anymore, please.
“Give me a Teddy Roosevelt please. “
The ‘Great Progressive’?
“Give me a Teddy Roosevelt please. “
The ‘Great Progressive’?
Facing each other, Jackson allowed Dickinson to fire. Following the loud crack and billowing smoke, Jackson still stood. “My God! Have I missed him?” cried Dickinson. No, actually. Jackson had taken a bullet to the chest but simply disregarded it. He then took careful aim and fired at Dickinson, who was required by rules of the duel to face Jackson and remain still. Dickinson also took a bullet to the chest, but he was not Old Hickory; he died that evening. Jackson lived with that bullet in his chest for the rest of his life. It caused him pain and numerous respiratory difficulties, but never took him down.
Andrew Jackson was also the victim of an assassination attempt after he was elected president. A man named Richard Lawrence walked up to the president and tried shooting him with both of the pistols he carried. Both guns misfired, even though they were later tested and said to be in perfect working order. Jackson did not take lightly to being a target. He proceeded to use his cane to beat the man senseless.
Patton's nearest counterpart these days appears to be Sheriff Joe.