He was also a good bass player.
An old chief, wounded. lying on the deck, hears the "I have not yet begun to fight"
He mutters, "There's always the 2% that don't get the word".
The Battle of Flamboro Head was probably the only naval battle in which the ship that won sank while the loser stayed afloat.
jpj never said that. the british captain called for his surrender and he said no, then the britich captain said “you’ll sink”, and jpj said “then i’ll sink, but damned if I surrender’. the comment was sanitized to fit the sensitivities of the day.
from the museum of our national heritage, Lexington mass.
JPJ: “And She’s buying a stairway to heaven...”
JPJ: “And She’s buying a stairway to heaven...”