November 15, 2002
Photo: Patched to Fly Another Day
Howard Baer #8
Watercolor, 1943
Gift of Abbott Laboratories
24 1/2h" x 30 1/4w"
88-159-Y
In the Navy, it's everybody together. Here, it's the WAVE and sailor together to patch bullet holes in the wing tip pontoon of a naval flying boat in from patrol duty.
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments....Kevin Costner.
song playing....Sandman