High school was over 50 years ago. I don't remember learning about Mobile Bay, but I did recognize " Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!" even if I didn't know its origins until right now. I'm not sure what this says about my education, but it looks like a good slogan has a way of sticking in the brain.
High school was over 50 years ago. I don't remember learning about Mobile Bay, but I did recognize " Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!" even if I didn't know its origins until right now. I'm not sure what this says about my education, but it looks like a good slogan has a way of sticking in the brain.
As an aside, Charles Coburn used it in the film "The More the Merrier" and he did just that in relation to the interpersonal interplay between Joel McRae and Jean Arthur (and got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for it). Coincidentally it was during WW2.
High school was over 50 years ago. I don't remember learning about Mobile Bay, but I did recognize " Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!" even if I didn't know its origins until right now. I'm not sure what this says about my education, but it looks like a good slogan has a way of sticking in the brain.
As an aside, Charles Coburn used it in the film "The More the Merrier" and he did just that in relation to the interpersonal interplay between Joel McRae and Jean Arthur (and got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for it). Coincidentally it was during WW2.