Comments on: Ever-present in our thinking was the sad example of the luminous watch-dial painters of World War I https://www.isegoria.net/2025/11/ever-present-in-our-thinking-was-the-sad-example-of-the-luminous-watch-dial-painters-of-world-war-i/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2025/11/ever-present-in-our-thinking-was-the-sad-example-of-the-luminous-watch-dial-painters-of-world-war-i/comment-page-1/#comment-3760250 Bob Sykes Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:12:48 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53614#comment-3760250 Evidently, the officers of the prewar US military were of rather high quality, both intellectually and ethically, more-so than today’s. Was that a result of serving in a very small, poorly funded, slow-promotion military? Marshall, King, Eisenhower, Nimitz… Everyone knew everybody

One thinks, too, of the unusual (for today) group of regular army officers, many veterans of the Mexican War, that served in the Civil War.

]]> By: Handle https://www.isegoria.net/2025/11/ever-present-in-our-thinking-was-the-sad-example-of-the-luminous-watch-dial-painters-of-world-war-i/comment-page-1/#comment-3760249 Handle Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:17:52 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53614#comment-3760249 That last paragraph is very well crafted with perfect tone of dry wit and gentlemanly light comedy. My esteem for Groves grows ever higher.

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