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![]() ![]() US Federal Court Rules to Release Ezra Pound from Mental Hospital (1958)An influential American poet and literary critic, Pound spent most of his life in Europe. At the end of WWII, he was arrested for treason by the US for making public broadcasts in Italy supporting anti-Semitism and Fascism. Judged insane, he was committed to a hospital in Washington, DC, until Ernest Hemingway and other friends secured his release 12 years later. In the early weeks of his incarceration, he began showing signs of a mental breakdown, possibly as a result of being locked in what? More... Discuss |
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Done , a salute to all those that live and serve and for those that have died defending their country in the past, just saw on Wiki England will have their own armed forces day on 27th June this year for the first time.
The first time? Wow.
Thanks for posting, Alison!
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