| date: | 27 October 2015 at 19:05 | ||
| subject: | Fw: D O YOU REMEMBER THESE MEN? |
On Monday, October 26, 2015 11:05 AM, wrote:
D O YOU REMEMBER THESE MEN? I BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER ALMOST ALL OF THEM.I can only send this to people our age, (well close to our age) since most of today's people don't have any idea who these Men were and that's a pity.George Gobel comedian, Army Air Corps, taught fighter pilotsJohnny Carson made a big deal about it once on the Tonight Show, to which George said "the Japs didn't get past us.Sterling Hayden , US Marines and OSS . Smuggled guns into Yugoslavia and parachuted into Croatia . Silver Star.James Stewart , US Army Air Corps. Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of General.Ernest Borgnine , US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c, destroyer USS Lamberton. 10 years active duty. Discharged 1941, re-enlisted after Pearl Harbor.Ed McMahon , US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.)Telly Savalas , US Army.Walter Matthau , US Army Air Corps., B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer.Steve Forrest , US Army. Wounded, Battle of the Bulge.Jonathan Winters , USMC. Battleship USS Wisconsin and Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft gunner, Battle of Okinawa.Paul Newman , US Navy Rear seat gunner/radsioman, torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill.Kirk Douglas , US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and medically discharged.Robert Mitchum , US Army.Dale Robertson , US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton. Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission.Henry Fonda , US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee.John Carroll , US Army Air Corps. Pilot in North Africa . Broke his back in a crash.Lee Marvin US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on Saipan . Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Sec. 7A next to Greg Boyington and Joe Louis.Art Carney , US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach, D-Day. Limped for the rest of his life.Wayne Morris , US Navy fighter pilot, USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters.Rod Steiger , US Navy. Was aboard one of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid.Tony Curtis , US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus. In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan.Larry Storch . US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis.Forrest Tucker , US Army. Enlisted as a private, rose to Lieutenant.Robert Montgomery , US Navy.George Kennedy , US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor , stayed in sixteen years.Mickey Rooney , US Army under Patton. Bronze Star.Denver Pyle , US Navy. Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal . Medically discharged.Burgess Meredith , US Army Air Corps.DeForest Kelley , US Army Air Corps.Robert Stack , US Navy. Gunnery Officer.Neville Brand , US Army, Europe . Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.Tyrone Power , US Marines. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater.Charlton Heston, US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25, Aleutians.Danny Aiello , US Army. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. Served three years.James Arness , US Army. As an infantryman, he was severely wounded at Anzio , Italy .Efram Zimbalist, Jr ., US Army. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest.Mickey Spillane , US Army Air Corps, Fighter Pilot and later Instructor Pilot.Rod Serling . US Army. 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific. He jumped at Tagaytay in the Philippines and was later wounded in Manila.Gene Autry , US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports that ferried supplies over "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India Theater.Wiliam Holden , US Army Air Corps.Alan Hale Jr , US Coast Guard.Harry Dean Stanton , US Navy. Battle of Okinawa.Russell Johnson , US Army Air Corps. B-24 crewman who was awarded Purple Heart when his aircraft was shot down by the Japanese in the Philippines.William Conrad , US Army Air Corps. Fighter Pilot.Jack Klugman , US Army.Frank Sutton , US Army. Took part in 14 assault landings, including Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor.Jackie Coogan , US Army Air Corps. Volunteered for gliders and flew troops and materials into Burma behind enemy lines.Tom Bosley , US Navy.Claude Akins , US Army. Signal Corps., Burma and the Philippines.Chuck Connors , US Army. Tank-warfare instructor.Harry Carey Jr ., US Navy.Mel Brooks , US Army. Combat Engineer. Saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.Robert Altman , US Army Air Corps. B-24 Co-Pilot.Pat Hingle , US Navy. Destroyer USS Marshall.Fred Gwynne , US Navy. Radioman.Karl Malden , US Army Air Corps. 8th Air Force, NCO.Earl Holliman . US Navy. Lied about his age to enlist. Discharged after a year when the Navy found out.Rock Hudson , US Navy. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines.Harvey Korman , US Navy.Aldo Ray . US Navy. UDT frogman, Okinawa.Don Knotts , US Army, Pacific Theater.Don Rickles , US Navy aboard USS Cyrene.Harry Dean Stanton , US Navy. Served aboard an LST in the Battle of Okinawa.Robert Stack , US Navy. Gunnery Instructor.Soupy Sales , US Navy. Served on USS Randall in the South Pacific.Lee Van Cleef , US Navy. Served aboard a sub chaser then a mine sweeper.Clifton James , US Army, South Pacific. Was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.Ted Knight , US Army, Combat Engineers.Jack Warden , US Navy, 1938-1942, then US Army, 1942-1945. 101st Airborne Division.Don Adams . US Marines. Wounded on Guadalcanal, then served as a Drill Instructor.James Gregory , US Navy and US Marines.Brian Keith , US Marines. Radioman/Gunner in Dauntless dive-bombers.Fess Parker , US Navy and US Marines. Booted from pilot training for being too tall, joined Marines as a radio operator.Charles Durning . US Army. Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Shot multiple times. Awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. Survived Malmedy Massacre.Raymond Burr , US Navy. Shot in the stomach on Okinawa and medically discharged.Hugh O'Brian , US Marines.Robert Ryan , US Marines.Eddie Albert , US Coast Guard. Bronze Star with Combat V for saving several Marines under heavy fire as pilot of a landing craft during the invasion of Tarawa.Cark Gable , US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe.Charles Bronson , US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner, wounded in action.Peter Graves , US Army Air Corps.Buddy Hackett , US Army anti-aircraft gunner.Victor Mature , US Coast Guard.Jack Palance , US Army Air Corps. Severely injured bailing out of a burning B-24 bomber.Robert Preston , US Army Air Corps. Intelligence OfficerCesar Romero , US Coast Guard. Coast Guard. Participated in the invasions of Tinian and Saipan on the assault transport USS Cavalier.Norman Fell , US Army Air Corps., Tail Gunner, Pacific Theater.Jason Robards , US Navy. was aboard heavy cruiser USS Northampton when it was sunk off Guadalcanal . Also served on the USS Nashville during the invasion of the Philippines , surviving a kamikaze hit that caused 223 casualties.
Steve Reeves, US Army , Philippines.Dennis Weaver , US Navy. Pilot.Robert Taylor , US Navy. Instructor Pilot.Randolph Scott . Tried to enlist in the Marines but was rejected due to injuries sustained in US Army, World War 1.Ronald Reagan . US Army. Was a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Reserves before the war. His poor eyesight kept him from being sent overseas with his unit when war came so he transferred to the Army Air Corps Public Relations Unit where he served for the duration.
John Wayne. Declared "4F medically unfit" due to pre-existing injuries, he nonetheless attempted to volunteer three times (Army, Navy and Film Corps.) so he gets honorable mention.
And of course we have Audie Murphy, America 's most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the Medal of Honor.
Can someone tell how many of today's Hollywood elite, sports celebs and politicians put their careers on hold to enlist for service in Iraq or Afghanistan ?
The only one who even comes close was Pat Tillman, who turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the US Army after September, 11, 2001 and serve as a Ranger in Afghanistan , where he died in 2004.But rather than being lauded for his choice and his decision to put his country before his career, he was mocked and derided by many of his peers.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I submit to you that America today is not the country it was seventy years ago. And I, for one, am saddened.My generation grew up watching, being entertained by and laughing with so many of these fine people, never really knowing what they contributed to the war effort. Like millions of Americans during WWII, there was a job that needed doing, they didn't question, they went and did it; those that came home returned to their now new normal life and carried on, very few ever saying what they did or saw.They took it as their "responsibility," their "duty" to Country, to protect and preserve our freedoms and way of life, not just for themselves but for all future generations to come.As a member of that "First" generation, I'm forever humbly in their debt.Don't forget that even Queen Elizabeth of England, I believe she was princess at the time, volunteered during WWII.
Wow, so you're telling me that during the biggest war in the history of the planet, when the draft was in full effect, a large number of young men ended up serving in uniform, and then later some of those young men turned out to have careers in show business?
ReplyDeleteAnd in a different era, with no draft and a much smaller, highly professional armed forces, that current entertainers wouldn't drop everything to go fight in two smaller wars?
Amazing. I'm sure that really says... something.
And that John Wayne "honorable mention" is BULLSHIT. John Wayne was a fucking draft dodger. He wasn't 4-F. He was 1-A. Fit for duty. And he kept putting off enlisting because his career was finally taking off and he didn't want to risk losing his place in Hollywood or the money that he was finally making as a star.
So there's your "good old days". America's biggest, baddest hero was actually the one who refused to answer the bell in time of war, because he was more worried about his career than his country.
Also, don't bring up Pat Tillman's name and Iraq. Tillman thought the Iraq war was an illegal disgrace.
ReplyDeleteBut rather than being lauded for his choice and his decision to put his country before his career, he was mocked and derided by many of his peers.
Also total bullshit. Who said this? What NFL player mocked or derided Tillman? The NFL treats him like a saint now, which is ironic because he probably would have hated all the attention paid to him.
Can someone tell how many of today's Hollywood elite, sports celebs and politicians put their careers on hold to enlist for service in Iraq or Afghanistan ?
ReplyDeleteWhy should they? The government says, "We're gonna start a war, with some country that hasn't done us harm, for no apparent reason. Wanna come?" and you're wondering why actors and celebrities won't sign up?
I'm wondering why ANYONE would sign up, and I'm not that impressed by anyone who does.
If we returned to the draft, wars such as these would stop in a hurry.
"they didn't question"
ReplyDeleteAlways question.
My rightwing dad died last year at age 95. He was a WWII Vet. I point out his age bc most of the WWII generation is either gone or soon will be. May they all RIP.
ReplyDeleteSo this is really reeaaccching to prove some kind of stupid point about citizens choosing not to serve in the military. Current RWDs are probably of the Korean War and Viet Nam War era. How many RWDs actually served? And more to the point, how many of their kids and grandkids and great grandkids serve(d)?
This is such sentimental claptrap, and really has nothing to do with anything. However, I do agree with this statement:
...I submit to you that America today is not the country it was seventy years ago. And I, for one, am saddened.
No shit, RWD. The USA is NOT what it used to be, is it? And that's due, in no small measure, to your unceasing and fervent willingness to be a pawn and a dupe to the mega-wealthy... and by rolling around in your ersatz victimhood over fables like this one. Grow a pair, RWD. My dad volunteered to serve in WWII. He had a pair. You don't.
I will also point out that the ranks our all-volunteer military - along with volunteer mercenaries - are usually filled by dreaded, horrid, terrible minorities... often those from poverty-stricken families, who have few choices in life. So they serve, and serve with honor, in our military, putting their lives on the line (usually in stupid conflicts in order to enrich the already wealthy, but I digress). Only to come back to the USA and be spit on by white supremacist RWD, who doesn't want to pay one thin dime in taxes and doesn't give a crap if the VA is properly funded.
ReplyDeleteI could go on, but that's the overview of who serves in today's military. I guess that's why RWD is whining this time - not enough white sports heros and white actors to satisfy his white supremacist @ss.
Let us not forget that Ammon Bundy and his gang of freeloading lazy yay-hoos are mostly not ex-military, although most say they are Vets. The few that are actual Vets were dishonorably discharged for being too stupid to serve (or something).
More white supremacist whining and complaining.
ReplyDeleteNo the USA isn't a white majority anymore, RWD. Too bad, so sad, get used to it.
What a load of uselessly sentimental rubbish.
Careful, rightwing dad, some of those guys listed were liberals.
ReplyDeleteThis has already been thrashed enough. My first thought was "there was a fucking DRAFT in those days numbnuts" but that has been addressed. And the fact some on that list were Liberals but not surprising given the level of cognitive dissonance of RWD. With that said bless those that served.
ReplyDeleteMax
What George Gobel actually said on the JCS:
ReplyDelete"There was not one Japanese aircraft that got past Tulsa."
It was a joke, and it was funny, but RWD had to lie once again
to advance the MIC agenda. What fucking tools for the rich.
Great comments.
ReplyDeleteFirst anon knocks it out of the park.
ferschitz....so sorry to hear about your Dad's passing.
ReplyDeleteI bet he was a good man.
Mike Hawk
So Hooray4US and ferschitz:
ReplyDeleteI missed the part where the writer mentioned anything about whites or blacks or any other race.
Seems there are a couple of racists here.....or....perhaps
just deflection on behalf of BOTH of you.
Mike Hawk
So Hooray4US and ferschitz:
ReplyDeleteI missed the part where the writer mentioned anything about whites or blacks or any other race.
Seems there are a couple of racists here.....or....perhaps
just deflection on behalf of BOTH of you.
Mike Hawk
So Hooray4US and ferschitz:
ReplyDeleteI missed the part where the writer mentioned anything about whites or blacks or any other race.
Seems there are a couple of racists here.....or....perhaps
just deflection on behalf of BOTH of you.
Mike Hawk
After the war, Sterling Hayden got blacklisted for alleged communist sympathies, but don't let that stop you from using him as prop after persecuting him while he was alive.
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