Posted on 09/24/2015 5:31:44 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck
He had a list of people I remembered. I had no idea about some of them, a lot oh yeah, I mean I know about Audie Murphy, but some of those were quite unexpected. I actually teared up a couple of times from old memories not seen since at least the early 70s.
I need a link people.
And I had no idea Lee Marvin was in Arlington, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I would have paid him some respect the way we did that Texas boy, when we were up yonder.
Thanks very much, Bobalu!
The fact is that he relished being one of the few name actors still acting during that time.
I have also read he grew up in an abandoned railway car - his father had deserted the family of something like ten kids and his mother, it was rumored, was part Indian. She died young.
I don’t know why you are arguing about this - it’s perfectly true that many children of the Depression suffered dreadfully. We should all remember that and thank our blessings.
Good point. I stand corrected.
Some chose to serve, many were drafted. Up until the 60s, almost all American men served, even in peacetime.
Ding Ding Ding. Thank you kindly, FReeper. That would be the one.
Great list!
True.
Those people were tough and resilient. The Germans and Japs didn’t understand that aspect of what they were up against when they faced the Americans.
Thanks for the beautiful photos! This experience would go on to create one of the greatest periods in American movies - based on the toughness of those actors and directors and producers who saw action. It also helped to create Film Noir - when people refused to only appreciate the Busby Berkley style of Hollywood (not that there was anything wrong with that) and wanted something grittier to express their experiences.
That’s a list of actors that served in WW2 that I posted a long time ago here on FR.
Glad to be able to post it again as it was a real chore putting it together :-)
Great post....!!
Thanks!!
The WW1 vets sometimes don’t seem to get enough credit on these lists. A young Brian Donlevy joined up with the Lafayette Escadrille. Horror actor Rondo Hatton got a bad dose of mustard gas that contributed to his problems. Silent cowboy star Fred Thomson served. Britishers Herbert Marshall and Leo G. Carroll suffered severe injuries in combat.
Many, many more I’m sure.
Do you have a link...pilgrim?
Just like my aunt. I have a picture of her with my uncle (Army Sergeant) both in full uniform. Great picture. My uncle was a Stewart light tank commander during the battle of the bulge. Saw some horrible stuff heading into Germany at the end.
Thank you for the beautiful montage.
It took lots of work and I learned some things I didn’t know.
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