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Reminder of when Hollywood produced heroes
America's Victories (new edition) ^ | 5/29/2017 | LS

Posted on 05/29/2017 10:34:29 AM PDT by LS

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This is all from my book "America's Victories," just re-released.
1 posted on 05/29/2017 10:34:29 AM PDT by LS
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Could you possibly imagine today’s male stars enlisting?


2 posted on 05/29/2017 10:41:01 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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To: LS

https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Victories-America-Wins-Terror-ebook/dp/B015D9B64Q/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8


3 posted on 05/29/2017 10:42:57 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
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Dennis Hopper served in WWII? As what? A little drummer boy?


4 posted on 05/29/2017 10:46:48 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Fake news. His dad was in the OSS


5 posted on 05/29/2017 10:50:36 AM PDT by CJ Wolf (just a conspiracy theory, no facts behind the above post.)
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To: LS

No wonder movies used to be so much better and now suck.


6 posted on 05/29/2017 10:50:46 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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Dennis Hopper was one of the elderly members of the 60s left youth movement - along with Jane Fonda. I think he turned Republican later in life. Arthur Godfrey was in the Naval Reserves prior to WWII but was too old to serve. He did serve in the 20s, though.


7 posted on 05/29/2017 10:54:18 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: LS

AWESOME post!

Great info regarding patriot faves - heartwarming, on this Memorial Day.

Hope your book sells well!


8 posted on 05/29/2017 11:06:16 AM PDT by b9
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Melvin Kaminsky (aka Mel Brooks) was an Army combat engineer in the Battle of the Bulge. He deactivated enemy landmines.

http://www.usace.army.mil/About/History/Historical-Vignettes/Sports-Entertainment/109-Mel-Brooks/


9 posted on 05/29/2017 11:06:25 AM PDT by DFG
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To: LS

bookmark


11 posted on 05/29/2017 11:20:34 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: DaxtonBrown; admin

Could you please delete my previous post, please


12 posted on 05/29/2017 11:22:25 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: LS
Please add Hedy Lamarr to the distinguished list.
13 posted on 05/29/2017 11:29:24 AM PDT by MosesKnows (Love Many, Trust Few, and Always Paddle Your Own Canoe)
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To: DaxtonBrown; Admin Moderator

Please delete above post of mine, meant for mail


14 posted on 05/29/2017 12:08:11 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: LS

Setting aside the matter of former Hollywood heroes for a second, it was a time when Hollywood seemed to comprise Americans with brains as well as patriotic spirit.


15 posted on 05/29/2017 12:13:15 PM PDT by DPMD
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To: miss marmelstein

Glenn Ford in the Naval Reserve.


16 posted on 05/29/2017 12:14:05 PM PDT by DPMD
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To: LS
Strange that Clark Gable didn't make the list. He flew on 5 combat missions.


17 posted on 05/29/2017 12:15:32 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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I thought I put him in. And I think he flew 18, shot at everytime. Can’t remember everyone.


18 posted on 05/29/2017 12:25:25 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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I re-watched many WW II films this weekend and there wasn’t a sex scene or F-bomb in any of them. Who knew they could do that?


19 posted on 05/29/2017 1:37:01 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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Dennis Hopper served in WWII

Maybe he meant William Hopper? Played detective Drake on Perry Mason.

20 posted on 05/29/2017 1:41:22 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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