First one of these I’ve run across where I can say that I’ve never heard of the guy.
So at the age of 17, he was in the Merchant Marines, the U.S. Navy, working in a foundry in Seattle, and having 4 rounds of surgery? Sounds like a very busy year for him.
You never watched Rawhide and heard of Gil favor, trailboss?
Fleming was a huge star in the 1960s TV series “Rawhaide” co-starring Clint Eastwood. After Rawhide was cancelled Eastwood went to Italy and Spain where he made spaghetti Westerns and the rest is history.