FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Real Hollywood Heroes Part 8 ~ June 9, 2014

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Real Hollywood Heroes

Part 8

Info from here.

 

           

"Armies do not fight wars; nations fight wars. War is not a military activity conducted by soldiers, but rather a social activity that involves entire nations. . . ." ~ Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, U.S. Army
 

There were a lot of Hollywood stars of the 1940s that put careers on hold to fight for freedom. Movie stars of World War II earned more than 300 medals and awards that honor their valor. U.S. awards and medals include Silver Stars, Distinguish Service Crosses, Air Medals, Bronze Stars, Presidential Unit Citations, Purple Hearts, and a Congressional Medal of Honor.

Back before Hollywood became Hollyweird....

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Hugo Haas (1901-1968) [Days of Glory (1944); Paradise Alley (1962)] was born in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic). A portly, somewhat grubby and bohemian-looking character star, Hugo Haas was one of the most celebrated Czech actors back in the 30s, a comic star who only grew in stature as he delved creatively into writing, directing and producing. The Nazi invasion forced him to leave his beloved country and come to the United States. Like a fish out of water, he had to start small. Beginning as an announcer on US broadcasts to the Eastern Europe underground, he also offered his talents as a narrator of propaganda films.

 

Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) [The Music Man (1962); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)] was an American comic born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Public School 103 and New Utrecht High School. While still in high school, he began appearing in nightclubs, beginning with the "Borscht Belt," the Catskills resorts. He served three years with an antiaircraft unit during World War II. His first job after the war was at the Pink Elephant, a Brooklyn club. He made appearances in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and the Catskills. He appeared on Broadway in Lunatics and Lovers, where Max Liebman saw him and put him in two television specials. A television series, Stanley, was developed for him, which helped start Carol Burnett's career.

 

Albert Hague (1920-2001) [Fame (1980); The Story of Us (1999)] was born into a Jewish family in Berlin but was raised as a Lutheran to protect him from Nazi persecution. He fled Germany to Italy in 1937 as he was about to be inducted into the Hitler youth movement. After attending a music conservatory in Rome, he obtained a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati and immigrated to the United States in 1939 penniless to avoid being conscripted by German military authorities. Arriving at age of 18 and unable to speak a word of English, he took the last name of his adopted father, Elliott B. Hague, an eye surgeon with close ties to the university. He graduated in 1942 and served in the U.S. military for more than two years during World War II before embarking on a career as a composer. He celebrated his first Broadway success with the opening of the hit 1955 musical Plain and Fancy, an Amish-themed show that featured Barbara Cook and the popular song Young and Foolish.

 

Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990) [Music Man (1948); The Red Fury (1984)] was an American movie and television actor, famously known for his role as the Skipper on the cult sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964-1972), as well as for his many supporting roles in movies. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr.. After his father's death, he was credited in roles as simply Alan Hale. He was born in Los Angeles, California, after his father had already begun a career in silent movies in Hollywood. He peformed in his first movie as a baby, performing as child actor. In adulthood, he made a smooth transition to a full career and continued to act until his death. In his adult career he was noted for his supporting character roles in such movies Up Periscope (1959), The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958), and The West Point Story (1950). He also appeared in many westerns. He died in Los Angeles from respiratory failure due to cancer. During World War II Served in the U.S. Coast Guard.

 

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) [Roman Holiday (1953); My Fair Lady (1964)] was born in Brussels, Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. Later, when her mother moved back to the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well. While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler's army took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition but found the strength to serve as a child courier for World War II resistance fighters in Holland.

 

Charlton Heston (1923-2008) [The Ten Commandments (1956); Ben-Hur (1959)]. Left college in 1944 and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He served for two years as a B-25 radio operator / gunner stationed at Kodiak Island and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska with the Eleventh Air Force, rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant.

 

Pat Hingle (1924-2009) [Hang 'Em High (1968); Sudden Impact (1983); appeared in all of the first four Batman movies]. Versatile stage, big screen and tv character actor. He was born in Miami, Florida but attended high school in Texas. In 1941 entered the University of Texas, majoring in advertising. After serving in the Navy during WW II, he went back to the university and got involved with the drama department as a way to meet girls.

 

 

 

...more next week...

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[ConorMacNessa]

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Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave
Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

PFC MATTHEW H WALKER, USA
1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Amazing Grace

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

The men and women in the field, who are doing the fighting and dying, are Patriots and Heroes. Those who walk the corridors of Power in Washington are liars, hypocrites and Traitors.

I would expand on that statement, but I'm probably already in violation of the non-political rule on this thread.

God Bless our Valiant Troops, and God Bless the United States of America! At some date in the future, the Truth will out and with the help of God, the Right will prevail!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[SandRat]

More Hollywood Heroes..WOW..

[luvie]

When I think of what they’ve done to our heroes, past and present, my blood boils and words simply fail me!

God release us from the evil “empire” that has taken our country!

[SkyDancer]

~ Hi Kathy!

~ Well, late as usual - LOL ~

[luvie]

Great thread! I never get tired of hearing about the ones in the entertainment fields that were heroes!

But....Gilligan’s Island a CULT sitcom??? Since when? LOL!

[luvie]

Good addition to the list! :)

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


TATTOO
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Must retire for the evening -

For Every Morn' Brings Forth A Noble Chance,
And Every Chance Demands A Noble Knight!

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer,
already mounts the parapet.

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!





Standing With Them:
Charleton Heston, Moses And
The LORD!



Sgt. Charlton Heston, USAAF

TAPS
U.S. Marine Band
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"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"
(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’Day, Janey...((HUGS))

After the latest treasonous acts, and complete lack of support by the cic and his minions, I’m with you. he doesn’t care what happens to our military men and women. He treats them as expendable toys for him to play with.

Bring them home!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

God Bless you good, Mac. *HUGS* Good night and rest well.
Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[luvie]

Nighty-night, Conor!

Have a great week! (((hugs)))

[SkyDancer]

Where are those ladies in pink or war protestors like when Bush was in office?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Still dry? Ready for the new week?

We got a little rain overnight.

[SandRat]

Pat Hingle also appeared on “In th Heat Of the Night TV series” as Officer Parkers step father.

[luvie]

Whaaaaaaaaaa??
Monday already!?
Say it isn't so, Night Owls!
(((hugs)))

[1st Division guy]

I am impressed

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[AZamericonnie]

Rest In Peace our Heroes

Il Silenzio

Let Them In St. Peter

[SandRat]