Mr.Ford was a real Hollywood "star." Unlike the actors of today, Mr. Ford was actually a good actor and a good man. I wish that I could thank him for his service to the United States and his many movies I've enjoyed over the years.
It's difficult to believe that Hollywood was once full of patriots.
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he belonged to a hollywood of long ago, one in which patriotism, and love of country (and the willingness to go to war) were honored and respected..
alas, it's amazing that in only 60 years, it would be 180 out..
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Now, it's just simply full of it.
They are a lost breed. Gone forever. Alec Guinness, James Doohan, David Niven, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Charlton Heston, Earnest Borgnine, Charles Durning, Charles Bronson, George C. Scott, Eddie Albert, Brian Keith, Lee Marvin, John Russell, Robert Ryan, Tyrone Power, Audie Murphy and others.
Wow! Thanks for posting this article.
Always liked Glenn Ford as an actor but has no idea of his great military history.. RIP Mr. Ford, thanks for the memories and your great service to America. They don't make them like this anymore.
Thanks for posting this.
Glenn Ford was a great actor, a true patriot but most of all he was one of America's finest. God Bless his soul.
In the Second World War Ford served with the Marines, and was seconded to the French Resistance. He rarely spoke of his military service; and it was only 30 years later, when he was presented with a Liberator's Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies, that it emerged he had been responsible for an act of extraordinary courage and compassion.Immediately after Germany's surrender, Ford had discovered that, while attention was focused on Dachau, some 15,000 intended victims were still alive, but barely, at the nearby camp of Fernwald, outside Munich. Defying orders that rations should not be diverted to displaced persons, Ford persuaded supply-sergeants to turn a blind eye while he loaded his truck with food and medical supplies for the starving survivors. It was a lifeline he kept going for seven weeks. He was credited with single-handedly saving the lives of between 5,000 and 6,000 of the abandoned inmates, and women in the camp named new-born sons after him.
I am not questioning Mr. Ford's military service, but I am a little confused on some of this. I do not recall the Marine Corps serving in Europe during WW II. (Yes, I am that old.) But I'm willing to have somebody set me straight. And what's up with the Marine Corps to Navy and enlisted/commissioned switching?
We once had Mc Carthy and Nixon rooting the "travelers" out of Hollywood. J. Edgar Hoover probably kept them in line also. People seem to forget that Mc Carthy actually FOUND commies and exposed them. One I can remember is finding out that Lucy Ricardo was a card carrying communist. I didn't believe it at first, then she admitted it and they had a copy of her membership. She said it was a mistake and she didn't understand what it meant. Many in the limousine liberal set thought it was cool to be commie back then. After they got black balled and exposed, they stayed in line for many years until Viet Nam.
Glenn Ford was a genuine American hero and patriot. Now THERE would be a great story--a well-made biopic of Glenn Ford's exciting life.
This was a nice post. I am a fan of old movies and old Hollywood. Glenn Ford was one of my favorites. My favorite Ford movie is "Experiment In Terror". God Bless Glenn Ford and the many Old Hollywood actors that were Americans First.
And... He was born in Canada.
Wow! GREAT post!
Semper fidelis,
LH
Mr.Ford was a real Hollywood "star." Unlike the actors of today, Mr. Ford was actually a good actor and a good man. I wish that I could thank him for his service to the United States and his many movies I've enjoyed over the years.
Rest in Peace Glen. You were always one of my favorites.
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