[eastforker]

Another outstanding soldier!

[raiderboy]

What a great example for the American male. Thank you, Marshall Dillon.

[Mears]

The age mentioned in the link is wrong-—.

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[clintonh8r]

According to IMDB he died June 3, 2011, age 88.

[Ransomed]

One of the cool folks for sure, true patriot. The monster in ‘The thing from another world.’ He would take lunch and drive around with the make-up on, which was bright green I guess. He must have been shot 60+ times in the right shoulder alone on Gunsmoke. The scar tissue should have been like Kevlar at some point.

Freegards

[doorgunner69]

Aw geez, Clint Walker and now Ja,mes Arness, two patriotic giants of the classic era of Holly-weird.

IIRC, he was "The Thing" in the first version of that movie.

Now, we have runts like Cruise. Damon, and K. Sutherland.

All good things end, but so soon? Runts and metrosexuals now are the norm for male actors. Clint Eastwood is one of the few remaining.

[Robert DeLong]

His brother Peter Graves also served in WWII.

[chrisinoc]

Arness had a supporting role in the 1949 classic “Battleground”.

[Carriage Hill]

Her died in 2011, according to Wiki and all other sources I can find.

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=James+Arness&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[tired&retired]

And Miss Kitty never reeled him in.

[GOPJ]

Hollywood wasn’t always a trash... thanks for the memory...

[Hoosier-Daddy]

And an outstanding carrot

[bigbob]

I enjoy listening to “Gunsmoke” on Sirius XM Radio Classics where William Conrad played Matt Dillon. But I always visualize the character as James Arness in my theater of the mind.

[stevem]

I believe he also grew up im my hometown: Minneapolis MN

[BurrOh]

I like very much having posts of our famous veterans. Thank you for doing this. Brings back memories and also information I did not know, Please keep it up.

[\/\/ayne]

3rd Division, huh?

1930s – United States Army Band and Chorus – Dog Face Soldier

I Wouldn’t Give A Bean
To Be A Fancy Pants Marine,
I’d Rather Be a Dogface Soldier Like I Am.
I Wouldn’t Trade My Old O.D.’s
For All The Navy’s Dungarees
For I’m The Walking Pride Of Uncle Sam;

On All The Posters That I Read It Says
"The Army Builds Men!"
So They’re Tearing Me Down To Build Me Over Again
I’m Just A Dogface Soldier
With A Rifle On My Shoulder
And I’ll Go From Casablanca to Bombay.

So Feed Me Ammunition,
Keep Me In My Old Division,
Your Dogfaced Soldier Boy's Okay.

[TalBlack]

Edward Albert, the Green Acres guy saw some serious action in WWII. You watch these guys on TV, as a kid, being stuffy old coots and then you find out where they were and what they saw in the war...and you juse can’t put the two together.

[Jack Hammer]

The opening showdown for Gunsmoke was ne of the great signature scenes in early TV.

[Neoliberalnot]

I have every episode of Gunsmoke. Best western series ever. The writers were outstanding in their ability to portray just how difficult it was to survive in the West of the 1800s. God rest his soul.

[V K Lee]

You bring back fond memories. Gunsmoke was a broadcast seldom missed by dad. Jim Arness was always a favorite.

Years ago,Bill O’Reilly had this interview with Jim - IMHO, one of his best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjY7UKO_xjU

[GoldenPup]

Something in the story doesn’t pass the smell test.
IF Arness died at 88, than he was born in 1930.
If he was born in 1930, and the Anzio invasion took place in 1944,
THAN Arness would have been 14 when Anzio took place.
Participating in a major military invasion overseas at 14?
Maybe not????