[NYer]

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 16:26

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[ETL]

The California State Military Museum

A United States Army Museum Activity

Preserving California's Military Heritage

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Californians and the Military

Ed McMahon

Marine Corps Aviator

 

by M.L. Shettle, Jr.

Edward Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. was born in Detroit Michigan in 1923. McMahon led a somewhat unhappy and nomadic childhood. His father traveled all over the country pursuing various financial ventures including carnival jobs and bingo games. Nevertheless, McMahon had a good lineage. His great-great-great-grandfather, the Duke of Magenta, was a marshal and president of France. The Duke's favorite sauce, named Macmahonaise in his honor, was later shortened to mayonnaise. McMahon's grandmother was the cousin of Rose Fitzgerald, mother of John F. Kennedy. Many of McMahon's summers were spent at his grandparent's in Lowell Massachusetts. McMahon's ambition was to be a radio announcer and had his first announcing job at the age of 15.

When the United States began gearing up for World War II, McMahon wanted to become a Marine fighter pilot. Since the Navy's V-5 program required two years of college, he enrolled in Boston College. When the Navy relaxed the two-year requirement, McMahon dropped out of school and signed up. In early 1943, he first went to a civilian-run Wartime Training School in Texarkana where the Navy evaluated cadets' potential by checking them out in a Piper Cub. Then came the three-month Preflight School at Athens, Georgia. McMahon received primary training at Dallas and intermediate training at Pensacola. McMahon received the single engine carrier syllabus and was assigned to the Marines. After receiving his commission and wings in early 1945, McMahon was sent to the Corsair Operational Training Unit at Lee Field, Green Cove Springs, Florida. Upon completion of training, he was "plowed back" and became an instructor in the same unit. On the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, McMahon received orders to join the Marine carrier program on the West Coast. His orders were cancelled and he returned to civilian life.

After McMahon graduated from Catholic University, he got a job in television in Philadelphia. In two years, he had become Philadelphia's top TV personality. In 1952, McMahon got his big break when he was offered a job in New York with CBS; however, he was recalled into the Marine Corps due to the Korean War. After several months of training at Miami and El Toro, McMahon arrived in Korea in February 1953. He flew 85 artillery-spotting missions in the Cessna OE Bird Dog before returning home in September 1953. McMahon returned to television in Philadelphia for several years. In 1958, he was hired as the announcer for Johnny Carson's Who Do You Trust? In 1962, Johnny Carson took over as host of The Tonight Show and took McMahon along as his announcer and sidekick. Carson and McMahon became an institution and remained on The Tonight Show for 6,583 programs over a 30-year period. Since retiring from The Tonight Show, McMahon has worked on several other TV shows and served as spokesman for various companies and charities. McMahon remained active in the Marine Reserves retiring as a full colonel in 1966.

 

Ed McMahon passed away at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on 23 June 2009.

http://www.militarymuseum.org/McMahon.html

The California State Military Museum

A United States Army Museum Activity

Preserving California's Military Heritage

---

Californians and the Military

Ed McMahon

Marine Corps Aviator

 

by M.L. Shettle, Jr.

Edward Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. was born in Detroit Michigan in 1923. McMahon led a somewhat unhappy and nomadic childhood. His father traveled all over the country pursuing various financial ventures including carnival jobs and bingo games. Nevertheless, McMahon had a good lineage. His great-great-great-grandfather, the Duke of Magenta, was a marshal and president of France. The Duke's favorite sauce, named Macmahonaise in his honor, was later shortened to mayonnaise. McMahon's grandmother was the cousin of Rose Fitzgerald, mother of John F. Kennedy. Many of McMahon's summers were spent at his grandparent's in Lowell Massachusetts. McMahon's ambition was to be a radio announcer and had his first announcing job at the age of 15.

When the United States began gearing up for World War II, McMahon wanted to become a Marine fighter pilot. Since the Navy's V-5 program required two years of college, he enrolled in Boston College. When the Navy relaxed the two-year requirement, McMahon dropped out of school and signed up. In early 1943, he first went to a civilian-run Wartime Training School in Texarkana where the Navy evaluated cadets' potential by checking them out in a Piper Cub. Then came the three-month Preflight School at Athens, Georgia. McMahon received primary training at Dallas and intermediate training at Pensacola. McMahon received the single engine carrier syllabus and was assigned to the Marines. After receiving his commission and wings in early 1945, McMahon was sent to the Corsair Operational Training Unit at Lee Field, Green Cove Springs, Florida. Upon completion of training, he was "plowed back" and became an instructor in the same unit. On the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, McMahon received orders to join the Marine carrier program on the West Coast. His orders were cancelled and he returned to civilian life.

After McMahon graduated from Catholic University, he got a job in television in Philadelphia. In two years, he had become Philadelphia's top TV personality. In 1952, McMahon got his big break when he was offered a job in New York with CBS; however, he was recalled into the Marine Corps due to the Korean War. After several months of training at Miami and El Toro, McMahon arrived in Korea in February 1953. He flew 85 artillery-spotting missions in the Cessna OE Bird Dog before returning home in September 1953. McMahon returned to television in Philadelphia for several years. In 1958, he was hired as the announcer for Johnny Carson's Who Do You Trust? In 1962, Johnny Carson took over as host of The Tonight Show and took McMahon along as his announcer and sidekick. Carson and McMahon became an institution and remained on The Tonight Show for 6,583 programs over a 30-year period. Since retiring from The Tonight Show, McMahon has worked on several other TV shows and served as spokesman for various companies and charities. McMahon remained active in the Marine Reserves retiring as a full colonel in 1966.

 

Ed McMahon passed away at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on 23 June 2009.

http://www.militarymuseum.org/McMahon.html

[HIDEK6]

Far fewer watched ABC's health care special with President Obama.

He had me up until the part where he said that this was a bad thing.

[ETL]

Yet this sick freak gets all the attention...

"Living with Michael Jackson" [MJ on sleeping with children: It's very charming. It's very sweet]
MJHouse.com ^

Transcript of Bashir interview. Video of it also.

Excerpt:

Jackson: "When you say bed, you're thinking sexual, they make that sexual, it's not sexual." "We're going to sleep, I tuck them in and I put a little like, er, music on and when it's story time I read a book." "We go to sleep with the fireplace on. I give them hot milk, you know, we have cookies, it's very charming, it's very sweet, it's what the whole world should do."

Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 10:03:14 AM ET by ETL:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279938/posts

[DB]

I didn’t watch any of them, including the Obama infomercial.

No thanks.

[Blind Eye Jones]

“Why would so many want to follow these people and their broken and lousy relationships, drug use, and plastic surgeries, especially when we see where it leads for so many of them?”

Michael Jackson became the Zombie, in real life, that you see in Thriller. He was the living dead. And that ghoulish existence is glamorized in such trends as Goth, though that term wouldn't describe Jackson's music. People are attracted to the dark side (despite skin bleaching) and there is little you can do about it. Romantics veer towards Hollywood and death, where all three feed off each other in some bizarre symbiotic relationship. Life imitates art...

[marbren]

We have seen that Death comes in threes, elderly, sickness, unexpected.

[Coldwater Creek]

Some stupid woman on the radio yesterday said that our servicemen were expendable, but that Michael Jackson wasn't.

[layman]

"How fevered is the man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes all the leaves of his life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood..."

Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell this means?

[kalee]

No one today hums Stephen Foster songs or ditties from World War I, or the Great Depression, which were better songs and understandable.

I do, but then I’m a living historian and these songs have a special place in my life. I will often find myself humming/singing Foster songs as I do things, even things unrelated to living history presentations.

[kalee]

NI meant to add that I also like Jearts and find agreement with this article overall. I did not watch Obama’s infomercial for healthcare, but neither have I watched the special on Fawcett or any of the Jackson coverage.

[TASMANIANRED]

Steven Foster wrote our State Song.. I hear it frequently .

But that being said..he is right.

[x]

Some said his music will "live forever." No it won't. No one today hums Stephen Foster songs or ditties from World War I, or the Great Depression, which were better songs and understandable.

No one? Even little Cally Thomas in elementary school? Sounds like way too high a standard for lasting fame.

If you sang "Old Folks at Home" in school or "Oh Susanna" at home or heard "Tipperary" or "Over There" or "Brother Have You Got a Dime" in films, they live on through your memory, even if you don't go around singing them.

Will that be true for Michael Jackson's songs? Maybe not. But the videos exist and people will be able see them for a very long time. If they want to.

[Oztrich Boy]

Last Thursday night, more people watched a Farrah Fawcett special on ABC than a Michael Jackson special on CBS, suggesting that beauty beats weirdness. Far fewer watched ABC's health care special with President Obama.

Oh Noes! Farrah Fawcett > Michael Jackson > President Obama.

OK that's fair.

[Deb]

While he as writing this the rest of the Screen Actors Guild fell over dead.

[Cyber Liberty]

Far fewer watched ABC's health care special with President Obama. By almost anyone's standards, health care is far more important than dead celebrities. That ratings disparity is a commentary on our shallowness and the refusal of so many to cling to the "real stuff" in life.

I take issue with Cal on that little bit. The ratings were low for the ABC Obamathon because everybody, even Dems, knew it was wall-to-wall lies. What's the point in watching that. Me, I saw neither. There was a Baseball game on at the time.