Posted on 06/23/2018 2:41:28 PM PDT by eastforker
Dan Blocker, aka”Hoss,” was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. He had basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran. He is best remembered for his role as Hoss Cartwright in the NBC western television series Bonanza.
Hoss served as an infantry sergeant in F Company, 2nd Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in Korea, December 1951 to August 1952
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Fort Benning has a training area called Sand Hill. The Airborne school at Benning used to have a hill that trainees had to low crawl up.
Fort Benning has a training area called Sand Hill. The Airborne school at Benning used to have a hill that trainees had to low crawl up.
Dan Blocker was a big lefty, a friend of Communist “folk singers,” and a peacenik during Vietnam. I believe at one point he actually wanted to leave the country in protest.
You mean like Willie Nelson and Kris Kristoferson, both veterans?
This thread is not about politics, it is about celebrities that served their country honorably, no matter their political beliefs.
I took AIT at Polk and can’t remember the names of hills but it was a miserable place.
I figured him for a tanker, not infantry!
Well he was drafted and back then, we know where 95% of draftees went.
I was there to visit a friend and we were at a dock on the lake to get ready to go water skiing for the day on his boat. Dan Blocker was on the same dock with his own ski boat.
We introduced ourselves, one thing led to another and before we knew it, he had invited us to go with him and his two friends on his boat.
We water skied and hung out on the lake all afternoon. No hint of celebrity in him all day. Very down to earth guy who was having fun like we were. It was an experience I will never forget.
David Blocker is an American film producer and the son of actor Dan Blocker. In 1998, he won an Emmy for producing Don King: Only in America. Born: May 4, 1955 (age 63 years), United States of America
Debra Lee Blocker Born: 1953 (age 65 years)
Danna Lynn Blocker Born: 1953 (age 65 years)
Not much is known about Debra Lee Blocker except the fact that she is an artist. She does have a twin sister, however, Danna Lynn Blocker
That was all I could find on the daughters.
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