LOL - I remember one episode where she tried a new way to make “hots-cakes” by pouring out the batter and cutting out the pancakes like with a cookie-cutter.
Oliver held up the remains and realized it would make a great head gasket for his tractor engine.
Or making spaghetti by throwing the whole box of pasta into the water (at least she knew how to boil water).
Eddie Albert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Albert#Military
Prior to World War II, and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.[8] On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat “V” for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the coxswain of a Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.[9]
I was just about to post that.