[rlmorel]

Actually, I don’t think he did lose his hands in the war. I think he lost them in a farming machinery accident, but his role in that movie was groundbreaking, I believe.

[abigkahuna]

Actually he did loose his hands in wartime. He was a demolition instructor when a fuse ignited and set some tnt off.

[Robert DeLong]

Harold John Avery Russel (January 14, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was an American World War II veteran. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Source: Wikipedia: Harold Russell

I had watched the move quite recently (within the last year & thought I had remembered what was said either before or after the movie had played. I got lucky as I remembered correctly this time. 😋

[alexander_busek]

Actually, I don’t think he did lose his hands in the war. I think he lost them in a farming machinery accident [...]

It's really so-oo easy to check up on these things before shooting one's mouth off here.

After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film "The Best Years Of Our Lives."

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