Posted on 05/11/2012 5:01:45 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
In an off line conversation with my FReeper lady friend, floralamiss, she mentioned to me that Joe Dimaggio had been her father's PT instructor during WWII. I indicated that my dad had served with Lt. George Steinbrenner at Lockbourne AFB in the 50's. When I was an ROTC Cadet, I did my advanced camp at Ft. Bragg, and then went on CTLT in Germany with Shawn Mullins.
Just curious how many other FReepers got to meet/know/serve with folks that later achieved some degree of fame (or notoriety) while in the military. Thought it might be a fun conversation topic for a Friday evening....
/johnny
Just looked up and read his citation. Did you serve with him in Korea?
Ive met my share of celebrity ****heads and my share of nice guy celebs but none if them in the military.
I met Tom Selleck while I was in the military in HI
He was a nice guy.
I met Wilt Chamberlain, he was a megaJerk.
Ive been fishing with Ernie Shavers and he’s a nice guy.
Grew up with Boom Boom Mancini and he’s a nice guy but not the same anymore
I met Alvin York’s grandson in Korea :-)
My dad was an acquaintance of CDR Lloyd Bucher.
Forgot his name, but I had as a student the B52 BombNav who fired the first cruise missile on Bagdad in 1991.
Funny. Ernie Shavers always SEEMED like a nice guy to me. Could never say why.
On YouTube, there’s a “Vice Travel Guide to North Korea”. A ballsy Canadian got access to the DPRK and part of his tour was to the Pueblo. Sad, sad story.
Well he was a nice guy.
He was training at Blackie Gennaro’s Stables just down the road and on the other end of the woods behind my parents home when I was a kid.
I spent the afternoon fishing with him and his Nephew at a pond back in the woods.
It was just the 3 of us.
I enjoyed it.
I’d go fishin with George Foreman too LOL
George Foreman grills my dinner almost every night!
General George Patton’s son was the graduation speaker for my Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox. Since Patton is my forever more hero military commander, it was awesome to sit for a few minutes in the presence of his son.
Excellent! LOL
I went to AOBC in ‘91. Creighton Abrams’ grandson was one of our SGL’s.
I had the privilege of meeting and being interviewed by Admiral Hyman Rickover. Following the interview, I worked in the Naval Reactors organization for 8 years prior to my retirement from the Navy. An amazing experience.
I don’t know his name, he is long since retired now, but my mother told the story of how she changed the diapers of a future Commandant of the Marine Corps back when my dad was a young lieutenant.
Like many stories from our parents, the details are gone and so are our parents. It wasn’t until my father was in ill health in his late 70s that he told me details of his time in the South Pacific (grunt), Korea (first command) and Viet Nam (adviser in the early Kennedy days, before the SHTF).
The trash ruling this country now wouldn’t be fit to lick the bottom of his shoes after he walked through manure, IMO. I’m glad he’s not here to see what is being done to the country his comrades died for.
Bud Day, Jeremiah Denton, Roy Hoffman, John O’Neill, Paul Galanti.
My dad went to Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener) at the same time Grace Kellys older brother, Jack, was there and, yes, he got to meet her, but long before she was famous.
I can only imagine...What a combination of both technological innovation in the greater context of the whole geo-political backdrop of the cold war.
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