Bea Arthur Was A Truck-Driving Marine

The Smoking Gun ^ | December 9, 2010

[EveningStar]

While she strangely denied serving in the armed forces, military records show that the actress Bea Arthur spent 30 months in the Marine Corps, where she was one of the first members of the Women’s Reserve and spent time as a typist and a truck driver.

[al baby]

As a man I Knew it

[the invisib1e hand]

Bea Arthur, a truck-driving marine? That’s strangely not so hard to believe. If you told me she was a roustabout on an oil rig, I’d probably believe that, too.

[Mmogamer]

Well she never could have admitted that and kept her friends now could she?

[babble-on]

Good article. Looks like from the assessment of the intake officer, she was just playing herself on Maude. Good for her, serving her country in WW2.

[EDINVA]

Military service was socially acceptable, even in Hollywood, till around 1967.

[ansel12]

She is sure a casual liar, in that video she just rolls it out.

[caddie]

She must have packed the gear to serve in our Beloved Corps.

[Frantzie]

I never liked her as she was an unpleasant woman but I respect her service. She had some issues to that deny she served.

[Robe]

From the article:

The military records, released in response to a Freedom of Informaton Act request, include a single “misconduct report” filed against Arthur while she was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
That misconduct determination stemmed from Arthur’s contracting of a venereal disease, which left her “incapacitated for duty” for five weeks in late-1944.
As a result, her pay was reduced for that period. hehehehehehe

[12Gauge687]

The Marines could have done worse. Nothing wrong with young women serving their country, although the rifles can be a bit long.

[Sacajaweau]

How come Bea got in but Hillary didn’t??

[latina4dubya]

what a fantastic story...

[Trajan88]

And then there’s Maude :-)

[RedwM]

She also worked at the unemployment office.

[AnnGora]

She was reprimanded for contacting a veneral disease. She probably never wanted that to surface.

[latina4dubya]

And then there’s Maude :-)

do you remember when she first played Maude on All in the Family... Edith Bunker's cousin? she and Archie would clash big time... of course...

[A.A. Cunningham]

The military records, released in response to a Freedom of Informaton Act request, include a single “misconduct report” filed against Arthur while she was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina. That misconduct determination stemmed from Arthur’s contracting of a venereal disease, which left her “incapacitated for duty” for five weeks in late-1944. As a result, her pay was reduced for that period.

[NonValueAdded]

So we get to know that little bit of embarrassing factoid but we still know squat about the Pretender In Chief? Was this the reason Bea Arthur hid her service? How sad. God Bless her for her service.

[Blood of Tyrants]

She was disciplined for getting an STD, too!