My father used to get madder than hell every time Sinatra was in a war movie, saying how the guy avoided the draft, came up with a “lame” ear problem, and then safely fought WWII on a sound stage. Never had any use for him. Wonder why they don’t mention that at all about Sinatra.
Stupid thing to get mad about. Could be that Sinatra had a low draft number. A lot of men didn’t serve because we still had a country to run.
Michael Kelly’s obit nails Francis Albert to the wall. Outside of his voice, there was very little admirable about him.
Sinatra was a thug anyway.
His punctured eardrum and some scars on his face were the result of a traumatic birth. He wasn’t really a healthy guy. Reportedly, J. Edgar Hoover looked into it and verified the story.
He was a creep, but his image defined cool for a whole generation of a certain age. But plenty of GIs had ill feelings, as others exempted found better ways than Frank to demonstrate their patriotism.