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Famous veteran: Don Adams USMC
NNDB ^ | 2014 | NNDB

Posted on 06/25/2018 6:52:47 PM PDT by eastforker

He decided that religion was illogical, and when he joined the Marines, under "religion" he wrote "none". He was infected with malaria during the battle of Guadalcanal, and was not expected to live, but he told the nursing staff, "I'm not going anyplace." He has said that this is when he returned to the Catholic faith, as he prayed to survive. Yeary remained too ill to return to fighting before the end of the war.

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To: mothball

Was his name Yeary or Yarmy?


21 posted on 06/25/2018 7:57:13 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: xp38

What? What???


22 posted on 06/25/2018 7:57:51 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon (I'm an unreconstructed Free Trader and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Have been reluctant, still have Texas in my blood, Don’t know if I will ever change it. Don’t get me wrong, I live in God’s country in NE Alabama, love it here, just apart of me that still loves the lone star state.


23 posted on 06/25/2018 8:05:25 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Trumpet 1
Barbara Feldon was such a cutie.

I had a boyhood crush on 99!

24 posted on 06/25/2018 8:07:17 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: eastforker

Then bring back the pick of the cat with a basketball in it’s mouth.


25 posted on 06/25/2018 8:11:56 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: al baby

I’ve been on conference calls with LOTS of people, where one person said something like “I don’t understand..” and someone says “It’s ALL ball bearings nowadays!”


26 posted on 06/25/2018 8:19:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: Deaf Smith

I forgot all about that, give me some time.


27 posted on 06/25/2018 8:28:27 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: JaguarXKE
>> Barbara Feldon was such a cutie.

> I had a boyhood crush on 99!

I have news for you. EVERY living and breathing heterosexual male had a crush on 99.

I specifically include myself.

28 posted on 06/25/2018 8:28:49 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Deaf Smith

Here you go. http://www.montanaoutdoor.com/2013/10/catfish-eats-basketball-or-at-least-tries-to/


29 posted on 06/25/2018 8:32:09 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Boiler Plate
Born Donald James Yarmy. Had his dad, his wife, multiple daughters and his agent on as extras in Get Smart. Had his brother, Richard Yarmy, on twice in real parts. "Laramie," Robert Karvelas, was his first cousin and an identical twin, with both twins good boxers who also served in the Marines at Guadalcanal. After Don recovered from his near fatal bout of malaria he taught fellow Marines unarmed combat — he was more competent than his character sometimes appeared to be.
30 posted on 06/25/2018 8:35:27 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
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To: dayglored
>EVERY living and breathing heterosexual male had a crush on 99.

An ongoing gag was how long it took Max to realize, and then to admit, his own crush on 99. Although he did sweetly steal a kiss when she was paralyzed in the tenth episode. It was literally love at first sight by 99 for him, before Max even realized she was a girl.

I forget to mention in my Yarmy nepotism notes upthread that Don co-wrote some of the episodes with his sister.

31 posted on 06/25/2018 8:51:00 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Waiting for the tweets to hatch!)
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To: dayglored

“I have news for you. EVERY living and breathing heterosexual male had a crush on 99...”

That pretty much covered the sexual spectrum during that time. I never saw a live homosexual back when Get Smart was on.


32 posted on 06/25/2018 8:52:19 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: eastforker

He was born in 1923, not 1926. No way would he have been in the Marine Corps at age 15!


33 posted on 06/25/2018 8:53:28 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: dayglored

I was born three years after the show ended and I still managed to have a crush on her. I picture her when listening to Toto’s 99, which is more based on THX-1138 than Get Smart.


34 posted on 06/25/2018 8:54:13 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: mothball
He was married to my great aunt.

Really? You must have plenty of interesting stories about him to tell!

Regards,

35 posted on 06/25/2018 8:54:21 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: eastforker

Don Adams nailed the part of Maxwell Smart. Along with
McHales Navy, Get Smart was my favorite comedy
show of the 60s. Hogan Heroes was up there in my
book along with a select few others.


36 posted on 06/25/2018 8:57:48 PM PDT by Sivad (Demo M/O = infiltrate, overtake, politicize, weaponize)
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To: eastforker

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


37 posted on 06/25/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by BBell (says stupid things posts dumber things)
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To: eastforker

Somehow they left out the fact that he was a Drill Instructor after his tour in Guadalcanal.

For what it is worth, his son was in my platoon at MCRD San Diego.

chb


38 posted on 06/25/2018 9:06:11 PM PDT by chb
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To: DoodleBob

Ok I give up. What movie is that from?


39 posted on 06/25/2018 9:06:59 PM PDT by BBell (says stupid things posts dumber things)
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To: BBell

Someone please post him and the (serious)chief singing “Heart of my Heart”.


40 posted on 06/25/2018 9:29:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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