Outstanding Marine.
To: eastforker
He was married to my great aunt.
2 posted on
06/25/2018 6:57:12 PM PDT by
mothball
To: eastforker
Don Adams
3 posted on
06/25/2018 6:57:28 PM PDT by
texas booster
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To: eastforker
He was infected with malaria during the battle of Guadalcanal, and was not expected to live, but he told the nursing staff, “Missed me by that much!”
4 posted on
06/25/2018 6:57:58 PM PDT by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: eastforker
Get Smart was a favorite. Great chemistry with Agent 99 aka Barbara Feldon.
RIP
5 posted on
06/25/2018 7:01:02 PM PDT by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: eastforker
My dad was a marine who fought in Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Then got filariasis from some mosquito or bug and was shipped stateside where he recuperated enough by Wars end to be ready to hit the land battle of japan that ever happened because Truman dropped the bomb
8 posted on
06/25/2018 7:08:32 PM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: eastforker
Isn’t this top secret? I demand the cone of silence!
9 posted on
06/25/2018 7:12:08 PM PDT by
xp38
To: eastforker
Chief, you’re not gonna believe this, but....
To: eastforker
He was infected with malaria during the battle of Guadalcanal, and was not expected to live “.....missed it by this much”
14 posted on
06/25/2018 7:25:25 PM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
To: eastforker
Been enjoying your Famous Vets threads.
Miss your catfish meals at TCMS.
17 posted on
06/25/2018 7:38:59 PM PDT by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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.)
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)
To: eastforker
37 posted on
06/25/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by
BBell
(says stupid things posts dumber things)
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
To: eastforker
"Comedy is hard."
And Don was really, really good at it!
To: eastforker
Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!
To: eastforker
I have read that the off-camera hilarious antics of Adams and Rickles on the Get Smart set were some of the most legendary in Hollywood.
51 posted on
06/26/2018 1:15:51 AM PDT by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: eastforker
55 posted on
06/26/2018 5:20:52 AM PDT by
DFG
To: eastforker
You would never guess from his offbeat TV persona that his real-life story would be so compelling.
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