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Famous Veteran: Johnny Carson USNAVY
military.com ^ | 2018 | Military.com

Posted on 07/04/2018 11:14:13 AM PDT by eastforker

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 8, 1943, as an apprentice seaman enrolled in the V-5 program, which trained Navy and Marine pilots. He hoped to train as a pilot, but was sent instead to Columbia University for midshipman training. He performed magic for classmates on the side. Commissioned an ensign late in the war, Carson was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania, a battleship on station in the Pacific. He was en route to the combat zone aboard a troopship when the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the war to a close. The Pennsylvania was torpedoed on August 12, 1945 and Carson reported for duty on the 14th — the last day of the war. Although he arrived too late for combat, he got a firsthand education in the consequences of war. The damaged warship sailed to Guam for repairs, and as the newest and most junior officer, Carson was assigned to supervise the removal of 20 dead sailors. He later served as a communications officer in charge of decoding encrypted messages.

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Here's Johny!
1 posted on 07/04/2018 11:14:13 AM PDT by eastforker
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To: eastforker
Carson was assigned to supervise the removal of 20 dead sailors.

"Welcome aboard, Ensign Carson. Here's your first job..."

2 posted on 07/04/2018 11:16:03 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: eastforker

This is nothing. I heard Obama served in the army of self glorification.


3 posted on 07/04/2018 11:20:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Sorry. I didn’t mean any disrespect to Jonny C. by my post. I had much more respect for him than the one I mentioned.


4 posted on 07/04/2018 11:27:35 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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No problem.

When you step in 0bama, you just wipe it off your shoe...

5 posted on 07/04/2018 11:44:44 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: eastforker

I used to love the guests on his show who would talk about their war experience. They reminded me of my dad.

One of my favorites was George Gobel talking about how he spent the war in Oklahoma for the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor (AT9’s)

With a dead pan face - “We did a great job. Did you ever hear of one air attack on Oklahoma??”

Their generation are missed.


6 posted on 07/04/2018 11:46:56 AM PDT by llevrok (Established 1950.)
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To: eastforker
Memories of a bygone era.


7 posted on 07/04/2018 1:00:22 PM PDT by henbane ( Whenever a doctor [or politcian] cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. - Hippocrates)
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To: eastforker

Clark Gable

Jimmy Stewart

Audie Murphy

Most of today’s kids don’t even know who we are talking about.


8 posted on 07/04/2018 1:41:18 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: eastforker

Very lucky adult life (mostly).


9 posted on 07/04/2018 1:55:44 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: eastforker
When I watch Carson clips on YouTube, he usually seems more impressive than his guests. Every night he did something that is now impossible: He appealed to both left and right.

Carson presented an image that Americans thought of as "normal." He reminded his audience that the country had a broadly shared way of looking at things, an apolitical center.

He has not been replaced.

10 posted on 07/04/2018 3:44:40 PM PDT by TChad
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To: eastforker

Commissioned in 1945 at age 19. It shows how the Navy was becoming desperate for officers by this time.


11 posted on 07/04/2018 4:11:18 PM PDT by iowamark
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