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Famous Veteran: Clinton Eastwood Jr. USARMY, Cpl
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Posted on 07/19/2018 5:48:09 PM PDT by eastforker
In October 1951 while Clint was on leave, he was a passenger on a Douglas Torpedo Bomber heading back to his base. The bomber experienced some major problems and had to ditch at sea just north of San Francisco about a mile or so off Point Reyes. Clint survived the crash and had to swim about three miles to safety! A map in included among the pictures we have posted here on his profile page.
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Here is just one of Clints famous quotes: "They say marriages are made in heaven. But so is thunder and lightning!"
To: eastforker
Wow! Swimming three miles to the coast is unbelievable. Never knew that.
Also didn’t know his full first name is “Clinton.” I’m surprised he didn’t have that legally changed to just plain “Clint.”
To: eastforker
The entry keeps saying “life gaurd”.
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posted on
07/19/2018 5:51:15 PM PDT
by
Krosan
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Well, he served as a swimming instructor.
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posted on
07/19/2018 5:51:56 PM PDT
by
Krosan
To: ProtectOurFreedom
And that is some cold ass water.
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posted on
07/19/2018 5:53:32 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
To: eastforker
A year or so ago, I rented “The Creature From The Black Lagoon” and it’s sequel.
Clint Eastwood had a very short part as an extra. I can’t remember which movie it was.
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posted on
07/19/2018 5:54:04 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
Probably before RAWHIDE, that shot him into stardom.
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posted on
07/19/2018 5:56:07 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
To: eastforker
Thanks for posting these ... I really enjoy them (and Clint Eastwood is one of my favorites!).
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:01:24 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
To: eastforker
And brutal tides, too. That part of the coast can be real deadly.
To: eastforker
“”They say marriages are made in heaven. But so is thunder and lightning!” ”
And then there are the killer asteroids...
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:05:00 PM PDT
by
EasySt
(Truth will Prevail)
To: eastforker
Point Reyes is some dangerous water.
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:06:34 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: eastforker; ProtectOurFreedom; Krosan
Not to take away from Clint's swimming skill, but according to the original news story, he and the pilot first got out of the wreck on two inflatable rafts. Later, apparently at the breakers off the coast, the rough seas tossed Clint off his raft, and he had a harrowing swim the rest of the way in. The sea is a bitch.
You can read more about it, including text from the original 1951 news story, in this San Jose Murk article about the modern attempt to find the plane.
To: Yossarian
Or, rather than giving the Murk a hit, you can read the article directly. (Ah, if this image post from FastCompany's servers works...)
To: eastforker
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:30:09 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If my name is Clinton, I would disown my parents for doing it...
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:30:30 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: eastforker
First saw Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates in the TV series Rawhide in the early 1960s. Been a fan ever since.
To: yarddog
A year or so ago, I rented “The Creature From The Black Lagoon” and it’s sequel. Was its sequel?: "The Cruel Ghoul From The Cool Pool"
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posted on
07/19/2018 6:57:57 PM PDT
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luvbach1
(I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
To: luvbach1
Now that you mention it.
What was the title of the sequel?
Was it “Gill Man”? I can’t remember.
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posted on
07/19/2018 7:00:45 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Inyo-Mono
To: yarddog
Clint was in “Revenge of the Creature” and he was also in Tarantula, although they said his appearance in that film was uncredited.
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07/19/2018 8:33:34 PM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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