[billorites]

" I had no idea he was a Sergeant in the Marines who served and nearly died in Guadalacanal. "

They missed killing me by this much!

[Bonaparte]

"They missed killing me by this much! "

From Wikipedia --

Adams served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater and later as a drill instructor. He was the only member of his platoon to survive the Battle of Guadalcanal, but he contracted malaria during the invasion and nearly died of blackwater fever.

[RobbyS]

I have read that if he had been two inches taller he would have been a leading man. But he was type-cast.