Posted on 09/02/2006 8:11:10 AM PDT by stm
"As a Marine he helped build safe houses in occupied France for those hiding from the Nazis'
Now this strains credulity. I never heard of the US military maintaining a presence in Vichy France, much less building houses on the sly for the resistance.
I knew Ford had hard-core U.S.A. cred, but didn't see one mention of it in his obit.
He wasn't in the French Foreign Legion, either. You can't trust Newsmax as a news source.
How can a person retire as both a Brigadier General in the AF and a Captain in the Navy?
He was refeffing to Jimmy Stewart as the A.F. General (who lost a Marine Lance Corporal son in Viet Nam.).
Glen Ford was a great actor. However the man's record as a patriot are far greater than his film career.
A true hero.
Thank you, old eyes can't read.
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