[stm]

Funny I did not see anything this in-depth in the lamestream media

[nmh]

Hollywierd hates the military.

[Bigh4u2]

Ford was a conserative, so it's not surprising.

[NonValueAdded]

ping to "the rest of the story"

[johnny7]

“Ford also served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Third Marine Amphibious Force in 1966-1968. He once went on a jungle mission with a Special Forces Team during the Vietnam War. Ford was the only actor to have served with both the Green Berets and the French Foreign Legion and his military record is well recognized in both the United States and France as a highly decorated veteran.”

Holy sh*t...

[DustyMoment]

I always liked Glenn Ford as an actor, but I am awed by his personal accomplishments and his commitment to his country. I never knew of them until now.

America lost one of its extraordinary heroes, Thursday, and we are richer for having known him. God rest his soul and give his family peace.

[Ready4Freddy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694134/posts

[Cicero]

I wasn't sure to whether to believe this, that they didn't just downplay his service but didn't mention it at all, so I googled "Glenn Ford obituary." Sure enough, the top item is a CNN/AP obituary. They don't even mention in passing that Ford ever served his country. Not once, not even in the twenty-second paragraph.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/30/glenn.ford.dead.ap/index.html

George Orwell would say that they dropped his whole patriotic past down the memory hole.

[montag813]

Oh big deal! Sean Penn met with Saddam Hussein. Now THAT is courage!!!

[RandallFlagg]

His Dad also wouldn't let Glenn own a car until Glenn was able to take one apart and put it back together.
Yes, it had to be drivable after reassembly, too.
Heck of a guy.

[Pilsner]

Hollywood used to be a different place, populated by different people. Jimmy Stewart, already a star, enlisted before Pearl Harbor, became a pilot, then an instructor, and made numerous training films. Not content with that, he landed a job with a B-24 Squardon headed for Europe. He rose to squardon commander and flew his 20 combat missions, including the Bloody Thursday raid on Schweinfurt. He could have rotated home and spent the rest of the War selling War Bonds and being wined and dined across America, but he stayed behind when the survivors of his squardon went home, and spent the rest of the European War as a staff officer, rising to full Colonel.

[bmwcyle]

Hand salute...................two

[gcruse]

"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.

[Trajan88]

I knew Ford had hard-core U.S.A. cred, but didn't see one mention of it in his obit.

[Charles Henrickson]

[Ciexyz]

A true hero.