FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Hollywood Part 1 ~ June 3, 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

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Hollywood Part 1
 

           

Back when being a "Hollywood Legend" didn't necessarily mean you were an anti-American mouthpiece, there were some men who were real men and served their country.  I wish it was still that way!  These heroes might surprise you - they did me!  Thank mountainlion for alerting me to these!

James Garner

Before he was Rockford, he earned two Purple Hearts in the Korean War!

After working at several jobs he disliked, at sixteen Garner joined the United States Merchant Marine near the end of World War II. He fared well in the work and with shipmates, but suffered from chronic seasickness. At seventeen, he joined his father in Los Angeles and enrolled at Hollywood High School, where he was voted the most popular student. A high school gym teacher recommended him for a job modeling Jantzen bathing suits. It paid well, $25 an hour, but in his first interview for the Archives of American Television, he said he hated modeling and soon quit and returned to Norman. There, he played football and basketball, as well as competed on the track and golf teams, for Norman High School. He never graduated from high school, explaining in a 1976 Good Housekeeping magazine interview: "I was a terrible student and I never actually graduated from high school, but I got my diploma in the Army."

Later, he joined the National Guard serving seven months in the United States. He then went to Korea for 14 months in the Regular Army, serving in the 5th Regimental Combat Team in the Korean War. He was wounded twice, first in the face and hand from shrapnel fire from a mortar round, and second on April 23, 1951 in the buttocks from friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dived headfirst into a foxhole. Garner was awarded the Purple Heart in Korea for the first injury. For the second wound, he received a second Purple Heart (eligibility requirement: "As the result of friendly fire while actively engaging the enemy"), although Garner received the medal in 1983, 32 years after his injury. Garner was a self-described "scrounger" for his company in Korea, a role he later played in The Great Escape and The Americanization of Emily.

Ed McMahon

"Heeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!"  That's what Ed McMahon is probably most famous for - his introduction for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show.  Did you know he has 6 Air Medals?  No kidding! 

McMahon hoped to become a US Marine Corps fighter pilot. Prior to the US entry into World War II, however, both the Army and Navy required two years of college for their pilots program. McMahon enrolled into classes at Boston College. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, the college requirement was dropped, and McMahon immediately applied for Marine flight training. His primary flight training was in Dallas, followed by fighter training in Pensacola, where he also earned his carrier landing qualifications. He was a Marine Corps flight instructor for two years, finally being ordered to the Pacific fleet in 1945. However, his orders were canceled after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki forcing Japan's surrender.

As an officer in the reserves, McMahon was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. This time, he flew the OE-1 (the original Marine designation for the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog), an unarmed single-engine spotter plane. He functioned as an artillery spotter for the Marine batteries on the ground and as a forward controller for the Navy and Marine fighter bombers. He flew a total of 85 combat missions, earning 6 Air Medals. After the war, he stayed with the Marines, as a reserve officer, retiring in 1966 as a Colonel, he was later commissioned to the rank of Brigadier General in the California National Guard.

 

More next week!!  Thanks mountainlion!!  :-)

Please remember the Canteen is here to honor, support and entertain our troops and their families.  This is a politics-free zone!  Thanks for helping us in our mission! 

[E.G.C.]

It's going OK here in Oklahoma. Thankfully no storms this weekend. Nice weather to hang out at the lake. My dog Bo seems to enjoy running so fast I can't hardly keep up with him.

Storms in the forecast for later this week. We'll see how that goes.

((HUGS))Good morning, Luv W and Meg33. How's it going?

[beachn4fun]

Oh yeah, fishing will do it. Wish I had more time to develop that habit.

[beachn4fun]

Get up Pro...
coffee's ready.
And I have so much work to start on.
Didn't want to miss our Monday hellos.
Could ruin the whole week for me.

[beachn4fun]

to all you sleepy-heads.

[luvie]

Howdy, Beachy! (((hugs)))

I am easily spoiled on days off! LOL!

Hope you have a great day, too! :) Don’t work to hard!

[luvie]

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

Glad you had pretty weather for romps this weekend. Sounds like Bo is very energetic! Also hope you don’t get storms like OKC had on Friday! I was a basket case worrying about my kids. They had to stay in their “safe room” for a while when the tornadoes came close to Moore again.

[PROCON]

Morning Beachie!!

Yeah, yeah, I'm up, the coffee IV is doing it's job :-)

Gorgeous weather out here with more expected, Woo-Hoo!

Wow, high school graduation is a week from Saturday, lotsa stuff to do until then.

OK, better get ready for the day...

Hope your day is marvelocious!

[beachn4fun]

I am easily spoiled on days off! LOL!

I am too!

[Arrowhead1952]

I’ve been catching a lot of big crappie lately. There is one shelf in the freezer that is full of filets.

[beachn4fun]

Did you say that crappies didn’t have that fish oil taste?

[laplata]

And a great week to you, too, Kathy!

[Jean2]

They certainly are. Many of today’s Hollywood crowd can’t hold a candle to them.

[Arrowhead1952]

I didn’t say that, but they are totally white meat that is very good. We fry or bake them with a corn meal coating. There are no better eating fish. I caught one today that was over 15”. I caught two last week that were just over 14” and we had them for dinner the other evening.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bye, beachy...((HUGS))...have a good rest of the day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Monday, Meg...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Enjoy your quiet day, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...and thanks for brunch.

We are hoping for rain this evening.

[HiJinx]

*Snerk!*

[Arrowhead1952]

We have a chance for rain the next two days. Hope it hits here.

[Arrowhead1952]

We have a chance for rain the next two days. Hope it hits here.

[Arrowhead1952]

We have a chance for rain the next two days. Hope it hits here.