Posted on 09/01/2006 6:02:48 PM PDT by wagglebee
That sounds pleasant, reading through a stack of Reader's Digests, except for the dumb Uma stuff. Pantywaists like Ethan Hawke would not last a day at boot camp.
"Credit should be given, but it really should be RIGHT."
I agree with your entire post.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, aged 19, Doohan joined the Royal Canadian Artillery, and was eventually commissioned as a lieutenant in the 13th Field Regiment, part of the divisional artillery of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Doohan went to the United Kingdom in 1940 for what became years of training. His first combat assignment was the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers along the way, Doohan led his unit to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines and took defensive positions for the night. Crossing between command posts at 11:30 that night, Doohan took six hits from a Bren Gun fired by a nervous sentry[1]: four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case, and the shot finger was amputated (during his later screen acting career he would generally conceal this). Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces". He was not actually a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, however, as he flew for one of three Air Observation Post Squadrons and remained an Army officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery.
Contrast Ford to present day Hollywood types.
Thanks for the ping...
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