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

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!

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Thank the Veterans who served
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~ Hall of Heroes ~

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! 

[SkyDancer]

Hi Conor!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Never saw the nurses kit. My niece is 22 now and we got all sorts of cool stuff for her at garage sales. She loved the stuff that made lots of noise.

This was her favorite, but about 15 seconds was all anyone could take. LOL!

[ConorMacNessa]

G'day, Janey!

*HUGS*

You caught me just in time - packing it in now! I hope you have a great day!



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


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Must retire – the 0445 Reveille approaches relentlessly.

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer, already mounts the parapet.

Spirits of Our Fallen Draw Near
To Stand The Watch Tonight!



"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"
(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hoping you get some rain soon. Have you been fishing yet?

[laplata]

Thank you, Conor.

Rest well, Brother.

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’Day, Janey...((HUGS))...have a great week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[jmacusa]

Thank you Kathy. And thank you for the “Railsplitters’’ patch!

[Diver Dave]

Thank You, Conor for presenting these graphics and message.

Salute to our Armed Forces..............two!

May Our LORD provide protection to those in harms way!

[Kathy in Alaska]

You are most welcome. And thanks to Uncle Fred.

[Jet Jaguar]

Not yet. I have been busy repairing my camper. It was damaged on the Alaska- Canada highway.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Not surprising....that's a rough ride!

My Uncle helped build it. He was a Lieutenant with the Army Corps of Engineers.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Star. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks to the Spirits of Our Fallen for standing the watch.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, and good night, laplata. *HUGS*

Have a good week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...hope you didn’t have bad weather this weekend.

You and Bo have a good Monday.

[jmacusa]

:-)

[Kathy in Alaska]