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!

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served
in The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States
Armed Forces Today!

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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! 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

w h !!

Thanks, unique, for the cheering guys!

jmacusa.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

Monday Morning Coffee Bump.

No bad weather this weekend.:-{} May get some storms later this week though. :-(

[beachn4fun]

to the

Good morning, Canteen.

Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Star, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
This is a good idea.
There are many in Hollywood that actually support our military
and/or have served.

DC Metroland weather report

~ Today...Showers early with isolated thunderstorms
arriving for the afternoon. High near 80F.
Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50%

~ Tonight...Partly cloudy.
Chance of a shower or thunderstorm through the evening.
Low 59F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

YES! We finally got some rain.
I could almost hear my lawn and plants
laughing in the rain.
I'm hoping weather will be nice by the weekend, though.
Got things to do.

Had another restful weekend.
A gal could get used to it.

Got another urgent email this morning,
which means I'll have to move
into lurker mode.

But please stay right where you are.
Chat up the military or a family member.
No need to fret...you know I'll be back!

The FR Canteen is

Come in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BENSON, LEE DAVID
3/17/1968
KIA - body not recovered.
North Vietnam ~ over water

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?

[MEG33]

I Hope Your Week Goes Well
(((HUGS)))
*Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country*

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 65º at the house this morning and headed for the low 90s later.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))). I have a quiet day for a change.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning EG ((HUGS))

All is well...except the work waiting for me this morning.

Howz it out your way?

[luvie]

Good morning! (((hugs)))

Great you have a quiet day! It looks like it’ll be nice weather there, too. We’re to have 95 today...105 tomorrow. Double-ugh!

[MEG33]

It’s a delightfully cool 58 here..but headed for 90.
;o)

[luvie]

Umpfh....it's way too early, you Early Birds!
I haven't been up this early in over a month! :)
At least it's cool right now!
Gonna be H O T the next few days!
Anywhooooo...y'all have a Mahv'lus Monday...
....and a GREAT week!
((((hugs))))

[Arrowhead1952]

We are a bit cooler since the little front hit. At least I wasn’t up until midnight last night.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning Meg ((HUGS))

Happy Monday

[beachn4fun]

Good morning dear ((HUGS))

A quiet day is a welcomed thing. Hope you treat yourself nice today.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning night owl ((HUGS))

Them days off sure are nice, aren’t they? But they play hell on getting back to work.

Hope you Monday turns out marvelous.

[Arrowhead1952]

Yup. I may go fishing later, but have to walk the dog first.

[rfreedom4u]

Before she was a successful actress and comedienne, Bea Arthur was one of the first women to become an active-duty United States Marine. She volunteered and served during World War II as a truck driver and a typist in the Marine Corps. She was stationed at Marine Corps and Navy air stations in Virginia and North Carolina. During her military career, Arthur’s rank went from private to corporal to sergeant to staff sergeant, the title she held upon her honorable discharge in September 1945.