FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Real Hollywood Heroes Part 4 ~ May 5, 2014

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[luvie]

I am getting much education with this series, Galz! It was great to find out that Marlene Dietrich was adamantly against Nazism and that Charles Durning had such a sterling heroic career!...among tghe others.

Thanks for the link to the previous threads. People can now get the whole picture! :)

I wonder if any Hollyweird “stars” in the current crop have tried to make a difference like all these heroes did!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...I figured you’d be sound asleep by now. You had a hugely busy day.

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))

Rested until about 11am then after lunch trimmed some hedges out front and then used the lawn vac to clean up. Two more shrubs to trim yet in the front of the house.

[left that other site]

I am still up...but all ready for bed as soon as I turn off the computer!

[SevenofNine]

I hear that about Marline Dietrch she offer go to Germany shoot Hitler I hear on TCM documentary on her

Going back to Richard Denning did you know he was suppose in radio show of my Fav wife couldn’t get out of his radio contarct that main reason Lucille Ball got Desi Arnaz play her husband

Don’t worry Richard best known as Hawaii Five O Governor

Personally I prefer that name that guy that play on reboot YIKES he sucks

[SevenofNine]

Going back to Marline she really help out the war effort that get General Pattern calm down let me put this way she offer her “female charms” take the edge off if you know what I mean Kathy

She help out a lot of German actors and friend get out of Germany and Austria including Peter Lorre and Fritz Lang

Get this those two dudes were fav of Hitler

And Fritz Lang classic Metropolis was fav of Hitler

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, yarddog....someone knew how to draw. Nice picture.

[PROCON]

Thanks ladies for tonight’s Canteen, I had no idea so many of my Hollywood Heroes were truely HEROS! I really miss the good guys from Hollywood and the WWII generation, including my long dead Dad who made this a great country! I weep for our country now with the current anti-Americans in the whitehouse. Hopefully the November mid-terms will restore some goodness to this country once again, God only knows/ OK, Rant off and thanks again :-)

[SandRat]

Only Lt Dan as far as I know.

[yarddog]

Yes, they were a good artist. I can’t quite read the writing but am basically sure it is the Roer River because I think that is the only place where one of their bridges was destroyed by the Germans.

I was on the phone for nearly 2 hours with an old friend of nearly 50 years but had the computer on beside my bed. I had already copied the pic but didn’t get a chance to identify it until now.

[luvie]

I think you’re right, Sandy! He does rock out loud, too! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...any more snow?

It is interesting seeing who did what.

[ConorMacNessa]

From the "Together We Served - Army" website:

"Durning served as a soldier in World War II, during which he was awarded a Silver Star, three Purple Heart medals, and a Good Conduct Medal. He was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 21, and landed on D-Day in the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944. Some sources state he was in the 1st Infantry Division at the time, but it is unclear if he was a rifleman or in an artillery unit by 1944.

On Omaha Beach itself, Pvt. Charles Durning was among the first troops to land. Drafted early in the war, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, but later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion.

Durning was wounded by an �??S�?? Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares. He was transported by the 499th Medical Collection Company to the 24th Evacuation Hospital. By June 17, he was back in England at the 217th General Hospital. Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thigh, right hand, the frontal region of the head and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be "fit for duty" on December 6, 1944. Durning was present for the Battle of the Bulge, the German counter-offensive in December 1944.

After being wounded in the chest, Durning was repatriated to the United States where he remained in army hospitals, receiving treatment for both physical and psychological wounds, until discharged with the rank of Private First Class on January 30, 1946.

Durning has said that he still suffers from nightmares about his war experiences (which is common among veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder, although Durning himself is not confirmed to have suffered PTSD). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his extraordinary portrayal of a Marine veteran in "Call of Silence", an unusual episode of the television series NCIS, first broadcast November 23, 2004. Clearly drawing on his first-hand knowledge of the lingering effects of battle-induced stress, Durning's character turns himself in to authorities, insisting that he must be prosecuted for having murdered his buddy during ferocious combat on Iwo Jima six decades earlier. The real truth of the incident only becomes known for certain when the guilt-stricken veteran goes through a cathartic reliving of the battlefield events.

Durning is well-known for participating in various functions to honor American veterans. He was the chairman one year of the U.S. National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans.

My Uncle Jack always spoke highly of Charles Durning - 'nuff said, as far as I'm concerned.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

[luvie]

Thank you for the “rest of the story”, Conor! (((hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you get your planting completed? Satisfactory day?

[SandRat]

Can’t think of anyone else.

[ConorMacNessa]

Planted the tomatoes, peppers and a few annuals with the assistance of Daniel. I didn't realize until I got down the stairs to the back garden how devastating this last Winter was. I have only a couple of my roses left - will have to get replacements for them. At this juncture, I don't want my garden to be a exclusively roses - I'd like to get some other types of plants in there. After the efforts of the day, I can feel every muscle in my body.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

It's great to see you this evening!

I am worn out with today's planting in Garden MacNessa and must soon retire.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


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Must retire for the evening -

For Every Morn' Brings Forth A Noble Chance,
And Every Chance Demands A Noble Knight!

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

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!





Standing With Them:
Pfc. Charles Durning, USA!



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"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!

"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]

Good luck is getting what YOU want.