tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post3113128286993871536..comments2024-03-14T13:27:04.152-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Veteran's Day - Hollywood's Military ServiceJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-25576881018054493712009-07-18T20:07:25.346-04:002009-07-18T20:07:25.346-04:00Great stuff. I was also unaware of Eddie Albert&#...Great stuff. I was also unaware of Eddie Albert's heroism.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-22488152120088145372009-07-18T19:03:54.960-04:002009-07-18T19:03:54.960-04:00JTL,
Here is a bit more on Eddie Albert (1906-200...JTL,<br /><br />Here is a bit more on Eddie Albert (1906-2005). His actions,I think you will agree, deserve special mention. If memory serves, on a History (or what once was) Channel documentary a very moving tribute was paid to him by many Marines he saved at "Bloody Tarawa"..like most combat vets he downplayed his actions but they were extraordinary:<br /><br />"Prior to World War II, and before his film career, Albert toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.[3] On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Navy and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. A genuine war hero, he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November, 1943, when, as the pilot of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.[4] - wikipedia<br />#4 http://thunderaway.com/worldwar/pdfwar/WW2hollywood.pdfRGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615260562255985768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-21053329917144413602009-07-18T18:08:27.683-04:002009-07-18T18:08:27.683-04:00Thanks for adding to the list, RG. I had no idea ...Thanks for adding to the list, RG. I had no idea about Jackie Coogan's experiences. What an ordeal! Thanks for the great source citations. All these folks deserve to be remembered.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-72844221993357387332009-07-18T16:29:52.368-04:002009-07-18T16:29:52.368-04:00Jacqueline...this vet thanks you
I know this entry...Jacqueline...this vet thanks you<br />I know this entry is a bit old but here's one more for your list<br />Army<br />Jackie Coogan<br />"In the early 1940s, Coogan joined the medics before the United States officially entered the second world war. He later became part of the Army Air Corps, as he had already obtained a pilot's license as a teenager. Coogan worked as a glider instructor and served in Burma as a volunteer member of the First Air Commando Force. He was the first glider pilot to land Allied troops behind enemy lines in Burma. One glider he was aboard crashed. Everyone was killed by the Japanese except Coogan, who was at the bottom of a pile of bodies. He served with the military for five years before being honorably discharged in 1944. Coogan received several war citations for his service, including the Air Medal."<br /><br />see also<br />James E. Wise, Paul W. Wilderson. Stars in Khaki: Movie Actors in the Army and Air Services. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. xi + 244 pp., ISBN 978-1-55750-958-1.<br />Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb<br /><br />http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4680<br /><br />"wounded included: James Arness, Pat Brady, Charles Durning, James Garner, Audie Murphy, and Jack Palance." RG - forgot Lee Marvin<br /><br />"An appendix is devoted to the actress and comedienne, Martha Raye (1916-1994) a member of the Bob Hope troupe who for more than 30 years entertained GIs in North Africa, Europe, Korea, and Vietnam. RG-" honorary member of the Special Forces"<br /><br />see http://www.colonelmaggie.com/<br /><br />"western" website with pics<br />http://www.heroeswest.com/page6.htmRGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615260562255985768noreply@blogger.com