Did you ever hear of a guy named Jimmy Stewart? He flew combat missions over Europe as a squadron CO. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the USAF, received the DFC as well as numerous other decorations. I seem to remember he also did some acting . Also, if you can mention Red Buttons name as "entertaining the troops", then you should include Bob Hope and about a hundred other hollywood stars who not only entertained troops here in the states, but travelled to numerous combat zones as well. This is definitely a short list.
Charles Durning was one of the few survivors of the infamous "Malmedy Massacre," during the Battle Of the Bulge." He was severely wounded on Omaha on D-Day. He spent 6 months in England learning hw 2 walk again. He fought in the Bulge, survived Malmedy. Durning fought in Korea. He was wounded there. He was in an ambulance 2 B taken back 2 the rear 4 treatment. His unit was overrun by the Chinese. Most of the soldiers in his unit were killed. When Chinese soldiers opened the rear door of the ambulance, they found Durning alive. One Chinese soldier pointed his gun at Durning's head and pulled the trigger! The gun was jammed, and Durning was not killed outright. So the Chinese soldiers dragged him out, and threw him 2 the side of the road so tt he would freeze 2 death. Abt 15 minutes later, an American patrol came by, and he was rescued. Charles Durning told his story on PBS in the late 1990s. May tt brave American soldier 4ever RIP. Just like all American Soldiers. No matter what branch of the armed forces they served, or R serving in. Especially all those of the "Greatest Generation."❤❤❤😊
My dad was a shipmate of Johnny Carson on the U.S.S Pennsylvania. He never mentioned it and I didn't find out until after he passed and I was looking through his memorabilia from the war.
James Doohan a laissé un doigt sur une plage du débarquement au moment du D-Day... il n'a jamais tiré fierté du prix de son courage, il demandait souvent que ses mains ne se voient pas lors des tournages... encore plus remarquable, donc bon repos à tous ceux qui ont apporté leur pierre à la Liberté ! !
A salute to those who served, however, unless you took the oath of enlistment, or oath of service if an officer, you did not serve in the Armed Forces., regardless of what your publicity dept said.
I disagree. They were enlisted in the service and performed a service as much as the enlisted soldiers who repaired vehicles or helped plot strategy. They helped keep fighters sane.
On the contrary when the men were up to their arses in mud, bullets, snow, rain, cold, short rations, no mail from home with the enemy pounding their position or sniping at them, facing imminent death or never getting home to see their families, the thought of seeing entertainment by a familiar face (or body in the case of the ladies😉 that's just the way it was whether you like it or not) reminded those brave boys why - and what for - they were putting their lives on the line. Those few guys who you are disrespecting did more for the war effort entertaining the troops than they could ever possibly have done putting a gun in their incompetent hands. In one word *MORALE*
Did you ever hear of a guy named Jimmy Stewart? He flew combat missions over Europe as a squadron CO. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the USAF, received the DFC as well as numerous other decorations. I seem to remember he also did some acting . Also, if you can mention Red Buttons name as "entertaining the troops", then you should include Bob Hope and about a hundred other hollywood stars who not only entertained troops here in the states, but travelled to numerous combat zones as well. This is definitely a short list.
Charles Durning was one of the few survivors of the infamous "Malmedy Massacre," during the Battle Of the Bulge."
He was severely wounded on Omaha on D-Day. He spent 6 months in England learning hw 2 walk again. He fought in the Bulge, survived Malmedy.
Durning fought in Korea. He was wounded there. He was in an ambulance 2 B taken back 2 the rear 4 treatment. His unit was overrun by the Chinese.
Most of the soldiers in his unit were killed. When Chinese soldiers opened the rear door of the ambulance, they found Durning alive.
One Chinese soldier pointed his gun at Durning's head and pulled the trigger! The gun was jammed, and Durning was not killed outright.
So the Chinese soldiers dragged him out, and threw him 2 the side of the road so tt he would freeze 2 death. Abt 15 minutes later, an American patrol came by, and he was rescued.
Charles Durning told his story on PBS in the late 1990s. May tt brave American soldier 4ever RIP. Just like all American Soldiers. No matter what branch of the armed forces they served, or R serving in.
Especially all those of the "Greatest Generation."❤❤❤😊
My dad was a shipmate of Johnny Carson on the U.S.S Pennsylvania. He never mentioned it and I didn't find out until after he passed and I was looking through his memorabilia from the war.
James Doohan a laissé un doigt sur une plage du débarquement au moment du D-Day... il n'a jamais tiré fierté du prix de son courage, il demandait souvent que ses mains ne se voient pas lors des tournages... encore plus remarquable, donc bon repos à tous ceux qui ont apporté leur pierre à la Liberté ! !
Thank you for your sercive
Robert Stack (1:59) actually died in 2003, not 2013.
How can you fight in France during the battle of the Bulge. The battle of the Bulge was fought in Belgium in the Ardennes
I didn’t know the Army had Torpedomen?
A salute to those who served, however, unless you took the oath of enlistment, or oath of service if an officer, you did not serve in the Armed Forces., regardless of what your publicity dept said.
Sorry, entertaining troops is not serving in the armed forces. But thanks anyway.
I disagree. They were enlisted in the service and performed a service as much as the enlisted soldiers who repaired vehicles or helped plot strategy. They helped keep fighters sane.
On the contrary when the men were up to their arses in mud, bullets, snow, rain, cold, short rations, no mail from home with the enemy pounding their position or sniping at them, facing imminent death or never getting home to see their families, the thought of seeing entertainment by a familiar face (or body in the case of the ladies😉 that's just the way it was whether you like it or not) reminded those brave boys why - and what for - they were putting their lives on the line.
Those few guys who you are disrespecting did more for the war effort entertaining the troops than they could ever possibly have done putting a gun in their incompetent hands.
In one word *MORALE*