And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Stewart is credited with 20 combat missions, including some during “big week” in early 1944, but he flew many additional combat missions. His military record is quite impressive, especially considering that he didn’t have to fight due to his fame.
Look closer; they're both lieutenants here. Gable started out as a waist gunner, but the brass wouldn't have that, promoted him to officer, and made him a PR fighter.
When he originally tried to enlist he weighed 136 pounds and was refused because he weighed so little. I believe he was standing guard duty at Moffet on December 7.
And Don Rickles. Mel Brooks. Walter Matthau. David Niven. Peter Ustinov. Paul Newman. Kirk Douglas. Henry Fonda. Dennis Weaver. Don Adams. Jack Palance. Buddy Ebsen. George Kennedy. Lee Van Cleef. Cameron Mitchell. Burgess Meredith. James Coburn. Rod Serling. Dan Rowan, Robert Ryan. Hugh O'Brian. Fred Gwynne. Richard Boone. Cesar Romero. Ken Curtis. Peter Graves. James Arness. Jack Warden. Tom Poston. Tony Randall. And on and on.
You don't have to dig very far to find the difference between Old Hollywood and New Hollywood.
Lt. Stewart retired as a General
ReplyDeleteAnd he was a Zoomie!
ReplyDeleteEvery time a bell rings a B36 gets its wings
ReplyDeletewhat were shoe regs?
ReplyDeleteBasically officers buy their own class A's so there's a little latitude in regs especially when said officers are Hollywood material.
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DeleteStewart is credited with 20 combat missions, including some during “big week” in early 1944, but he flew many additional combat missions. His military record is quite impressive, especially considering that he didn’t have to fight due to his fame.
ReplyDeleteI also read that Stewart grabbed some rides in B-52s over Viet Nam
ReplyDeleteTrue story. It's also true that his step son was a recon Marine and KIA on patrol.
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6'3". That's why he ended up in bombers not fighters.
ReplyDeleteKept is two Oscars in his father's hardware store window in PA. He prepped at Lawrenceville, Princeton grad.
ReplyDeleteSuffered PTSD as well.
ReplyDeleteStewart suffered terribly from PTSD.
ReplyDeleteI think managing who was going up after his missions ended was what took the wind out of him.
DeleteWhat rank did Clark Gable have, at the time of this picture, if any...?
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DeleteLook closer; they're both lieutenants here.
DeleteGable started out as a waist gunner, but the brass wouldn't have that, promoted him to officer, and made him a PR fighter.
When he originally tried to enlist he weighed 136 pounds and was refused because he weighed so little. I believe he was standing guard duty at Moffet on December 7.
ReplyDeleteWhen Hollywood leading men were real men! See also Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson. We could sure use more cut from that cloth today!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Ernest Borgnine.
DeleteAnd Don Rickles. Mel Brooks. Walter Matthau. David Niven. Peter Ustinov. Paul Newman. Kirk Douglas. Henry Fonda. Dennis Weaver. Don Adams. Jack Palance. Buddy Ebsen. George Kennedy. Lee Van Cleef. Cameron Mitchell. Burgess Meredith. James Coburn. Rod Serling. Dan Rowan, Robert Ryan. Hugh O'Brian. Fred Gwynne. Richard Boone. Cesar Romero. Ken Curtis. Peter Graves. James Arness. Jack Warden. Tom Poston. Tony Randall.
DeleteAnd on and on.
You don't have to dig very far to find the difference between Old Hollywood and New Hollywood.