Guest guest Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 As it was at the beginning 1960 Philco Predicta UG-4744 1966 1961 1967 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962 Howdy and Buffalo Bob 1955 Leave It To Beaver 1959 Father Knows Best 1955 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1954 1968 1954 1953 Captain Kangaroo 1955 All In The Family 1972 Maverick 1959 WKRP In Cincinnati 1978 The Lone Ranger 1949 1950 Zenith G2355 1954 RCA 17S351 1953 Admiral Color C1617A Haverhill Gazette TV Guide Monday, May 1, 1961 The Ed Sullivan Show 1967 The Addams Family 1965 The Red Skelton Show 1951 Gunsmoke 1970 The Mod Squad 1968 Bonanza 1960 Rawhide 1959 1954 1955 1965 Dark Shadows 1966 Dr. Kildare 1961 The Man From Uncle 1965 Ironside 1967 Peyton Place 1964 The Mickey Mouse Club 1959 The Andy Griffith Show 1963 1966 The Honeymooners 1955 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961 Seahunt 1958 1967 1959 1970 The Twilight Zone 1960 Lassie 1958 Gilligan's Island 1966 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958 Zorro 1957 The Rifleman 1958 I Love Lucy 1951 Mr. Ed 1961 Charlies Angels 1976 TV Test Patterns 1960 "Real Hollywood Heroes" Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day. James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U. S. Army on D-Day. Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans. David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy . James Stewart entered the Army Air Force as a private and worked his way to the rank of Colonel. During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber pilot, his service record crediting him with leading more than 20 missions over Germany , and taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his tour of duty. Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, France 'S Croix de Guerre, and 7 Battle Stars during World War II. In peace time, Stewart continued to be an active member of the Air Force as a reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in the late 1950s. Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12,1942 at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943 he was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook where flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s. Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on Jun. 12, 1944 at his own request, since he was over-age for combat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NO PICTURE INCLUDED Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ernest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945. (Maybe that's why he starred in "McHale's Navy") Charles Durning was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart. Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more specifically on B-29's in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine. Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic action as a U. S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the island of Tara wa in the Pacific Nov. 1943. Brian Keith served as a US . Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific. Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart. John Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at Guadalcanal Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia . Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa . Audie Murphy, little 5'5" tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy parts: Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, 2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals with "V", 2 Purple Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit Emblems, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France) World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar, Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar, French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre, French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier, French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Medal of Liberated France, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm. If you enjoyed this bit of history, please pass it on. ********************************************** It is the soldier, not the President, who gives us democracy. It is the soldier, not the Congress, who takes care of us. It is the soldier, not the Reporter, who has given us Freedom of Press. It is the soldier, not the Poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech. It is the soldier, not the campus Organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag; who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, that allows the protester to burn the flag. Father Dennis O'Brien, US Marine Corp. Chaplain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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