Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 that Eddie Arnold drove a landing craft in WWII? (Damn dyslexic keyboard.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Yup, and awarded a Bronze Star with V too. https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-eddie-albert.html/amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Adding on, I recently read that Dan Rowan of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” was a P-40 pilot with 2 kills to his credit in the Pacific theater. Things we never knew when we saw these folks on TV & film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Purty rare to find any records of heroics among the current crop of Hollywood denizens. Not unheard of, but rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 You mean one of those Large Slow Targets? as described by one of my favorite teachers who served Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Did you know ? ............................ no, I did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Did you know …That topic headers can actually be a complete sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Did you know …That topic headers can actually be a complete sentence? Really? Are you sure? Before you know it, you'll tell me that everybody's got a shift key and a full set of punctuation marks on their computerator keyboard, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 wasted space on the keyboard , most do NOT use em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 16 hours ago, MizPete said: You mean one of those Large Slow Targets? as described by one of my favorite teachers who served Nope, a Higgins boat or another smaller right-up-on-the beach boats. I had a much older cousin who was a Marine in WWII.. He said they were referred to as "target funnels". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.K. Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Was that Eddie Albert or Eddie Arnold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Albert. Arnold was a C&W singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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