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[P38 Pilot]

Ballad of the Green Beret

Fighting Soldiers from the Skies,
Fearless men, who jump and die!
Men who Mean, just what They say,
The brave men of the Green Beret!
Silver wings, upon their Chest,
These are men, America's Best!
One-Hundred men, will test Today,
Put on their Green
When the Green Beret!
Trained to live off Nature's Land,
Trained in Combat, hand-to-hand!
Men who fight, by Night and Day,
Courage ticked, from The Green Beret!
Silver Wings, upon their Chest!
These are men, America's Best!
One-Hundred Men, will test today,
Put on their Green, when the Green Beret!
Back at home a young wife waits,
Her Green Beret has meet his fate!
He has died for those oppressed!
Leaving her, this Last request,
Put Silver wings on my son's chest,
Make him one of America's best!
He'll be a man, they'll test one day,
Have him when, The Green Beret!


Thats my Favorite Army Song! Ballad of the Green Beret! My dad knew a Green Beret where he lived. Awesome story! Ill tell you guys later.

 

[102first_hussars]

Yeah I saw that movie too.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Good movie. John Wayne was exelent! That was pretty cool how they air-lifted that Vietnamese General!

 

[102first_hussars]

John Wayne was an excellent Cowboy but a horrible Soldier.

 

[P38 Pilot]

I dont know about that. He was very patriotic and seemed like a guy who might have been in the Texas National Guard.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I dont know about that. He was very patriotic and seemed like a guy who might have been in the Texas National Guard.

He never served.....

Jimmy Stewart, Eddie Albert, Clark Gable, Gene Autry, Mel Brooks, Art Carney, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Henry Fonda, Steve McQueen, and Charles Schultz all served in WW2

 

[102first_hussars]

Art Carney? I didnt think he was a WW2 vet I thought he served in Korea.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Art Carney - US Army. Carney went to Normandy in July of 1944 as a replacement to the 28th Division in position around St Lô. He was part of a 30 calibre machine gun squad. On 15 August 1944 he had just taken up his position and was hit in the right leg by mortar shrapnel. After receiving field treatment, he was sent back to Britain and then the US. He once said of his military career, "Never fired a shot and maybe never wanted to. I really cost the government money."

Check out this site:

http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/actors_in_wwii.html

 

[P38 Pilot]

Art Carney - US Army. Carney went to Normandy in July of 1944 as a replacement to the 28th Division in position around St Lô. He was part of a 30 calibre machine gun squad. On 15 August 1944 he had just taken up his position and was hit in the right leg by mortar shrapnel. After receiving field treatment, he was sent back to Britain and then the US. He once said of his military career, "Never fired a shot and maybe never wanted to. I really cost the government money."

Check out this site:

http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/actors_in_wwii.html

Is that the 28th Infantry because my great-uncle who died in WW2 was with the 28th. He also landed a few days with Normandy at St. Lo.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Jimmy Stewart

I knew that Jimmy Stuart was a B-17 Pilot.

Henry Fonda

Fonda? You mean Jane Fonda's dad was a WWII vet??? I feel sorry for him that his daughter became a lefty pinko. What did he do in WWII? I would would like to know.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Fonda served for three years, initially as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS Satterlee; he was later commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade in Air Combat Intelligence in the Central Pacific and won a Presidential Citation and the Bronze Star.

 

[evangilder]

Jack Palance went through the nose of a bomber in a crash, I can't remember if it was a B-17 or a 24. Because of that, his face had to be completely reconstructed.

 

[102first_hussars]

Because of that, his face had to be completely reconstructed.

I know they did a horrible job too! I meen look at him now

 

[Nonskimmer]

I don't know if anyone would care, but a few famous Canadians I can think of who did their part during WWII were guys like James Doohan (as many of you already know), Leslie Nielson, and Lorne Greene. Doohan was in the Royal Canadian Artillery and was at Juno Beach on D-Day, Nielson was an aerial gunner in the RCAF, and although he didn't serve in the military, Lorne Greene was the most recognized voice on CBC Radio during the war. He was the main newscaster giving the war news to the country. He was givin the handle "The voice of doom", due to his deep voice and the often grim news he would report.

 

[evangilder]

Interesting. I didn't realize that Leslie Nielson was old enough to have served in WWII.

 

[Nonskimmer]

I think he was just old enough. He joined at the tail end of the war. In fact, I don't think he quite made it overseas before the war ended. But still, he tried to do his part.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Good movie. John Wayne was exelent! That was pretty cool how they air-lifted that Vietnamese General!

While John Wayne was a good classic movie Actor he was horrible in that movie. He had no emotion what so ever at all. I remember the scene where a soldier gets wounded and John Wayne in a complete monotonal voice with no emotions goes "Someone get this man a medic." In real life he would have screamed "MEDIC, MEDIC, WE HAVE A MAN DOWN, GET A MEDIC!" In combat there is emotion, trust me I know.

 

[102first_hussars]

N.S said

Lorne Greene was givin the handle "The voice of doom

Because of his countdown before the Creeping Barrages hit, that is just so cool how it starts Three....two...................................ONE! bang boom Kaboom, kshhhh powwww!!!!!!!! Fee Fi Fo Fum Sweet!!!! ( then they fing they didt hit a godamm thing

 

[P38 Pilot]

Good movie. John Wayne was exelent! That was pretty cool how they air-lifted that Vietnamese General!

While John Wayne was a good classic movie Actor he was horrible in that movie. He had no emotion what so ever at all. I remember the scene where a soldier gets wounded and John Wayne in a complete monotonal voice with no emotions goes "Someone get this man a medic." In real life he would have screamed "MEDIC, MEDIC, WE HAVE A MAN DOWN, GET A MEDIC!" In combat there is emotion, trust me I know.

You know i actually remember that part. Its like he didnt even care. But i think he did a good job in Sands of Iwo Jima. He had some emotion and felt bad when the Marines he knew got killed.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think he had the same emotion in all of his war movies. He was better suited for westerns than war movies.