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Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:00 pm
by Truman
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"Everybody gotta die sometime, Red."

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:17 pm
by Imus
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He had a cock to behold!


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Kitty

and Scott

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:09 am
by Tom In VA
More of a fan of the radio version of Gunsmoke here, Robert Conrad was a P51 Mustang Pilot over Europe during WWII.

Come to find out Arness was an infantryman. Landed at Anzio with 3ID and I didn't know this but according to Wiki, because he was
According to James Arness – An Autobiography, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 21, 1944 as a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Due to his height, he was the first ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water; it came up to his waist.
He was 6'7"


RIP Mr. Arness

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:53 pm
by The Seer
Tom In VA wrote:More of a fan of the radio version of Gunsmoke here, Robert Conrad was a P51 Mustang Pilot over Europe during WWII.

Come to find out Arness was an infantryman. Landed at Anzio with 3ID and I didn't know this but according to Wiki, because he was
According to James Arness – An Autobiography, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 21, 1944 as a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. Due to his height, he was the first ordered off his landing craft to determine the depth of the water; it came up to his waist.
He was 6'7"


RIP Mr. Arness
Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....

Actors from this generation only fight with drugs...though they DO adopt african babies to parade around with.... :meds:

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:03 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Who?

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:14 pm
by BSmack
The Seer wrote:Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....
Yea, like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan?

Oh wait, they never saw a lick of combat.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:22 pm
by Screw_Michigan
BSmack wrote:
The Seer wrote:Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....
Yea, like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan?

Oh wait, they never saw a lick of combat.
Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:36 pm
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Screw_Michigan wrote:Who?

Some old dude kicked it.

Now, either play along or post about your upcoming surgery/hernia/goiter/grandkids won't return calls or find another message board.

Welcome to "The New T1B".

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:37 pm
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.

It's going to be beast.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:45 pm
by Carson
Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:05 pm
by Shlomart Ben Yisrael
Carson wrote:
Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.

Do you want me to take you off the VIP list? Do you?

Because I can make that happen, you know.
:x

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:00 pm
by Tom In VA
Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
Now now there Screw, be honest.

Same goes for Democrat hawks too. Like the one who got the "greatest generation" into the war FDR, and our current buddy Obama is going a helluva job himself.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:24 pm
by BSmack
Tom In VA wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
Now now there Screw, be honest.

Same goes for Democrat hawks too. Like the one who got the "greatest generation" into the war FDR, and our current buddy Obama is going a helluva job himself.
What about John Kerry?

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:01 pm
by Tom In VA
BSmack wrote: What about John Kerry?
What about him ?

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:29 pm
by Carson
Martyred wrote:
Carson wrote:
Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.

Do you want me to take you off the VIP list? Do you?

Because I can make that happen, you know.
:x
You mean...

I made a list?

:snifflecry:

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:41 pm
by mvscal
BSmack wrote:
Tom In VA wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
Now now there Screw, be honest.

Same goes for Democrat hawks too. Like the one who got the "greatest generation" into the war FDR, and our current buddy Obama is going a helluva job himself.
What about John Kerry?
He was a fucking pogue who bailed out on his men using a cheap technicality and extremely dodgy award citations.

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:40 pm
by BSmack
mvscal wrote:He was a fucking pogue who bailed out on his men using a cheap technicality and extremely dodgy award citations.
Getting three Purple Hearts is a "cheap technicality" when the Purple Heart recipient is a Democrat eh?

Re: RIP James Arness.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:25 pm
by Goober McTuber
Sudden Sam wrote:
Tom In VA wrote:More of a fan of the radio version of Gunsmoke here, Robert William Conrad was a P51 Mustang Pilot over Europe during WWII.
Knew that didn't sound quite right.
What doesn’t sound right is favoring the radio version over the TV version based on what theater of war the star fought in. But that’s our crazy, lovable old Hillbilly Jimmer.