Re: RIP James Arness.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:00 pm

"Everybody gotta die sometime, Red."
He was 6'7"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.
Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....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
He was 6'7"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.
RIP Mr. Arness
Yea, like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan?The Seer wrote:Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....
Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.BSmack wrote:Yea, like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan?The Seer wrote:Actors from "the greatest generation" fought in wars....
Oh wait, they never saw a lick of combat.
Screw_Michigan wrote:Who?
Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
Carson wrote:Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
Now now there Screw, be honest.Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
What about John Kerry?Tom In VA wrote:Now now there Screw, be honest.Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
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 him ?BSmack wrote: What about John Kerry?
You mean...Martyred wrote:Carson wrote:Yeah, somebody other than Martyrd is going to post something.Martyred wrote:Come hang out in the Igloo Spin Zone. Big changes coming.
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He was a fucking pogue who bailed out on his men using a cheap technicality and extremely dodgy award citations.BSmack wrote:What about John Kerry?Tom In VA wrote:Now now there Screw, be honest.Screw_Michigan wrote:Seems like a common thread amongst GOP hawks.
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.
Getting three Purple Hearts is a "cheap technicality" when the Purple Heart recipient is a Democrat eh?mvscal wrote:He was a fucking pogue who bailed out on his men using a cheap technicality and extremely dodgy award citations.
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.Sudden Sam wrote:Knew that didn't sound quite right.Tom In VA wrote:More of a fan of the radio version of Gunsmoke here,RobertWilliam Conrad was a P51 Mustang Pilot over Europe during WWII.