Wednesday, August 31, 2016
"Combat America" with Clark Gable in Restored Color (1943)
Published on Sep 6, 2012
"Gable flew bombing missions with the 351st until he was ordered to stop by "the Brass." He felt he had to share the danger and experience what these B-17 crews were going through to make an honest film. I digitally color corrected. a copy of this film from the National Archives. Zeno, Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-
Monday, August 29, 2016
Word Of Wisdom (W. O. W.) Award winner
W. O. W. Award dear Valerie! I am so grateful to you and your inspirational messages!
EVERY DAY WE HAVE IS SACRED. HOW DO YOU WISH TO BE REMEMBERED AND LOVED? ALL THAT YOU DO, THINK AND ESPOUSE IS YOUR LEGACY...TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED AND GIVE ALL THAT YOU CAN FROM YOUR HEART AND SOUL WITHOUT EXPECTING RECIPROCITY. CLAIM YOUR LIGHT AND SHINE IT ON ALL WHO CROSS YOUR PATH. LOVE THROUGH INFINITY, VALERIE STIEHL.
W. O. W. (Words Of Wisdom) Award dear Valerie! I am so grateful to you and your inspirational messages!
W. O. W. (Words Of Wisdom) Award dear Valerie! I am so grateful to you and your inspirational messages!
Disabled vet gets Congressional Gold
Disabled vet gets Congressional Gold
Tyrone Jackson (L) and the Rev. James Moore (R) stand proudly next to Samuel Belton waiting to escort him inside. Jackson, a retired Marine master gunnery sergeant, is President of the Chapter Nine Montford Point Association, and the Rev. Moore is a retired Marine sergeant major. Photo by Mandy Hathcock
Samuel L. Belton, 92, of Walterboro, is a retired U.S. Marine. Moreover, he is a member of the elite Montford Point Marine Association, a group of black marines who were not allowed to train at Parris Island with white marines in the early 1940s. Despite the U.S. Military making segregation in the military illegal in 1941, it wasn’t until 1949 that the Marine Corps honored this law. For two years, all black enlisted marines were required to train at a separate, segregated camp in North Carolina. Belton was one of these marines, which became known as the Montford Point Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Belton are seated together during the recognition ceremony (above) before Belton receives his Congressional Gold Medal of Honor (right)
Because of health problems, however, Belton was not able to fly to Washington, D.C. to receive his medal or to be recognized. That’s when several members of the Montford Point Association decided to bring the medal to him.
On Friday, the Montford Point Association Chapter Nine from Beaufort, S.C., came to Walterboro. They surrounded Belton in honoring him for their service, and for his fight against segregation.
Also present for the ceremony were members of the Disabled American Veterans Organization, the American Legion, the local Colleton County Veterans Administration and several area veterans who wanted to honor Belton for his service.
“We are a group of marines dedicated to the preservation of the black marines who made history when they went through segregated boot camp,” said Michael Cook, a retired Gunnery Sergeant with the U.S. Marine Corps. Cook is a member of the Montford Point Association Chapter Nine.
“He couldn’t fly to Washington, D.C., to get his medal, but we made sure he received it in Walterboro,” he said, of Belton. “We had a nice crowd to see him finally receive his gold medal,” he said.
Cook and Belton recently became friends when the two met through a magazine, said Cook.
“I met Mr. Belton in a funny way,” said Cook, with a laugh. “In the back of the Disabled Americans Veterans quarterly magazine I was reading, there was an ad that he placed asking for contact with other Montford Point marines. I responded and we’ve been friends since.”
In addition to his Congressional Gold Medal, Belton was also wounded in a WWII battle, said Cook. However, he never received his Purple Heart. The Montford Point Association is currently working to make sure Belton receives his Purple Heart.
“Mr. Belton is an amazing fellow. He went on to make massive historical strides … he was the first black supervisor at the University of Virginia at a time when that was unheard of,” said Cook. “I have adopted him as a father.
“He is a very interesting fellow to talk to who we are proud to know.”
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Nuremberg (1996)Nuremberg (1996) Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the Supreme Court justice who served as the head prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal that took place in Nuremberg after the horrors
TO UNDERSTAND THE EVIL NAZI LIKE GOERING, WATCH THIS YOUTUBE
Nuremberg (1996)
Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the Supreme Court justice who served as the head prosecutor for the war crimes tribunal that took place in Nuremberg after the horrors
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016
There were two flags raised at Iwo Jima.
The operation to seize the island, known as Operation Detachment, would last just over a month and cost the lives of more than 5,000 Marines and almost the entirety of the roughly 21,000 Japanese soldiers defending the volcanic, porkchop-shaped scab of earth.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The Memphis Belle - A Story Of A Flying Fortress (1944)
In 1943, an American bomber crewman stood only a 1-in-5 chance of surviving his tour of duty, 25 missions later increased to 35. The Eighth lost more men in the war than the Marine Corps.
The Memphis Belle - A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
The Memphis Belle - A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which ostensibly provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
In May 1943, the Memphis Belle became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States. The dramatic 16 mm color film is of actual battles and scenes at its Bassingbourn base.
The film was made under the auspices of the First Motion Picture Unit, a branch of the United States Army Air Forces. It actually depicted the next to last mission of the crew (see below) on May 15, 1943, and was made as a morale-building inspiration for the Home Front by showing the everyday courage of the men who manned these bombers.
Credits -
Captain Robert K. Morgan (pilot)
Captain James A. Verinis (co-pilot)
Captain Vincent B. Evans (bombardier)
Captain Charles B. Leighton (navigator)
Technical Sergeant Robert J. Hanson (radio operator)
Technical Sergeant Harold P. Loch (engineer and top turret gunner)
Staff Sergeant Casimer A. Nastal (waist gunner)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Winchell (waist gunner)
Staff Sergeant Cecil H. Scott (ball turret gunner)
Staff Sergeant John P. Quinlan (tail gunner)
Directed by William Wyler
Produced by First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army
Monday, August 22, 2016
Stalag 17 - "Hogan's Heros" was first a Broadway play written by two POW's from there and then this movie starring William Holden. Next was the television series!
Now there is an interview by the last of the Hogan's Heroes:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/videographer/in-their-words-the-wisdom-of-elder-veterans
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Vietnam Vet. Beaufort, S. C. (only survivor of his unit in Vietnam)
....my good friend Nathaniel Bennett and Coop...at Common Ground Beaufort SC...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)