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@steveshoemaker6347 Жыл бұрын
Thanks very much🇺🇸
@TennesseeHomesteadUSA Жыл бұрын
Nice video !
@thomaskorn1133 Жыл бұрын
@@steveshoemaker6347 yyÿ
@johngodfrey.766 Жыл бұрын
I am English, and I can tell you all Jimmy Stewart is held in the very highest esteem in Britain, thank you for coming here to help us, I as a little boy being bomb in London down in a shelter, thank him and all the others in the military from the USA.
@gregritchie108 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Stewart was a great man on many levels. An outstanding member of the "Greatest Generation"!
@Zoro007 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic actor and truly a very brave man. He said one of the scenes in Its a Wonderful Life was so traumatic as he went back to thoughts of the war and he started crying for real, it's the scene on the bridge. Never publicly spoke of his flying career, complete hero. RIP Jimmy !
@kyliesbubbie Жыл бұрын
There will NEVER be another Jimmy Stewart
@reedsilvesan2197 Жыл бұрын
I have so much respect for this man. Flying combat missions over Germany when he wasn't required to. He volunteered. Not only that, but in the position of lead bomber, which was the most dangerous position in the formation. If the fighters could take out the lead bomber they had a good chance of breaking up the formation, therefore it was the prime target in the formation and it was almost always a head on attack with the cockpit being the target.
@edge1289 Жыл бұрын
My father was a flight engineer on a B 24 in the 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron Second Air Division flying from Olde Buckenham UK. Jimmy Stewart was the Flight Ops Officer and a command pilot in the 453rd. Also, Walter Matthau was also in the 453rd.
@maryshanley329 Жыл бұрын
My uncle also flew with Jimmy Stewart, and said that he was a wonderful person, just like his film persona often was. I miss the likes of him in Hollywood today. Too much junk and immoral stuff today, with notable exceptions.
@edjarrett3164 Жыл бұрын
I think Jimmy Stewart viewed his time in the military as something that needed to get done. It is the same attitude that I have seen in our National Guard and Reserves. Everyone has a primary civilian job, but all serve quietly in our military. It’s an impressive mix that we can’t execute without them. Plus it’s very cool to learn about what they do for a real living while serving in the military.
@l82nite Жыл бұрын
He was, and will always be, a true American treasure. It's to bad people, these days, don't have the same morals as he did. From the looks of the mentality of people these days, we will never see anyone to even come close to him.
@petekdemircioglu Жыл бұрын
💚💜🇺🇸🙏🔥
@davidkiser5250 Жыл бұрын
I love Jimmy Stewart. So much the good man, good Christian, good patriot, and great actor. Loved the book "Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot". Love the story in the book about Jimmy (as a CO) overhearing some airmen griping about their not being paid on time as the young lieutenant paymaster blew them off saying he didn't have their records and couldn't pay them. Jimmy told the full-of-himself lieutenant that if the men weren't paid within the week he would be transferred out as a private. The men got their pay, not unsurprisingly. 😁
@steverobbins4274 Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact. He was stationed at Old Buckenham in Norfolk. Close to where I live. He was stationed there with one Walter Matthau who was a Sargent at the same air base.
@automan1966 Жыл бұрын
Matthau was was on the ground crew in the 453rd, and Stewart served 27 years in the air force reserve after leaving the air force, achieving the rank of Brigadier General WOW! That's some kind of commitment there! He was just as much a class act on his movie sets, I have never heard a single disparaging thing about his character.
@michaelleblanc7283 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy liked his whiskey. Met and became a close friend of a real vet, 'Shorty LaPoint, a MUG with 425 Sqn RCAF, who told me a story about his relationship with Jimmy Stewart. Forgot how they met but it was via his own pilot who knew James somehow. Told me he & his crew would buy Scotch Whisky cheap in York, find a 'mechanical' excuse to land at Stewart's bomber base and pass it on to 'Jimmy and his gang' then spend an evening eating the much better 'Yankee' grub and partying before flying back to base the next day. Don't know how often they did it but it ended when 'Shorty's Halifax was shot down 24/25 May 1944. He was the only survivor and the only reason I know Jimmy Stewart like good Scotch whiskey.
@daryljay7057 Жыл бұрын
He retired as a Brigadier. So many great movies, but one of my absolute favorites, was his turn as Charles Lindbergh in 'The Spirit of St. Louis'
@scotthawver2666 Жыл бұрын
General Stewart is my second favorite actor of all time. Just barely behind John Wayne. I have immense respect and appreciation for his accomplishments.
@michaelhayden725 Жыл бұрын
Wayne however was one of the big stars who never served in armed services. He explained it on a number of times, ( doing more for war effort as a film star). Wayne as I understand it always regretted his non service.
@Chris-yy8ub Жыл бұрын
Wayne was hated by my father and uncles. He was a draft dodger and had an affair with a Mexican woman while he lived there during the war at a time when that was a big deal. Jimmy was a real American hero & didn't just act like one.
@godfreyberry1599 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Stewart, my all time iconic actor.
@kenlandon7803 Жыл бұрын
Real man, patriot and just happened to be a great actor.Quite a man and gentleman too
@davidhobman399 Жыл бұрын
I loved jimmy’s movies he was a great actor and patriot.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
My uncle was a Lt in WWII. He stayed in the US Army Reserves and became a Colonel. My father was a Navy Lt in WWII. He did not stay in the Reserves after the war. My father said of Audie Murphy "He was the luckiest SOB. He was in the right place, at the right time, and was lucky he didn't get killed". Audie Murphy was a short, thin, light weight 17 yr old kid from Texas, who won every US Medal and Award (including the Medal of Honor), and every French Medal and Award during WWII. He was the most decorated soldier in WWII. He received a battlefield commission to 2nd Lt. He had aspirations of entering West Point after the war, but a war wound prevented that. Then he went into acting and movies.
@josepocos Жыл бұрын
I think it took more than luck to do what he did.
@georgesouthwick7000 Жыл бұрын
Back in the day when Hollywood was populated with patriots.
@Biffo1262 Жыл бұрын
A genuinely humble man. Proud of his achievements but without the ego and sense of entitlement that often goes with them. Oh, and a damned good actor too.
@garyfullmer4353 Жыл бұрын
@number 6 It's a true story it did happen like that. Many battlefield commissions were given. Audie Murphy entered as an enlisted man and ended up as a major. He rose very quickly through the ranks because of his skill, leadership abilities, heroism, and fearlessness. He was first lieutenant at the end of the war but ended up being awared of the rank of major in the Texas national guard. He was also the most decorated soldier of world war II including winning the medal of Honor. He was decorated by most of our allies in the war as well.
@nicholasklangos9704 Жыл бұрын
No one wins the Medal of Honor, it is awarded, usually posthumously, no one is fearless in battle, it is the fear of death and failure that drove one to survive in combat...
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
yeah, every US award and every French award.
@PlasmaCoolantLeak Жыл бұрын
I recall in a book of aircraft nose art, that one of Jimmy's crew said he was always cool-headed, but when the shooting started, Jimmy got even more cool-headed. 👍
@rickklein7792 Жыл бұрын
His aircraft was named "9Yanks and a Jerk".
@carolnelson9269 Жыл бұрын
@@rickklein7792Another was "Male Call".
@rickklein7792 Жыл бұрын
@@carolnelson9269 Yes. You are correct.
@davidtaylor8002 Жыл бұрын
Because of his military service, Jimmy Stewart was the only celebrity to have ever stayed at Salt Lake City's Hotel Utah, which has a 'No Celebrities Allowed' policy.
@Wideoval73 Жыл бұрын
Very good video. Very informative. Thanks
@larry1824 Жыл бұрын
A real hero and patriot 😊
@spambedam Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Stewart was a courageous competent guy and yet he could portray to perfection someone bumbling, stammering, confused, and overwhelmed.
@shirlw6075 Жыл бұрын
I met Jimmy Stewart in 1967 while he was filming In Del Rio Tx....I had just gotten out of the hospital after having my first baby....he would dress up like a bum and go for his morning walks....he was the nicest gentleman a person could meet! I still have his autograph.
@rossreed9974 Жыл бұрын
What a great example of humbleness, such a giving man of integrity and honor, thank you James Maitland Stewart!
@larryblanks6765 Жыл бұрын
I always respected him, all the Airforce movies he did made me want to be a pilot!
@airington01 Жыл бұрын
He was and still an amazing person.
@michaeltroster9059 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy was one of many that served in the military in an active role Some were portrayed as military heroes, but really weren’t.
@studuerson2548 Жыл бұрын
For those of us in the AF, Gen. Stewart was saluted in public, and worshipped in private.
@Kymfre01 Жыл бұрын
Very well done, it would be interesting if you would do the Military Service of David Niven. His first book The Moon is a Balloon gives an insight into his very interesting Service.
@patricklee5578 Жыл бұрын
His movie' Harvey'is awesome-great humor
@kimnarveson5190 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I had no idea! Thank you for sharing!
@Eugene-fw2tp Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Steward was a Brigadier General. There are 5 ranks of General. Brigadier being the sophmore rank. 1) Brigadier General --1 star 2) Major General --2 star 3) Lieutenant General --3 star 4) General --4 star 5) General of the Army --5 star
@billharden7127 Жыл бұрын
AWESOME. A true AMERICAN.
@sscalercourtney5486 Жыл бұрын
It says a lot about humanity, that Jimmy Stewart faced death in combat while John Wayne sit back safe in the United States. But the image of a tough guy for almost all of that generation was John Wayne and not Jimmy Stewart. We humans prefer image over reality. Which explains a lot, imho. This is an observation on humanity and not a complaint.
@bonnieparker9584 Жыл бұрын
There are two important differences between them. Stewart was unmarried and Wayne was married with children. Wayne had medical issues that may have kept out of service. He lost his football scholarship because an injuring while surfing. Jimmy Stewart like most combat men of the error for his own reason choose to not use or speak of his experience. My father reason ( he survived more than 75 combat missions on a B 24) “the heroes didn’t’ come home”
@sscalercourtney5486 Жыл бұрын
@@bonnieparker9584 Not what I heard as a young kid in the early 1950's. After first getting an exemption, John Wayne was rated 1-A for service. But he feared his film blooming career would be over if he joined the service for even if he only did entertainment and not combat. The Studio's helped him avoid service. While later generations loved John and his tough guy image and talk, but all the World War II vets I talked to (3) and read about (many) thought John a coward. Like Carl Jung said decades ago, we humans far prefer our biases over reality.
@kyawkyawminn3081 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy is one of my beloved actors of Hollywood. The film I like most is " The rear window" hope the name is correct, acted as a lamed man on a wheelchair.❤
@mudduck754 Жыл бұрын
My favorite is Harvey
@DavidMartin-ym2te Жыл бұрын
Good film - Raymond Burr was the villain as I recall.
@Blog4Justice Жыл бұрын
With the ravishing Grace Kelly. A Hitchcock masterpiece.
@davidkimmel4216 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful man A true American legend
@edlane9882 Жыл бұрын
He didn't 'win several awards for his service'. He was decorated for his courage ... there is a big difference most feather merchants don't know anything about. It is the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal not an award. He was not on active duty after WWII, he was in the Reserve. Also, 'bombardier' is not pronounced correctly. If you are going to post have the courtesy to respect these folks who served and do it right.
@janetceniza8091 Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine ANY actors today even going any branch of the service.
@fred5399 Жыл бұрын
Can't imagine too many regular men joing any branch of the service thats why we used to have the draft.
@janetceniza8091 Жыл бұрын
@@fred5399 We need to bring the draft back for both men and women. maybe two years for women, sign up for 4 but can get out in two. I signed up in 1963.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
Whimps!!
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
@@janetceniza8091 and you're still there, right? Who was that old US Navy Admiral, that they couldn't get rid of? He was really old when he finally packed it in.
@janetceniza8091 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel This is Dennis, Janet's husband, I was Air Force so can't tell you anything about the Navy, sorry.
@klsc8510 Жыл бұрын
For more information about BG Stweart's military service, I recommend two books. Mission Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe. Jimmy Stewart Bomber Pilot. I am retired military. From my reading, BG Stewart sure sounds like a leader that I and many more would gladly follow. My thought is BG Stewart was a better officer than actor. He was extremely good at both.
@frankm2588 Жыл бұрын
I read "Mission." Very good book. He was never the same when he came back, like many others.
@klsc8510 Жыл бұрын
@@frankm2588 While not the same, his love of Country and the Air Force never diminished.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
partly he became a leader, and a Colonel, cuz he didn't get shot down and killed.
@kilcar Жыл бұрын
A great man deserves a better biography, and a much more in depth combat record .
@이정환-x7p Жыл бұрын
He is real war hero. Air Force Brigadier General.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
he did a movie, I can't think of the Title, which was pretty much biographical. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher, that went into WWII, as a pilot. Came out, then later got called back in. Reported to SAC B-52 bombers. I can't recall in the movie if he got promoted to Lt. Col or Colonel. But one line in the movie, Jimmy said to 4 star General "how low in rank do you have to be to be expendable?". Then he flew a mission, got injured, and got out of Air Force. Either as a Lt. Col or Colonel. Then he couldn't pitch any more due to his injured shoulder/arm so he became a Manager.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
Yup!! General Jimmy.
@ColRAPR Жыл бұрын
Outstanding !!
@StephenMccain-zg9fu Жыл бұрын
Slow and steady wins the race.
@shorttimer874 Жыл бұрын
Dad used to claim that Jimmy Stewart used to fire up the stove in his barracks during training before they were woke up. Don't know about that, sounds unlikely. He also said he would always vote for Ronald Reagan since he was the captain who signed him up to be in Combat Camera instead of a radioman. That one seems more likely, I have his scrapbook from his states side time, which includes copies of his orders and anywhere passes for filming. He also brought back a ton of photos from his time with the B29s in the Pacific and an Air Medal.
@fatbass5751 Жыл бұрын
My favourite actor , a real man
@BALOYBEACHBUM Жыл бұрын
Well that Draft Dodger John Wayne could not hold a candle to James Stewart, SALUTE!!
@Otokichi786 Жыл бұрын
I recall an explanation that ran something like this: "Marion Morrison would rather play a reel ranking military character then be "Buck Private Morrison from East Nowhere, New Jersey."
@jimwebb9328 Жыл бұрын
"Moderate success" before the war? He won an Oscar for Philadelphia Story". That qualifies as more than "moderate ".
@merle1929 Жыл бұрын
His stepson was a force recon marine killed on the dmz in Vietnam
@ralphsimpson5230 Жыл бұрын
John Wayne, how do you like these apples? A Real Hero!
@sararedfearn4691 Жыл бұрын
Bombbardeia. No !. It’s Pronounced , Bombardier thank you. Mr J Stewart was a true gentleman, just like Mr D Niven.
@dhss333 Жыл бұрын
Bill of Rights? Ask Southern state negroes of the time(s).
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately David Nivens' mind went. He slurred his speech.
@dhss333 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel No , his speech was slurred (no intent.)
@pszczepanski1 Жыл бұрын
I thank you for pointing out the mispronunciation of Bombardier. Mr. Stewart truly was a gentleman and a very brave one at that.
@dhss333 Жыл бұрын
@@pszczepanski1 Yes & he appears in interview about Axis fighter attacks, in the 1974? series The World at War - episode on bombing campaign.
@Grunt49 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Stewart was a hero. John Wayne was a draft dodger.
@academyofshem Жыл бұрын
A true American Hero, unlike, say, Marion Morrison, who hid behind his wife's skirt in order to not fight in the War.
@yankeepapa304 Жыл бұрын
After the war, Stewart served in the Air Force Reserve... and while he had many periods of active duty...he was not a "Regular"... Had he been such, he never would have had time to have had a film career... YP
@michaelcheyenne9300 Жыл бұрын
Barry Goldwater or Au H2O also was a flier and did a great many things also
@jodywhitehead9173 Жыл бұрын
Moderate success? Academy award, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, the Philadelphia Story
@glendagaskin151 Жыл бұрын
His faith in God led him to be a pilot.
@larry1824 Жыл бұрын
A patriot
@charylliss1721 Жыл бұрын
Moderate success as an actor... Huh! Friggen won the Academy Award for best actor for The Philadelphia Story a month before enlisting.
@ziban837 Жыл бұрын
Where can I find John Wayne's war service story?
@Ancestralfindings Жыл бұрын
If you're interested in John Wayne's war service story, it's important to note that while he was a prominent figure in war films, John Wayne (born Marion Robert Morrison) did not actually serve in the military during World War II. Despite his iconic status in military roles on screen, Wayne spent the war years continuing his film career. However, if you're looking to learn more about his life during this period, including why he didn't serve, you might find biographies or documentaries about John Wayne insightful. Books like "John Wayne: The Life and Legend" by Scott Eyman offer detailed accounts of his life and career. For a more in-depth look, you can also explore film history and Hollywood during the wartime era, which often touches on John Wayne's career and his impact on American culture. Online resources, libraries, and streaming platforms might have documentaries or articles on this subject. It's a fascinating aspect of film and cultural history, exploring the contrast between the on-screen personas of actors like Wayne and their real-life stories. Happy researching!
@dhss333 Жыл бұрын
More mission detail.
@MikiCab1 Жыл бұрын
Louis B. Mayer of MGM sent Jimmy to. Brothel and had the girl report back because he thought he was gay. Fun fact. Another fun fact John Wayne of a similar age never went to war.
@stevenburch2296 Жыл бұрын
If you are going to do a video on Jimmy Stewart, please get it right. First, you mentioned that he had a modest movie career prior to WWII, yes it did start slow, however, he had received accolades for his performances in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Destry Rides Again, and finished with an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1940, for his role in The Philadelphia Story. You also said he "won" several medals for his service. War is not a game and no one wins medals they are awarded for, bravery in combat, you also didn't directly point out that he enlisted a year prior to Pearl Harbor. Jimmy was a great man, husband, father, actor, and patriot.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
"General Jimmy".
@sakondo78910 ай бұрын
An everyday American hero of the average common man
@Ancestralfindings10 ай бұрын
You hit the nail right on the head. Jimmy Stewart is indeed the epitome of an everyday American hero. It's incredible how he went from the big screen to bravely serving in WWII, all while staying grounded and relatable. Just goes to show that true heroism isn't just in movies. It's in the selfless acts of people like Stewart, stepping up when it mattered most.
@luciennerizk4549 Жыл бұрын
Actually, in the US it is pronounced BOMBADEER
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
Bomb-A- Dear.
@patriot692 Жыл бұрын
Bomb some deers?? 😆
@danielburgess7785 Жыл бұрын
Another good western Pennsylvanian boy.
@leoperidot482 Жыл бұрын
Whats ironic is that a WW 2 draft dodger like John Wayne gets an airport named after him. CA and Hollywood is so screwed up.
@davidroby7290 Жыл бұрын
Yah know Commander in Chief is actually the highest military rank
@davidsecord6412 Жыл бұрын
This was one of the items of contention between Stewart and Henry Fonda. Fonda was a far, left-wing nutjob (akin to his children) and Stewart was conservative. They respected each other as professionals but disagreed politically.
@mdj.6179 Жыл бұрын
So for actors with the highest rank you are not including Reagan as Commander-in-Chief of the military...
@billentsminger3360 Жыл бұрын
bom-ba -deer
@kevinconnelly3662 Жыл бұрын
The crews that bombed in Europe for the most part had a navigator. And on these birds was norton bomb sight which in all was supposed to put bomb on target but that's not how it turned out as targets where missed often by miles as following squadrons didn't have the norton sight and where keying on lead bombers who dropped early or late putting bombs miles off target. But to bomb Zurich the two pilots and the navigator would have little or no room for explanation
@josepocos Жыл бұрын
Norden bomb sight.
@Ubique2927 Жыл бұрын
How you single out one movie is beyond me. It belittles the great actor as if he only made one good film. He made several brilliant films.
@johnanthonyalberola6252 Жыл бұрын
LITTERAL EXACT DUPLICATE OF MY DAD EVEN HIS CANDOR
@patriot692 Жыл бұрын
You must have an awesome dad!! 👍🙏🇺🇲
@johnanthonyalberola6252 Жыл бұрын
@@patriot692 THANK YOU HE WAS
@Carl-ht7cg Жыл бұрын
Donate to the "Wounded Warrior Project"
@texgowing7359 Жыл бұрын
You missed off the fact that he left the service as a 2* general & didn't give the year America adopted the air cor as a seperate body known as the American airforce.
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
No he did not leave the service as a 2 star, Major General. He retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Brigadier General (1 Star). Any mention of "2 stars" is POST everything. Which is absurd.
@texgowing7359 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel I watched Jimmy Stewart being interviewed on a late night talk show in I think 1990 & the interviewer said at the time that,"you were a 2 star General weren't you"? & Jimmy said something funny then, "yes". So someone's not right here.
@texgowing7359 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel Found it, it was a Jonny Carson interview, I'm going to watch it now & if I'm wrong I will say so.
@texgowing7359 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel O.K. I owe that guy an apology. He says he was introduced as a major general & didn't correct the guy as it sounded so good. I was wrong & as the guy in the video & you said. He left the military as a Brigadere
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
@@texgowing7359 I think there was talk of "post humorously" promoting Jimmy Stewart to Major General. Which is ridiculous. I don't know if "they" ever did it. If so, pointless and of no value.
@roberthudson1959 Жыл бұрын
Please have someone who knows written English do the captions. Please have a living, breathing native-English speaker serve as the narrator.
@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 Жыл бұрын
Croix pronounced Cwah not Croy !! 😂😂🥴
@4catsnow Жыл бұрын
Interesting scenario...Mr Stewart is in the cockpit of a B-24,, over germany, on a regular basis....his agent in Hollywood is sitting in a bar cornering the market on Bourbon....and chewing all of his fingernails off...
@J.B24 Жыл бұрын
I see you simply summarized what was on wikipedia. Line by line.
@Number6_ Жыл бұрын
he was never a private. officers are not enlisted. you skipped a lot of ranks. this is a very choppy video to make a false claim that he went from private to general in a hand full of year.
@klsc8510 Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Stewart was for a brief time a Private. You need to do more history studies!
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
Actually since he enlisted well before the US even entered WWII (Dec 7, 1941), he went thru US Army Boot Camp, as a recruit, despite that he was already a licensed and experienced Commercial Pilot. The U.S Army had yet to set up training for new Pilots. So he completed boot camp and was a Private. Then he waited around. I believe that he had actually gotten promoted to Corporal, before the US Army set up Pilot training camps. Then he went to US Army Pilot Training, upon completion he was Commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the US Army Air Corps. Then thru service, during WWII, he was promoted up to Full Colonel by the end of WWII. After the war, his first movie was "It's A Wonderful Life (1946). He stayed in the Reserves, which became the US Air Force Reserves. He was promoted to Brigadier General in July 1959. In February 1966 he flew as an "observer" on a B-52 bombing mission over North Vietnam. He retired from the Air Force Reserves on May 31, 1968 as a Brigadier General when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. Crap!! I'm older than that now, and I still think I'm 22, and live my life like I'm still 22.
@Number6_ Жыл бұрын
@@klsc8510 he said himself that he want to enlist as a private not that he was one. You need to get a life and shape up those listening skills.
@markroth5129 Жыл бұрын
🫡🇺🇸
@kathleeneslinger6978 Жыл бұрын
Use the word " awarded " and not " won " regarding medals received.
@edge1289 Жыл бұрын
Btw, it’s Bomb-ba-deer phonetically.
@Eric-yp9nc Жыл бұрын
how did the announcer pronounce "bombardier"??? God...if you're going to do the job, DO IT RIGHT!...lol
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
"19 Sixty 5th"????? You mean 1965.
@rickklein7792 Жыл бұрын
His B-24 was named "9 Yanks and a Jerk".
@mimikurtz2162 Жыл бұрын
Americans bombed Zurich by mistake !!! You're gonna need a bigger pickle barrel, son. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (For the benefit of Americans, Zurich is in Switzerland which was a neutral country)
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
How do you bomb Zurich by mistake?
@mimikurtz2162 Жыл бұрын
@@aspenrebel By being an American . My old French teacher at school was RAF bomber crew and told us that his airfield was shared with newly-arrived Americans. Their first mission was a short, easy one to bomb a German navy harbour on the French coast. They all came back cock-a-hoop that they had destroyed it, but aerial photos showed that the target was untouched and a fishing village miles away had been devastated.
@hughes500pilot1 Жыл бұрын
"Achieved the highest rank of any actor." WRONG! Ronald Reagan made it to COMMANDER IN CHIEF of all the branches of the US military. Get your facts straight...
@lawrencequave7361 Жыл бұрын
Commander in Chief is a CIVILIAN position, not a military rank. Get your facts straight...
@klsc8510 Жыл бұрын
Commander in Chief is a Civilian position and not a military rank. So you are wrong.
@hughes500pilot1 Жыл бұрын
Reagan was active duty in the Army during WWII. His rank carries over. So I'm going to say you are incorrect.
@klsc8510 Жыл бұрын
@@hughes500pilot1 President Reagan was a Major. His rank was more honorary as he did not serve in a lower rank. He was just given the rank. All services are headed by a civilian secretary. Plus you have the civilian Secretary of Defense. The office of President is a civilian office. There is NO military rank for being President. This is done so the military is never the head of the nation. Eisenhower had to retire from the Army to become President. So did Washington. I served 21 years in the military. So I should know these things.
@JoeKasino1947 Жыл бұрын
@@klsc8510 . Correct . Agree . I am at age 75 this year . A former volunteer in the US military . Was once being drafted in 1969 but not served at that time due to under weight . ( 5 lbs under ). 👨🏻🦳 ☕️ 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇬🇧
@AlexandraWolf-ql6bi Жыл бұрын
Zou Zous Petals.
@guypehaim1080 Жыл бұрын
You pronounce it BOM-a-deer.
@elkekuehl6030 Жыл бұрын
If he was such a gentleman then why did he flattend my hometown and killed my people iforgave him i liked him as an actor i hope god forgave him for what he did
@rolandrodriguez3854 Жыл бұрын
Boo hoo had to gain weight!😂
@pavelavietor1 Жыл бұрын
hello can you do a video on ancestral finding of RODRIGUEZ, son of Roderick. and stop lying to people, Jimmy Steward is not an AMERICAN, no one on this planet is a national of AMERICA ❤😂. You can prove me erroneous if you can 🎉. saludos Iberoamericanos
@gijane9375 Жыл бұрын
he was racist and damaged from war
@savioryeo9492 Жыл бұрын
When you make such a statement, defend it!
@gijane9375 Жыл бұрын
Was it John Ford
@aspenrebel Жыл бұрын
@@gijane9375 Now John Ford ............ that's another story!!
@jimcarter806 ай бұрын
My all time favorite actor.
@bodidley5015 Жыл бұрын
This’d be like George Clooney volunteering after 9/11. Only “celebrity” I know who volunteered was Pat Tillman. Regardless of circumstances, he answered with his life as an enlisted Army Ranger