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teamhavoc28

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Nov 10, 2010
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I toss my hat in for Tom Selleck and George C. Scott. Yul Brynner also. Let's not forget Jimmy Stewart. Gregory Peck needs a mention.

 

maduroman

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May 15, 2010
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Eddie Albert, earned a silver star or navy cross, (don't remember what one anymore) @ tarawa pulling wounded marines off the beach...

 

bubblehead

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May 26, 2011
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Didnt John Wayne play Red Adair in a movie?
Hellfighters, he played a character based on Adair. If I remember correctly, Red Adair was technical advisor for the movie. Also starred Jim Hutton.
 

hauntedmyst

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Professional figure skater, Johnny Weir

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mso489

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I always liked the persona of James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillion in the long-running TV series. It wasn't

the most sophisticated script, and you never doubted Marshal Matt would have the upper hand, but given

that, Arness did a convincing job. Unlike many actors, he was an actual combat veteran and had been

wounded at Anzio early in World War II while the U.S. military was on a learning curve with combat landings.

My uncle was in the Pacific landing at Tarawa which was a particularly miserable "dress rehearsal" for

amphibious landings. He figured out you didn't have to take each load of fuel drums to the beach and line

them in in neat little rows, but could just ride them in on the tide. It saved a lot of lives and he earned

the Bronze Star (landing craft officer was his role).

 

saint007

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Dec 22, 2013
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I'm not buying into Hollywood actors as being icons of manliness! :P
They didn't come more manly than good ole Gen George Washington or Gen Thomas Jackson. :wink:

 
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