[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: About The Draft

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:09:21 -0400

James Herriot was an airplane pilot during the War.  I should say john 
White, smile, as his real name.

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:16 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: About The Draft


Many of the movie stars served in WWII. If I remember
correctly, Jimmie Stewart was an Air Force pilot. Some
were in the entertainment branch. Hemingway and some
other famous authors were ambulance drivers during WWI
and the Spanish Civil war.

The only person I remember reading about whose career
was adversely affected was a Black man who was
dancer, I believe, or maybe a singer, but I can't
remember who it was. There was, of course, Mohammed
Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, whose career was
temporarily halted when he chose jail instead of the
army, but he survived that nicely. smile

Cindy
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cindy, thanks for clarifying the timeline of when
> and how our young men
> were drafted. I didn't realize that it was an issue
> except during
> Vietnam. I guess it's true that you learn something
> everyday. :)
> Apparently quite a few of our celebrities spent time
> in the military.
> Johnny Cash, Mr. Rogers, Elvis, and the man who
> played Captain
> Kangaroo... his name is escaping me at the moment.
> I'm sure there are
> many more. It might be interesting to read about how
> military service
> impacted their future careers in entertainment.
>
> Monica Willyard
>



      
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