More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
(Somehow got skipped over further up.)
James Doohan was artillery! I like that.
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
- Bob Feller, US Navy; famous MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer, enlisted on 09 Dec 1941; Feller was the first MLB celebrity to join the war effort, long before it was ‘cool’ to do so
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
- Bob Feller, US Navy; famous MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer, enlisted on 09 Dec 1941; Feller was the first MLB celebrity to join the war effort, long before it was ‘cool’ to do so.
- Phil Marchioldon, a Canadian born pitcher for the Phidelphia A’s, left baseball to become a tail gunner in the RCAF in 1940, before the USA was involved in the war.
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist, SP3, US Army (and assigned the NSA)
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
- Bob Feller, US Navy; famous MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer, enlisted on 09 Dec 1941; Feller was the first MLB celebrity to join the war effort, long before it was ‘cool’ to do so.
- Phil Marchioldon, a Canadian-born pitcher for the Philadelphia A’s, left baseball to become a tail gunner in the RCAF in 1940, before the USA was involved in the war.
- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Luftwaffenhelfer, WWII
More famous veterans! How about we go for ones that might surprise you?
- Bob Ross saw plenty of happy little trees while stationed in Alaska (USAF)
- Tom Lehrer, musical satirist, SP3, US Army (and assigned the NSA)
- Peter Sellers, Corporal, RAF
- Alan Alda, US Army Reserve
- Drew Carey, USMC Reserve
- Sergeant Leonard Nimoy, US Army Reserves, 1950-1955
- Rihanna, served in the Barbadian Army Cadet Corps
- Capt. Theodore Geisel (or, Capt. Dr. Seuss), US Army, served from 1943
- James Doohan, Royal Canadian Artillery (and was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy)
- Bob Feller, US Navy; famous MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer, enlisted on 09 Dec 1941; Feller was the first MLB celebrity to join the war effort, long before it was ‘cool’ to do so.
- Phil Marchioldon, a Canadian-born pitcher for the Philadelphia A’s, left baseball to become a tail gunner in the RCAF in 1940, before the USA was involved in the war.
- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Luftwaffenhelfer, WWII
- Staff Sergeant Bernice Frenkel, USMC, 1943-1945; the actress better known as Bea Arthur and who played Maude, she also denied her service.
I wonder why that was? Apparently her service records were discovered after her death.
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In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
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In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
- The youngest soldier to lie about their age and serve was 12 years old: Sidney Lewis.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
- The youngest soldier to lie about their age and serve was 12 years old: Sidney Lewis.
- Influenza spread like wildfire in the trenches and through rapid troop movements, and ended up killing far more troops than ever died in actual combat.
It’s probably the worst epidemic of all time, dwarfing AIDS and, even adjusting for population growth, the Black Death.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
- The youngest soldier to lie about their age and serve was 12 years old: Sidney Lewis.
- Influenza spread like wildfire in the trenches and through rapid troop movements, and ended up killing far more troops than ever died in actual combat.
- Plastic surgery and facial reconstruction was pioneered during WW1.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
- The youngest soldier to lie about their age and serve was 12 years old: Sidney Lewis.
- Influenza spread like wildfire in the trenches and through rapid troop movements, and ended up killing far more troops than ever died in actual combat.
- Plastic surgery and facial reconstruction was pioneered during WW1.
- Gavrilo Princip, the man who started WWI by assassinating Franz Ferdinand, didn’t live to see the end of the war. He died of tuberculosis in prison on April 28, 1918 at the age of 23.
In Honor of Today (11 Nov 2015) Being Armistice Day, Quick Facts about WWI
- Dr. Dolittle was created during WWI. Hugh Lofting wrote to his kids from trenches but wanted to not write about the war, so he created and wrote about the fictional character.
- The malady we identify today as post-traumatic stress disorder was first observed by doctors in WWI, who called it shellshock in the belief it was caused by the vibrations of exploding shells acting on the nervous system.
- A baboon named Jackie served in the South African army on the Western Front. Initially a mascot, Jackie was later given messenger and watch duties – as well as his own uniform, paybook and rations. Jackie’s right leg was amputated after a shell blast in 1918. He was later promoted to corporal and given a medal for bravery.
- The youngest soldier to lie about their age and serve was 12 years old: Sidney Lewis.
- Influenza spread like wildfire in the trenches and through rapid troop movements, and ended up killing far more troops than ever died in actual combat.
- Plastic surgery and facial reconstruction was pioneered during WW1.
- Gavrilo Princip, the man who started WWI by assassinating Franz Ferdinand, didn’t live to see the end of the war. He died of tuberculosis in prison on April 28, 1918 at the age of 23.
- Trenches along the Western Front were dug in zig-zag fashion, to make them easier to defend in case opposing troops managed to fight their way into them.