Today is the birthday of actor Eddie Albert [1] (born Edward Albert Heimberger on April 22, 1906.) He died May 26, 2005, at age 99.) Prior to World War II [2], and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army [3] intelligence, photographing German U-boats [4] in Mexican harbors. For his actions in the battle of Tarawa [5], he was awarded the Bronze Star with combat “V” device.
This is also the birthday of the late Charles Rankin Bond, Jr [6], who was born in Dallas on April 22, 1915. He was one of the last of the AVG Flying Tiger pilots.
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Today we present another product review by our Filed Gear Editor, Pat Cascio. You’ll note that Pat never pulls any punches. When a product doesn’t live up to expectations, he never hesitates to tell you about it.
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#1 Comment By Rose On April 22, 2019 @ 12:02 pm
I love that show. The other guy in that picture, Tom Lester, is a native Mississippian. He uses his fame as an actor to spread the gospel. He came to our town and did a speech. He is awesome. Those were the golden days of television. I love to watch just about any show from that time period.
#2 Comment By cook On April 22, 2019 @ 6:34 pm
Every time I have to use the generator it reminds me of all the plugs labled and Lisa always blowing the fuses.