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Always one of my favorites. Well done.
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RIP Mr. Durning. He was a fine man, served his country, and entertained us as well.
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although Durning played all kinds of roles....and could be a really sinister bad guy....that role in BLWIT is the way I'll remember him.
RIP
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Good man and a good actor.
I have watch him play the old Marine on NCIS several times. That is my very favorite episode of NCIS. Rest in peace, sir.
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May he rest in peace.
Salute!
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It's pretty amazing he lived as long as he did with his weight problem.
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I love that Pappy O'Daniel character! RIP.
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Just read where jack Klugman went today also.
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RIP sir. We'll try to hold the line you defended with honor.
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I wonder what surviving WWII vets think of this country today?
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About 12 years ago, my wife and I were in Washington,DC and went to a play at the Kennedy Center. It was Charles During in "The Gin Game". Always enjoyed his movies but it was special to see him live. He did a great job of it.
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he also played father hubley on "everybody loves raymond". rip
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He wasn't able to do "a little side-step" this time.
RIP great American.
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Man, that looked hard for him to get through.
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Whoever researched that for Burt Reynolds evidently got it wrong. In his own words Durning relates how he hit the beach from a "barge" and almost drowned
in the surf.
No mention of being in the glider or parachute assault that landed inland behind the German defenses.
A brave soldier who spoke of the heroics of others and not his own.
Arlington deserves this man.
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Thanks for Posting Jim...I knew Durning had survived the massacre at Malmedy, some of his other accomplisments I did not know of. Tis a sad start to Xmas... Ya know there Ingwe.. when I have to go, I can't think of a better time than Christmas...when for a brief period, we supposedly have a little piece on earth and good will to our fellow man.. back to the OP... Durning was a good man, an accomplished actor, and a young man who did his job when his country called... A hardy Salute to an Old Soldier and a Fine Gentleman! Peace be with you Mr Durning...
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I knew that he had served, but I Googled up a little more specific info... He was among the first wave of U.S. soldiers to land at Normandy during the D-Day invasion and the only member of his Army unit to survive. He killed several Germans and was wounded in the leg. Later he was bayoneted by a young German soldier whom he killed with a rock. He was captured in the Battle of the Bulge and survived a massacre of prisoners.
In later years, he refused to discuss the military service for which he was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts.
�Too many bad memories,� he told an interviewer in 1997. �I don't want you to see me crying.� from The LA Times, oddly enough An enemy soldier bayonets him, and he still manages to kill the guy with a rock. That's hardcore... John To think that John KERRY also received a Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts plus a Bronze Star !!! The injustice of life is too much...
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Yet another member of The Greatest Generation has been called home. Rest In Peace sir.
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