that IS a very good story. yeah, all my dad's stories have people starting out not very happy they had some fucking movie star trying to show the world how cool he was when their lives were in the balance, but eventually, nobody was skeptical anymore. he actually flew on lots of bomber missions sort of halfway incognito...didn't make any…
that IS a very good story. yeah, all my dad's stories have people starting out not very happy they had some fucking movie star trying to show the world how cool he was when their lives were in the balance, but eventually, nobody was skeptical anymore. he actually flew on lots of bomber missions sort of halfway incognito...didn't make any kind of big deal about it. I know a famous story from somewhere else about him trying to get volunteers and saying something like: " it won't be easy and I'm not blaming you for not wanting to but I'm gonna be going..."
with that voice and affect, right away you've got an advantage in trying to get a group to do its best work.
I remember telling you one time about that unexploded bomb on my dad's first mission when he found himself a bombardier who didn't know how to drop a bomb (trained on B-17s, suddenly finding himself in a B-24). when the bomb fell out upon landing and started bouncing down the landing field, Jimmy Stewart was there to witness it and he, very wisely, got the fuck out of there.
that IS a very good story. yeah, all my dad's stories have people starting out not very happy they had some fucking movie star trying to show the world how cool he was when their lives were in the balance, but eventually, nobody was skeptical anymore. he actually flew on lots of bomber missions sort of halfway incognito...didn't make any kind of big deal about it. I know a famous story from somewhere else about him trying to get volunteers and saying something like: " it won't be easy and I'm not blaming you for not wanting to but I'm gonna be going..."
with that voice and affect, right away you've got an advantage in trying to get a group to do its best work.
Yes, everyone ended up respecting him - he never asked anyone to do anything he wouldn't do and likely already had.
I remember telling you one time about that unexploded bomb on my dad's first mission when he found himself a bombardier who didn't know how to drop a bomb (trained on B-17s, suddenly finding himself in a B-24). when the bomb fell out upon landing and started bouncing down the landing field, Jimmy Stewart was there to witness it and he, very wisely, got the fuck out of there.