Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
On this wackado podcast called Wallbuilders Live I hear this silly story about Private Martin, who no one has a picture of. That was mentioned at the start of the story. Private Martin landed on the beach at Normandy. His unit had 94% casualty rate. Which I took to mean he was the only survivor. He's in the 82nd Airborne, yet he was on a boat at Normandy. Didn't the paratroopers, I don't know, parashoot in? Anyway, he makes it to Battle of the Bulge when a lone tank rolls up on him by himself digging a foxhole. The Sargent on the tank, who is Will Rogers Jr. asks him where the rear is. Private Martin asks him if he's looking for a safe place, to which the Sargent says yes. Martin replies "Well park that thing behind me. I'm with the 82nd and the Germans aren't getting past me." Later a troop carrier comes along and the join this little bulwark against fascism.
I paraphrased it just a little. Maybe livened it up a bit. The point of the story....I'm not sure what the point was. I think to say how all it takes is for one brave person to stand up.
I can't find any information on this. Will Rogers Jr was at the Battle of the Bulge. And he was in a tank division in a tank destroyer. That might have been the only truth in this story. I think it would have been more widely known. Sounds like something that a movie or 3 could be made about. Rogers definitely had the juice to get something like that made if he wanted to. There are so many stories of things that actually happened. Why make one up to fit your purpose?
I paraphrased it just a little. Maybe livened it up a bit. The point of the story....I'm not sure what the point was. I think to say how all it takes is for one brave person to stand up.
I can't find any information on this. Will Rogers Jr was at the Battle of the Bulge. And he was in a tank division in a tank destroyer. That might have been the only truth in this story. I think it would have been more widely known. Sounds like something that a movie or 3 could be made about. Rogers definitely had the juice to get something like that made if he wanted to. There are so many stories of things that actually happened. Why make one up to fit your purpose?