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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Happy birthday to you
You know who's birthday it was two days ago? Yes, it' s some guy from the 1940s whom you probably never heard of. He was the commander of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (not to be mixed up with the 506th PIR, which is in the 101st Airborne) during the Sicily operation and became the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division afterwards. You're probably really bamboozled by the Regiments and Divisions and all right now so I'll just tell you who he is. His nickname was the Jumping General.
His name was James M. Gavin, born James Nally Ryan.
Now, do you see these three people on my left? One of them is the real James Gavin. The other one is the Gavin in the Longest Day and the third is the Gavin in a Bridge Too Far. You want to take a stab at guessing who's who or just let me tell you?
From left to write, sorry, right, they are A Bridge Too Far's Gavin (Ryan O'Neal), the Longest Day's Gavin (Robert Ryan) and the real one.
You realize both the actors' names are really similar. And what was Gavin's original name? That's right. Ryan.
And the man who wrote the books The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far. What was his name?
Cornelius Ryan.
~Today in History~
1944: 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III in an event later dramatized by the movie "The Great Escape".
~Quote of the Day~
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane and I'll show you a man who will fight.
-James Gavin. But of course that man will be slightly crazy too. Only crazy people volunteer to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
You know who's birthday it was two days ago? Yes, it' s some guy from the 1940s whom you probably never heard of. He was the commander of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (not to be mixed up with the 506th PIR, which is in the 101st Airborne) during the Sicily operation and became the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division afterwards. You're probably really bamboozled by the Regiments and Divisions and all right now so I'll just tell you who he is. His nickname was the Jumping General.
His name was James M. Gavin, born James Nally Ryan.
Now, do you see these three people on my left? One of them is the real James Gavin. The other one is the Gavin in the Longest Day and the third is the Gavin in a Bridge Too Far. You want to take a stab at guessing who's who or just let me tell you?
From left to write, sorry, right, they are A Bridge Too Far's Gavin (Ryan O'Neal), the Longest Day's Gavin (Robert Ryan) and the real one.
You realize both the actors' names are really similar. And what was Gavin's original name? That's right. Ryan.
And the man who wrote the books The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far. What was his name?
Cornelius Ryan.
~Today in History~
1944: 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III in an event later dramatized by the movie "The Great Escape".
~Quote of the Day~
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane and I'll show you a man who will fight.
-James Gavin. But of course that man will be slightly crazy too. Only crazy people volunteer to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
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