CelebTV call Tom Selleck "An American Hero"

[Rich46yo]

     Kind of wonder if Traveler was a "Real American Hero" myself.  I didn't know your military
service got graded by amount of risk involved.  I'm sure no hero..I joined the USAF 

The Air Force took the most casualties in WW2 of any service. They took plenty in Korea and 'nam too and If I remember right they took the most in Gulf-1 and have taken plenty since.

Ive always despised those nice and safe little units for all the princes/princesses of the Kings/Queens. We have them in Police Dept.'s too, where the kids of the powerful can fill out their phoney resumes and prepare for their promotions while never taking fire working a ghetto beat car on midnights. I have a fat middle finger up for all of them.

I remember 'nam and reading my cousins letters to my old man, the massacres he had to survive. He won a silver star saving a group of medics from death or capture and torture. He went 20 years without ever even talking about it and was never the same. I understand Colin Powell's bitterness. Even still "War" is mostly a chore for the middle class and under.

[Skyyr]

So clearly, Traveler here has been in the military and can authoritatively state that Mr. Selleck did nothing of recognition, as he has obviously done more himself in service of our country.

What branch did you serve in, Traveler? MOS? Station?

[WWhiskey]

So clearly, Traveler here has been in the military and can authoritatively state that Mr. Selleck did nothing of recognition, as he has obviously done more himself in service of our country.

Where branch did you serve in, Traveler? MOS? Station?

dont do that,, don't drop Down on that level,, many people served ,, some are called hero, some are hero's, who are we to judge ?  How would we know?

[saggs]

This thread has made me decide to watch some Magnum P.I. on Netflix tonight.  Thanks.

Also;  some interesting trivia.  Tom Selleck was the first pick of both Lucas and Spielberg to play Indiana Jones, but he turned it down due to contractual obligations with universal if Magnum got picked up.  Turns out (because of a writers strike) that Raiders finished filming before Magnum finally started so he could have done both.  While Raiders was filming in Hawaii, Tom was there working as a handyman for his landlady for $7 and hour.

So maybe not a war hero, but at least he's and honest businessman who honors his contracts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kksKWW3Mc

[Vraciu]

This thread has made me decide to watch some Magnum P.I. on Netflix tonight.  Thanks.

Also;  some interesting trivia.  Tom Selleck was the first pick of both Lucas and Spielberg to play Indiana Jones, but he turned it down due to contractual obligations with universal if Magnum got picked up.  Turns out that Raiders finished filming before Magnum finally started so he could have done both.  While Raiders was filming in Hawaii, Tom was there working construction waiting for see if Magnum would get picked up.

So maybe not a war hero, but at least he's and honest businessman who honors his contracts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kksKWW3Mc

Yep.  And he eventually did HIGH ROAD TO CHINA which is a great film in an Indiana Jones style.   There was a Magnum episode where he wore the hat and leather jacket as an homage/inside joke/apology by the producers for his missing out on that role.

Great show.  The original theme music was also quite good. Look it up.

[WWhiskey]

High road to China is one of my favorites!
Quigley down under is another!

[Vraciu]

High road to China is one of my favorites!
Quigley down under is another!

Agree on both.

[Traveler]

I'm wondering who you think should have had to pull that duty in his stead?

Any of the 500,000 guys that served in Viet Nam would have.

[guncrasher]

Any of the 500,000 guys that served in Viet Nam would have.

only 500,000? wrong Again.




semp

[Traveler]

only 500,000? wrong Again.




semp

I was there from 15 Nov 67 through 5 May 69

 Vietnam War
Allied Troop Levels 1960-73
Permission granted to link this site to your Webpage
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/vietnam/vwatl.htm
 
Allied Troop Levels - Vietnam, 1960 To 1973
Year   American   SVN   Aust.   Korea   New Zeal   Philip   Thai
1959   760   243000   --   --   --   --   --
1960   900   243000   --   --   --   --   --
1961   3205   243000   --   --   --   --   --
1962   11300   243000   --   --   --   --   --
1963   16300   243000   --   --   --   --   --
1964   23300   514000   198   200   30   20   --
1965   184300   642500   1560   20620   120   70   20
1966   385300   735900   4530   25570   160   2060   240
1967   485600   798700   6820   47830   530   2020   2200
1968   536100   820000   7660   50000   520   1580   6000
1969   475200   897000   7670   48870   550   190   11570
1970   334600   968000   6800   48450   440   70   11570
1971   156800   1046250   2000   45700   100   50   6000
1972   24200   1048000   130   36790   50   50   40
1973   50   1110000   --   --   --   --   --
SOURCE: Dept of Defense Manopower Data Center

[SIM]

Anyone who willingly serves their country is a hero traveler, even a morally decrepit whiner such as you. You have managed to take disgusting to an entirely new level.  I served, where,when, how is none of your damn business. I dont consider myself any sort of hero, but i sure do have many that i served with.

Pathetic whiners such as you deserve all the disdain they can garner. You should have your hands full by now.

[Oldman731]

I was there from 15 Nov 67 through 5 May 69

Traveler walked the walk.  If memory serves, he was in a no-kidding combat unit for those years.  If he still bristles at the notion of Nam-era Guard units being equated with grunts humping in the boonies, he's certainly entitled to that opinion.

- oldman

[Vraciu]

Traveler walked the walk.  If memory serves, he was in a no-kidding combat unit for those years.  If he still bristles at the notion of Nam-era Guard units being equated with grunts humping in the boonies, he's certainly entitled to that opinion.

- oldman

Yep, he is entitled to be completely wrong.

[Skyyr]

Traveler walked the walk.  If memory serves, he was in a no-kidding combat unit for those years.  If he still bristles at the notion of Nam-era Guard units being equated with grunts humping in the boonies, he's certainly entitled to that opinion.

- oldman

So this appears to be about jealousy, then. Traveler goes to Nam and sees harsh combat and comes home to a thankless country (as many vets of that era did). Mr. Selleck didn't see combat, but still serves and is celebrated as a loved soldier-celebrity. 50 years later, Mr. Selleck is touted as a model American hero, damaged feelings are inflamed once more, and this thread erupts.

Seems about the right, no?

[Arlo]