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“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 50

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

I don’t want to burn off all of my military content before Memorial Day. But as it turns out, I’ve got a couple of things in reserve.

So here’s something we hope you’ll really like: “Floating Fortress”, from 1952. A slice of life onboard the USS New Jersey during the Korean War. Nice video of the big guns being loaded and fired.

Bonus video #1: As you may know, Bob, the battleship New Jersey is currently a museum ship in Camden. As you may have guessed, the museum is closed for the moment…

…so the good folks there put a virtual tour of the New Jersey up on YouTube.

Bonus video #2: “The American Dreadnaught” from 1968, which covers the de-mothballing and recommissioning of the New Jersey during Vietnam.

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Obit watch: May 19, 2020.

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

Everybody and his brother sent me this, so: Ken “Eddie Haskell” Osmond.

I’ve never been a fan of “Leave It to Beaver”, but much respect to the late Mr. Osmond for honorable service with the LAPD:

“I’m not complaining, because Eddie’s been too good to me, but I found work hard to come by,” he said. “In 1968, I bought my first house, in ’69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a job, so I went out and signed up for the L.A.P.D.”
As an officer on motorcycle patrol, he grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988.

Michel Piccoli, prominent French actor.

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