 Legion 4   | 13 Jul 2021 6:07 a.m. PST |
Actor William Smith, served in the USAF on a number of secret ops, etc. He was the USSR COL in "Red Dawn" … He had a heck of a resume'! link |
| Choctaw | 13 Jul 2021 7:31 a.m. PST |
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| Fred Mills | 13 Jul 2021 7:33 a.m. PST |
"Falconetti" from 'Rich Man, Poor Man'? Very sad, and thanks for sharing. Had no idea of his many skills or military background and accomplishments. What a resume indeed. |
| JMcCarroll | 13 Jul 2021 4:15 p.m. PST |
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| USAFpilot | 13 Jul 2021 9:28 p.m. PST |
Interesting, I liked his performance in Conan. A small role but well played. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 14 Jul 2021 10:22 a.m. PST |
I recall a discussion among several of us linguist
types about him in 1963. IIRC, one of our senior
NCO's had attended the same Russian Language classes
held at Syracuse U. which were initiated in either
1950 or 1951. The USAFSS community had a number of folks from the
entertainment community. Johnny Cash was an MIO
on Crete, IIRC. |
| 79thPA | 14 Jul 2021 11:01 a.m. PST |
Johnny Cash was a radio intercept airman who deciphered Russian morse code. He was stationed in Germany, where he taught himself to play the guitar and chain smoke cigarettes. |
| 79thPA | 14 Jul 2021 11:02 a.m. PST |
I never connected Smith as Conan's father. Nice bit of trivia. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 14 Jul 2021 6:11 p.m. PST |
Interesting, 79th. A captain with whom I served
remembered Cash as a TDY 'loaner' to the Cyprus
station. The captain was a butterbar at the time
so could have been mistaken. |
| Legion 4 | 15 Jul 2021 7:27 a.m. PST |
Didn't know about Cash's service. Very interesting … |
| 79thPA | 15 Jul 2021 8:46 a.m. PST |
I would say either mistaken or a false memory. To my knowledge, Cash never mentioned serving or being stationed anywhere but Germany after his initial training. |
| 79thPA | 15 Jul 2021 8:58 a.m. PST |
Kris Kristofferson became a friend of Johnny Cash. Kris completed Airborne School and earned a Ranger Tab before becoming an Army helicopter pilot. |
| Legion 4 | 15 Jul 2021 4:18 p.m. PST |
Yes, I had heard that … Pretty much a BADD  ! |
