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The Time Teams One and Three
Really Got Pissed by Phillip E. Carrico |
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It was early 1950, probably late February or
March when this chubby fellow from
Hollywood came out to the Silver Strand where
we were training. Said he was writing a script
for a movie they were going to do on U.S. Navy
Frogmen. Well, that got our attention. The fellow stayed with us for about three weeks. I mean he slept in the barracks, went to chow and even drank beer with us at Pop's bowling alley next door to the Amphib Base. He got to see all the training, even to swimming under ships tied up in San Diego harbor and placing dummy bombs on the hulls. He went out on a drop and pickup, did night sneak and peeks with us, even came along when we did night rubber boat drills through a ten foot surf. The fellow might have been out of shape but he was game. After three weeks, he said he had all the material he needed but before he left he promised that when they confirmed the actors and found the funding, he would make sure they used us as extras. To say the least, we were a happy bunch. The guys were writing their girls and Mamas saying, "I'm gonna be a movie star"... However in late June, the North Korean Communists jumped the 38th parallel and started steamrolling down through South Korea and our occupation forces there. Suddenly, we had something more important than being a movie star to think about. [ top ] |
Team Three had a squad in Japan when the
fighting commenced. They were quickly joined
by Teams One and Team Three got there in
August. During this time , back in the states,
Hollywood had confirmed the actors, found the
funding and was ready to start shooting. [ top ] |
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