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Hollywood Goes to War: Eddie Albert

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September 29, 2022 3:03 am

Hollywood Goes to War: Eddie Albert

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September 29, 2022 3:03 am

On this episode of Our American Stories, Eddie Albert starred in Roman Holiday opposite Audrey Hepburn and also played a sadistic prison warden in 1974’s The Longest Yard starring Burt Reynolds. Albert starred in the Green Acres sitcom opposite Eva Gabor as the couple who move from New York City to a country farm. But his greatest role was commanding the landing craft set to invade Japanese-occupied Tarawa on Betio Island in the Pacific.

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Dr. McGrath has appeared on numerous history Channel documentary is a regular contributor for us here in our American stories. There is McGrath with the story of Eddie Albert. Albert is probably best remembered for storing in the television series Green Acres chair from 1965 through 1971 in the series plays in New York's attorney who escapes the friend wife of the metropolis to live the life of the gentleman farmer near the town of even his glamorous Hungarian wife played by the poor are the proverbial fish water trying to adjust to the new life on the farm in their new down-home friends long before the highly popular Green Acres appeared in movies, beginning with brother Pratt in 1933. More than 80 movies as a leading man and as a supporting actor was twice nominated for an Oscar Eddie Albert was a recognizable actor to generations of movie and television fans is World War II service in the battle of tar.

What is largely unknown.

Albert is born Edward Albert Berger in rock island Illinois in 19 six.

His father's Frank Heinberg and his mother is Julia Jones is the first of five children, his paternal grandparents are German immigrants. His mother's parents are immigrants from Wales and from Germany to Minneapolis is one at six years old in silly newspapers, Minneapolis, street corners and later as a paper route works many jobs growing up including a soda jerk at the drugstore while he is a student at Central High School, is a member of the school's drama club and appears in school plays, another member of the club is Harriet Lake who later becomes the actress and southern from centralized and he goes on to the University of Minnesota, thinking she gets serious about his future majors in business. After two years ago drops out the sing with the trio that works nightclubs and has a regular gig with the Minneapolis radio station. Since radio announcers often call hamburger instead of Heinberg substitutes his middle name for surname is known as Eddie Albert from then on. In 1933 moved to New York City and begin singing with grace Pratt. The doors hired by NBC host their own radio show honeymooners, which runs for three years then performs in several Broadway stage plays and appears in one of the first vision shows the love nest which is produced by RCA and broadcast over NBC's experimental television station in New York City is radio work in his performances on stage attract the attention of Warner Bros. in the studio bring some to Hollywood gives him a screen test and signs into a contract. Albert appears in his first movie brother Pratt in 1938 movie is a lighthearted take on the struggles of three VMI Cadet's played by Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan, Albert, you want your favorite sport football. Albert delivers a strong performance especially demonstrates his great comedic timing is very next movie on your toes. In 1939 is elevated to leading man playing a dancer turned composer who falls for the prima ballerina of a Russian dance troupe is back to a supporting role in four wives. Also in 1939 playing a physician appears in four movies in 1940, including leading man in an angel from Texas, and in my love come back is in five movies in 1941 with leading man rules into Eddie Albert Starr is in ascendance between making his many movies in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Albert takes a sailboat on trips to Mexico. He hears rumors of Japanese naval personnel posing as fishermen or making hydrographic surveys along the Pacific coast even more ominously hears rumors of secret Japanese summary refueling stations in Baja California were more than a thousand Japanese settled during the 1920s and 30s, most of them in coastal fishing villages.

He reports what he hears to the US government is comports with what the Japanese are doing throughout the Pacific and Naval intelligence. As Albert report after each of his trips to Mexico. I would appears in two movies in 1942 is a leading man and one in a supporting role in the other. It's also 1942 that Albert very familiar with sealing the Pacific Coast joins the US Coast Guard when he joins is in his mid-30s, but is accepted for officer school because of the ceiling experience is intelligence reports in his college years, he graduates from OCS but that his discharge from the Coast Guard to accept the commission as Lieut. GG in the US Navy reserve before is activated. Makes three movies that are released in 1943, is a leading man in two of them. In August 1943. Eddie Albert becomes an officer aboard a newly commissioned ship USS Sheridan and attack transport sailing out of San Francisco.

Sheridan takes her shakedown cruise during September 1943 back to San Francisco for cargo loading Sheridan parts for the Southwest Pacific in October. Three weeks later she unloads her cargo at Noumea on the southwest coast of the island of New Caledonia about 9 miles northeast of Brisbane Australia. Noumea is a supply base and staging area for American forces from Noumea Sheridan seals for Wellington, New Zealand where she takes aboard Marines of the second Marine division Sheridan then seals a feeding island some 300 miles northeast of New Caledonia for several days of amphibious landing training with the Navy's fifth Fleet tenant Albert is commanding one of the landing craft after to be a screening and feeding the fifth Fleet seals to tire what tall in the Gilbert islands for operation galvanic the main island of the tire. What have tall is the show only 2 1/2 miles long and not more than 1/2 mile wide. A total land area of only 291 acres yet spatial is defended by 5000 Japanese troops all in fortified positions and you're listening to the story of Edward Albert Weinberger, otherwise known as Eddie Albert Starr on the rise in ascendance 1941. Five movies and 42, two movies, but Hitler and his war machine were in ascendance and so too was the Japanese war machine when we come back more of Eddie Albert story here on our American stores just around the corner and all the material family-friendly modern outside air conversation overhauled the offense and make your home phone lunch, not fabulous.com. Thank need life insurance but have diabetes, high blood pressure or on anxiety meds.

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However, the Navy can only supply not many more than hundred M tracks. This means most Marines will be in Higgins boots the bombardment of facial island early on the morning of November 20 and continues until just before 900 shall, when the first three waves of Marines in Amtrak's head for the beach at 4000 arts out shows from Japanese artillery pieces start splashing around the Amtrak's 2000 yards shows from Japanese mortars dropping 1000 Japanese machine-gun fire. The soundest Stephanie shows are exploding everywhere and thousands of fragments year. Amtrak's self correct balls of flame, smoke at 800 yards the surviving Amtrak's reach three crawled over and begin the final run to shore in the face of murderous fire waves away toward shore birds out and running aground the court. The Marines can do nothing about boundary boots in the rifles. I shows explode all around throwing water-the year and sometimes the bodies machine-gun fire and the plane overhead leaders would look like from his position in the sky seemed never hear of tiny men. The rifles over their heads slowly weeding beach work kept falling, falling, falling singly in groups rose. I wanted to cry.

Marines keep moving forward. War correspondent who was in the fifth wave since the Marines are leaving the state: black dots of men.

Only the weapons high above their heads at a snails pace never faltering landings continue on to the carnage is as bad as that they want of 200 men in the first way only 90 reach the beach. Successive waves are similarly carved up altogether 800 reinforcements approaching preshow on the second day you have killed before they reached the beach in the midst of landings is is commanding Higgins boat and her crew and is tasked with carrying supplies to shore and evacuated Marines from both the beach and the water. Not only does those two jobs while maneuvering his boot through withering fire, but also attempts to rescue a group of Marines stranded on a coral reef after their landing craft is sunk, the Marines with their wounded Albert Smoot with those without. Despite heavy Japanese fire refused to climb aboard Albert take their wounded buddies back to his ship and then returned to take them to shore. They also want Albert to bring the weapons to replace safe loss. By the time Albert returns Marines or God or they all cut down by Japanese fire or did another boat pick them up.

Albert years they were all killed and it haunts him for the rest of his life on day three. Albert goes assured to assist in organizing and cordoning the unloading of supplies, which was proceeding all too slowly for the Marines over it soon as a team. Moving supplies in a more efficient manner when they come under Japanese sniper fire kills one of the snipers himself.

By the early afternoon of day for Col. Shoop clears Bayshore Island secure Marines only 76 hours to destroy at will. Should the psyches font to defense force, but the cost is dear in those 76 hours. Marines lose some 1100 killed and 2300 wounded 3400 combat casualties.

Japan lost nearly all of her 5000 men force only 17 Japanese were captured along with hundred and 29 Korean slave laborers. Albert is cited for evacuating wounded and dying under fire with courage and determination and for his boot and devotion to duty under machine-gun fire.

You will later be awarded the bronze Star with V for valor after the battle of Darwin Sheridan sales for Pearl Harbor arriving early in December 1943 the sailors get only a few days in Hawaii for Sheridan Wendy's anchor for San Diego arriving in the middle of December 10 Albert is now ordered to Washington DC to join the training film division, the Navy thinks he was lucky to come through the battle of Darwin unscathed will now be far more value making training films is also sent on war bond tours and is able to describe first-hand what the wars like in the Pacific, and the need for those on the home front dedicate themselves to the war effort in March 1944, Albert is promoted from Lieut. JG to Lieut. he remains on active duty until January 1946 Eddie Albert makes three movies in 1946 and is the male lead. Two of them mix another four movies in 1947 his movie career continues at a brisk pace through the mid-1950s for his work in Roman holiday starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Albert is nominated for best supporting actor is again nominated for best supporting actor for his role in the heartbreak kid, starring Charles consumer Shepherd is required but I was listening business to. I find I can tell more about a member listening to his dinner table conversation and learning all the books and records, I heard everything you said you think this is never once tried to miss represent myself as you think you quite determine which mindset is determination is I determination for breakfast. Did you honestly think you could, wiseguy yourself like Kelly, this is my baby nobody wiseguy baby it might be said that any Albert's best supporting role was as a commander in the battle of Tyrol when, according to the official after action report is performance was considered outstanding and was an important factor in the successful operation of the landing. That's a performance to be applauded and remembered and supervision production is always by Greg and a special thanks as always to Roger McGrath for telling this important story of the life of Eddie Albert the life in the service he gave to the country.

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