"At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, he was building tanks at the old Baldwin Locomotive Works, a job considered crucial to the war effort and good for an exemption from military service."
"But Bill didn't take it. He enlisted in the Army paratroops on Aug. 31, 1942, and the rest is legend."
I’ve lost my hero and my friend. Knowing him made me a better man and playing him was the greatest honor of my life. pic.twitter.com/8lvLzsUhaz
— Frank John Hughes (@frankjhughes) March 9, 2014
Stars and Stripes via Ace of Spades
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You can enlist in the Army, but you have to qualify to be a paratrooper. Not all do.
Guarnere, the South Philadelphia kid who earned the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts among other decorations in World War II combat, who lost a leg at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in 1944 and returned home to live a productive life unimpaired by his injury, died Saturday. He was 90 and lived in South Philly.
Wow. Godspeed and thank you, Wild Bill, for your bravery and courage.
He was quite a character and one hell of a brave man. I recommend the book he wrote with "Babe" Heffron, "Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends".
Twitter was down for repairs earlier. That's why the tweet went down.
Sad to think we're replacing his kind with pajama boys.
I just started watching that series for the first time.
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