"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
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