by dragon53 » Mon May 26, 2025 1:03 pm
This is for Memorial Day---no warships, but there is a submarine in FIREFOX.
TRIVIA---Memorial Day movie trivia.
In 1982, ex-Green Beret Lt. Col. Bo Gritz, supposedly the inspiration for Rambo, and recipient of the Silver and Bronze Stars, led a team of three other ex-Green Berets and 15 Laotian guerillas into Laos on a mission, code-named Operation Lazarus, to rescue 120 American POWs reportedly held by the Communist government after the Vietnam War. Lazarus failed when the team was ambushed by Laotian paramilitary forces. Two of the Laotian team members were killed, and an American was captured. He was later freed after a $17,000 ransom was paid.
The mission was partially funded by Clint Eastwood, who reportedly donated $50,000, and William Shatner, who reportedly donated $10,000. Eastwood refused to comment, but Shatner said, "Through a series of mutual friends, I met a man represented as one of the most interesting I'd meet in my life. I met with him many times and I went to Paramount with whom I have a development deal. I bought the film rights to Bo Gritz's story. It is now in fact at ABC and has been there a couple months. I didn't finance an undercover operation, just the life story of a man with whom I became enthralled."
A member of the Lazarus team that remained in the US as a communications coordinator was Lynn Standerwick, the daughter of Col. Robert Standerwick, the pilot of a US Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber that crashed during a mission over Laos. The Phantom's other crewman said both men ejected out of their jet. He was in radio contact with Standerwick until he heard shots and a cry of pain. After being captured, the crewman was told by his captors that Standerwick had been killed.
The story of Operation Lazarus was told in the book HEROES WHO FELL FROM GRACE: THE TRUE STORY OF OPERATION LAZARUS, THE ATTEMPT TO FREE AMERICAN POWS FROM LAOS IN 1982.
Operation Lazarus was led by ex-Green Beret Lt. Col. Bo Gritz, supposedly the inspiration for Rambo, and recipient of the Silver and Bronze Stars.
Operation Lazarus was partially funded by Clint Eastwood, who played an ex-US Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam War POW suffering from PTSD in FIREFOX.
Operation Lazarus was also partially funded by William Shatner, who bought the film rights to Lt. Col. Gritz's life.
One Operation Lazarus member was Lynn Standerwick, the daughter of Col. Robert Standerwick, who ejected from his US Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber on a mission over Laos and may have been killed by Laotian forces.
This is for Memorial Day---no warships, but there is a submarine in FIREFOX.
TRIVIA---Memorial Day movie trivia.
In 1982, ex-Green Beret Lt. Col. Bo Gritz, supposedly the inspiration for Rambo, and recipient of the Silver and Bronze Stars, led a team of three other ex-Green Berets and 15 Laotian guerillas into Laos on a mission, code-named Operation Lazarus, to rescue 120 American POWs reportedly held by the Communist government after the Vietnam War. Lazarus failed when the team was ambushed by Laotian paramilitary forces. Two of the Laotian team members were killed, and an American was captured. He was later freed after a $17,000 ransom was paid.
The mission was partially funded by Clint Eastwood, who reportedly donated $50,000, and William Shatner, who reportedly donated $10,000. Eastwood refused to comment, but Shatner said, "Through a series of mutual friends, I met a man represented as one of the most interesting I'd meet in my life. I met with him many times and I went to Paramount with whom I have a development deal. I bought the film rights to Bo Gritz's story. It is now in fact at ABC and has been there a couple months. I didn't finance an undercover operation, just the life story of a man with whom I became enthralled."
A member of the Lazarus team that remained in the US as a communications coordinator was Lynn Standerwick, the daughter of Col. Robert Standerwick, the pilot of a US Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber that crashed during a mission over Laos. The Phantom's other crewman said both men ejected out of their jet. He was in radio contact with Standerwick until he heard shots and a cry of pain. After being captured, the crewman was told by his captors that Standerwick had been killed.
The story of Operation Lazarus was told in the book HEROES WHO FELL FROM GRACE: THE TRUE STORY OF OPERATION LAZARUS, THE ATTEMPT TO FREE AMERICAN POWS FROM LAOS IN 1982.
Operation Lazarus was led by ex-Green Beret Lt. Col. Bo Gritz, supposedly the inspiration for Rambo, and recipient of the Silver and Bronze Stars.
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Operation Lazarus was partially funded by Clint Eastwood, who played an ex-US Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam War POW suffering from PTSD in FIREFOX.
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Operation Lazarus was also partially funded by William Shatner, who bought the film rights to Lt. Col. Gritz's life.
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One Operation Lazarus member was Lynn Standerwick, the daughter of Col. Robert Standerwick, who ejected from his US Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber on a mission over Laos and may have been killed by Laotian forces.
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