by dragon53 » Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:40 am
TRIVIA---character actor Jeff Corey appeared in many movies and tv shows, including playing villain Tom Chaney in the original TRUE GRIT. During World War II, Corey was on the other end of the camera when he was a Navy combat photographer stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. Corey filmed a Japanese Judy kamikaze dive bomber almost hit the Yorktown, "I was in the Navy and received a citation, signed by Navy Secretary Forrestal, for outstanding achievement in combat photography for putting myself at risk while shooting a photo sequence of a kamikaze attack on the U.S.S. Yorktown."
LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF2WV-M6_TQ
TRIVIA---character actor Jeff Corey appeared in many movies and tv shows, including playing villain Tom Chaney in the original TRUE GRIT. During World War II, Corey was on the other end of the camera when he was a Navy combat photographer stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. Corey filmed a Japanese Judy kamikaze dive bomber almost hit the Yorktown, "I was in the Navy and received a citation, signed by Navy Secretary Forrestal, for outstanding achievement in combat photography for putting myself at risk while shooting a photo sequence of a kamikaze attack on the U.S.S. Yorktown."
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/fbsrwdLr/JEFF-COREY-TRUE-GRIT-2-FOTOR.jpg[/img]
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF2WV-M6_TQ
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/VkW30g38/JEFF-COREY-USS-YORKTOWN-1-FOTOR.jpg[/img]