Zoltan, you write
<<<Perfectly understandable considering that for the duration of the war he was stationed in San Francisco, Fort Morgan or Fort Hal Roach and living apart from his wife.
In addition, Jane Wyman was off filming on location (w/ men unfit for service like Gregory Peck) or doing publicity tours most of the rest of the time. While I do not doubt that RR and his wife got to see each other more than those stationed in Europe, the fact is that he and Jane were living apart.>>>
I'm relieved, Zoltan, to see that at last you perceive the unloveliness of Reagan's making common claim with those who didn't live in Hollywood with their wives to having been deprived, like them, by the war of the creature comforts like making love to his wife. Now all we have to do is establish where he and Jane were during the war!
From Garry Wills, Reagan's America.
"...Where had he been that he could not make love to his wife? They had been in the same town for the last three years. Their only [NOTE 'ONLY.' E] prolonged time of separation was Wyman's tour of the Southern States as part of a bond drive [I mentioned this absence in my first posting of this. E] -- she got farther from Hollywood than he ever did. Yet Reagan obviously believes he was 'off to war.'..."
..."Reagan... was assigned to clerical duties at San Francisco. Even in the short time [NOTE SHORT TIME] he was there [in San Francisco], he was often called away to support the war by personal appearances, and he was soon [NOTE SOON. E] back in Los Angeles as part of an Air Force team at the Hal Roach studio in Culver City. His war duty was to make more war movies... He was not only an airman on the screen, but an officer in the actual Air Force, though he still would not go up in an airplane."
BTW, Zoltan, is the "Fort Hal Roach" to which you refer the Hal Roach Studio, in Culver City, LA?
I found nothing about a visit to Fort Morgan. Would you tell me about it?
In one of your posts I believe you stated that Reagan served in Airforce Intelligence. Where did you find that? I am not denying it, but have been unable to find a source stating any service except moviemaking. Grateful for your help.
In my next post I will explain to you why I believe Reagan so easily promulgated that parasitic myth. |
