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July 20, 2005
The last beam up
James Doohan has passed away.
Doohan was born on March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and spent his early years in there and in Sarnia, Ontario. Surviving the anguish of living with an alcoholic father, he left home at age 19 to join the Canadian Forces, fighting with the Allies in World War II. After outscoring his fellow soldiers on an officer's exam, he became Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery. While leading his men into battle on D-Day, Doohan was wounded in the leg and hand, and eventually lost a finger. For the remainder of the war, he became a pilot observer, and received the dubious distinction of being called the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces."Here I was just talking about Star Trek and the moonlanding in my previous post and I find out yet another bit of my childhood has slipped away.
Peace be with you, James. I hope you and DeForest are kicking up your heels and sharing a cold one.
hattip Dennis at Classical Values
Posted by Darleen at July 20, 2005 07:29 PM
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You're old!
Ewwwwwwwww..........
Posted by: kumbaya in CA at July 21, 2005 03:56 AM