@dissidentwest Go to https://t.co/ms8lEOZDCp; they have thousands of old books. I read lots of old history, WWII, and espionage memoirs on there, and its all free.
@DrHelenFry He was arrested with his son. At the time, the soldier arresting them confiscated their weapons and according to the military museum in Austin, TX, his son's sidearm was confiscated and is now on display there; I saw it yesterday. It was of Czech manufacture....
Seriously, most of those guys from back in the day including Mitchum were mediocre actors. The standard back then was, "If you can say a line without laughing you're in." Seriously, compare him to the big talents of today; he can't compare, and neither could Bogart or Errol Flynn. Clint Eastwood was a lousy actor, too. We like them because thats all we had. Watch "Casablanca" and tell me Ingrid Bergman didn't steal the show. Watch the :Maltese Falcon" and tell me Sidney GreenStreet didn't steal the show. There are too many piker "stars" who are idolized but were lousy actors.
@FXMC1957 Its easy to be a hero when the lives of your men don't matter. He was no different than the Allied generals in WWI who simply threw their men into the maw and hoped for the best. Any study of WWII inevitably leads to the conclusion that Hitler was the Allies' best general.