He almost got a perfect score from the judges of the Mister Universe contest
Face: 10/10
Acting: 10/10
Hands: 9/10
No wonder he was so cool under pressure. Nothing on the Enterprise stood up to that kind of hell.
I agree. However, the colorful space food was likely it’s own special kind of helll.
What this doesn’t tell you is that he was shot six times not by Nazis… but by friendly fire 🤦♂️.
Killed four of them. Then was captured in the South Pacific. They took my shins. But I escaped. Hid under a pile of bodies for two weeks. When I got back they sewn my feet back to my knees so I could walk again.
The urge to fact-check this is so strong, even though I know it to be inherently false. I want to believe
Holy. Shit… this is going to take a sec to sink in. I’m in awe of what I have learned here today. Thank you
I’ve seen his Spacy Navy docuseries before, a few times, a bunch (which was badass already), but I had no idea he was in D-day, taking out snipers and getting shot like it was out of some “Saving Private Ryan” shit… and he was a skilled pilot‽ Blew my mind today
He really was. In fact, he lost a finger on D-Day and you can occasionally see it in various episodes, but he tried to keep it hidden most of the time.
I saw him at a con in the late 80s.
By way of concession, when responding not so enthusiastically to questions from the audience about the shenanigans Shatner and Nimoy got up to in order to blow off steam during long shooting days, Doohan said that since he’d been in real combat in WW2, he had a different approach to work and not a lot in common with them.
Damn, Doohans the man.
Never knew this, thanks
