Sylvester Stallone (Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone) is known for his
macho action roles in films such as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John
Rambo. Stallone was voted into boxing’s Hall of Fame in 2010.
Sylvester Stallone (Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone) is known for his
macho action roles in films such as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John
Rambo. Stallone was voted into boxing’s Hall of Fame in 2010.
The establishment of the Veterans Administration (VA) came in 1930 when
Congress authorized President Hoover to "consolidate and coordinate
Government activities affecting war veterans." The three component
agencies became bureaus within the Veterans Administration. Brigadier
General Frank T. Hines, who directed the Veterans Bureau for seven
years, was named as the first Administrator of Veterans Affairs, a job
he held until 1945.
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was a forerunner of the United
States Air Force. Renamed by Congress from the Air Service, it was part of
the U.S. Army and the predecessor of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF),
established in 1941. Although abolished as an organization in 1942,
the Air Corps (AC) remained as a branch of the Army until 1947.
Jamie Farr was born Jameel Joseph Farah in Toledo, Ohio. He is best
known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal, later
Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H
from 1972 to 1983..
One of Farr’s first film roles (far left) was in 1955, in Blackboard Jungle,
billed as Jameel Farah.