High School ~ 1965

Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone is a actor and filmmaker with
a movie career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has
received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award
and a Critics’ Choice Award, as well as nominations for three
Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards.

Stallone is one of only two actors in history (alongside Harrison
Ford) to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six
consecutive decades. Films in which he has appeared in have
grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide.

Sergeant Stubby, a bull terrier mutt, received a gold medal from America’s WWI commanding general John Pershing for
“heroism of highest caliber” in 17 battles.

Stubby died in his sleep in March 1926. He was 8 or 9 years old.

Gen. John Pershing awards Sergeant Stubby with a medal
from the Humane Education Society at a White House
ceremony.

Sergeant Stubby’s brick at Liberty Memorial.

George and Gracie Allen remained on the radio (CBS/NBC)
until 1950 when they made the move to the small screen.

Hormel introduced Spam (for spiced ham) on July 5, 1937.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
states that the product was intended to increase the
sale of pork shoulder, a cut which did not sell well.

War II saw Spam become a ubiquitous part of the U.S.
soldier’s diet. It became variously referred to as "ham
that didn’t pass its physical", "meatloaf without basic
training", and "Special Army Meat."

Near Sojong, South Korea, Private Kenneth Shadrick, a 19-
year-old infantryman from Skin Fork, West Virginia, became
the first American reported killed in the Korean War.

Shadrick, a member of a bazooka squad, had just fired the
weapon at a Soviet-made tank when he looked up to check
his aim and was cut down by enemy machine-gun fire.

The total U.S. dead in the Korean War numbers 36,516.