Talk:Jamie Farr

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"Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic presented by Kroger" ... jeez.. how pretentious

[edit] Religion

Jamie Farr is not Catholic. He's Orthodox. See: http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000328/SRATOLEDO12/10328005/-1/SRATOLEDO ——Preost ^talk contribs 23:33, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Korean War era vet??

According to the article, he "spent the entire war stationed in Japan". Farr was born July 1, 1934, and according to the Korean War article, it started June 25, 1950, a few days before Farr's 16th birthday. It is very unlikely that the then-peacetime U.S. Army would have had a 15 year old serving, or for that matter, a 16 year old. As I recall, they took 17 year olds during WWII with their parent's permission, but I am not sure that would have been the case during in the early 50's. If so, he may have enlisted on his 17th birthday, July 1, 1951, and by the time he went thru basic and advanced training, he might have been in Japan by late 1951 maybe 16 months into the 37 month conflict. --rogerd 00:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

According to the bio on his page, his military service was after The Blackboard Jungle, serving in Japan and Korea. That film was released in 1955, so his service was well after the Korean Conflict was over. --rogerd 16:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)