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Hoakie82
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Out of curiosity, I looked up the actress mentioned in one of his letters

Who was married to a guy booted out of his OSC training. Here is the excerpt from Jimmie Monteith’s letter to his father: "These people don't care who you are and/or where you come from, when they don't think you measure up to standards, they put you out. Since I have been here, the boy who married Corbina Wright, movie queen, and Gov. O'Danniel's son of Texas have been put out." The following 2 paragraphs were pulled from Corbina Wright’s IMDb trivia about her husband that Jimmie Monteith referred to in the letter to his dad: Husband Palmer Beaudette, was an heir to a vast fortune. When he died of a heart in 1968, Corbina Jr. found that their spacious Carmel Valley home was all she owned. Palmer’s share of his father‘s estate reverted, as per his father‘s will, back to Palmer‘s brothers and sisters. Both Corbina & her husband were alcoholics. Following his death and her own recovery she devoted much of her time to volunteering and programs at Beacon house. She also served on the board of the national council on alcoholism. Sounds like the military was a pretty good judge of character.
Posted: 06/06/2024 at 03:04 PM ET
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D-Day 80
great2bahokie 06/06/24 06:33 AM ET
WOW..MANY gave all!**
HOKIERIT 06/06/24 05:15 PM ET
Two uncles there, both driving LC's, one troops, one offshore artillery**
Burruss Writer 06/06/24 01:01 PM ET
Virginia Tech's D-Day MOH recipient...Jimmie Monteith (link)**
Tuckahokie 06/06/24 08:48 AM ET
Out of curiosity, I looked up the actress mentioned in one of his letters
Hoakie82 06/06/24 03:04 PM ET
UT Prosim, big time. A man among men.**
HokieJay 06/06/24 12:28 PM ET
Great article!**
EDGEMAN 06/06/24 11:00 AM ET
Thanks for posting this. **
radhokie1 06/06/24 10:57 AM ET
Thank you to my grandfather (101st Airborne). **
BleedinOandM 06/06/24 07:19 AM ET
Remembering my great uncle, severely wounded in the second wave**
Va AandM 06/06/24 06:48 AM ET
On the map they look more like game pieces**
JoesterVT 06/06/24 06:44 AM ET