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posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @07:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the Gooooooooooood-morning-Vietnam! dept.

Adrian Cronauer, the real live DJ portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie "Good Morning Vietnam" just passed, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44897634 (many other obits also available).

Keen to travel, Cronauer says he actually volunteered for a transfer to Vietnam, where he was hired initially as a news director for Armed Forces Radio there.

After his morning presenter left, he took up the 06:00 Dawn Buster show mantle, greeting troops with an enthusiastic yell of: "GOOOOOOOOD morning, Vietnam!"

Cronauer soon found out while interviewing troops that his ironic salute was often met with "the GI equivalent of: Get stuffed Cronauer" on bad days, he recounted at a veterans event in 2008.

"On one occasion, a guy picked up his M16 and blew away his radio," he told the Americans Veterans Centre conference.

Did any Soylentils hear him — live — in Vietnam?


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  • (Score: 2) by DutchUncle on Monday July 23 2018, @07:07PM (1 child)

    by DutchUncle (5370) on Monday July 23 2018, @07:07PM (#711396)

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday July 24 2018, @03:50AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @03:50AM (#711559) Journal

    Shit-brown, on account of he's got his head so far up his ass he can see the last thing his paternal grandfather ate before death.

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