A 15-Year-Old Soldier
Colonel Potter lied about his age when he was 15 so he could enlist to join the military. He fought in World War I, II, and the Korean War. A day before World War II began, his mother-in-law moved in with him and his wife. We gotta say, his track record is very impressive.
A 15-Year-Old Soldier
Bloomington, Illinois
McLean Stevenson didn’t just portray a character that was from Bloomington, Illinois, he too was from the same city. As it turns out, his cousin was a famous Bloomigtonian: Adlai Stevenson. He was the one-term governor of Illinois, two-time Democratic presidential nominee, and U.S. Ambassador for the United Nations. McLean didn’t just bring his hometown to his character. He spoke about Henry Blake, saying, “I played my dad. My father was a country doctor, and he was 80 years old when he passed away.” Unfortunately, Blake did not make it back to Bloomington after the war.
Bloomington Illinois