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(07-03-2018 07:24 AM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  To go off on a small tangent....I watched "Mysteries at the Museum" the other evening. They had an episode on a diary kept by a POW at the Cabanantuan camp in the Phillipines. The raid by the 6th Rangers to rescue the inmates is considered the greatest POW raid in history and my father was the executive officer of the 6th Rangers at the time of the raid and when the leader, Col. Hank Mucci was promoted, my father took over the 6th.

This diary is at the Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg Texas. They had an author talking about the raid. I wanted to email this author (very young looking) and when I googled him, to my surprise, he is actually an actor and comedien. I then googled other talking heads from other segments that were listed as "historian" and such, and guess what? All of them were listed in google searches as actors.

So much for any reality in reality TV.

I am disheartened to learn of this, Jim. I can assure you that none of the on- camera participants in the show's Lindbergh kidnapping episode were actors (with the exception of narrator Don Wildman). It does lessen the show's credibility, which is too bad. All I can theorize without having seen the episode in question is that the script was all written and at the last minute a couple of people backed out for one reason or another. Perhaps the producer and director had their backs agst. the wall, and didn't have any flexibility, and the only way out was to secretly get actors to play those roles. You must be proud of your father for his part in the raid! Did the 6th Rangers ever get any commendation medals? Have a happy Fourth, everyone!