{"id":71508,"date":"2017-04-16T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71508"},"modified":"2017-04-16T08:51:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:51:24","slug":"clifton-james-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71508","title":{"rendered":"Clifton James passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Devtun sends us the sad news that Clifton James, the actor most famous for his portrayal of Sheriff JW Pepper in two James Bond movies (Live and Let Die in 1973 and The Man With the Golden Gun in 1974), has passed on to his reward from complications with diabetes. Wiki<\/a> says that he was a decorated World War II veteran;<\/p>\n

James was a decorated World War II veteran, United States Army Combat Infantry Platoon Sergeant Co. “A” 163rd Inf., 41st Div. He served forty-two months in the South Pacific, from January 1942 until August 1945. He spent time in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts.[<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His daughter recounted some of his stories to the UK’s Daily Mail<\/a>;<\/p>\n

In the 1930s, James got work with the Civilian Conservation Corps and then entered World War II in 1942 as a soldier with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific, receiving two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.<\/p>\n

Lynn James said one of the Purple Hearts came when a bullet pierced his helmet and zipped around the inside to come out and split his nose. The second Purple Heart, she said, came from shrapnel that knocked out many of his teeth.<\/p>\n

She said her father rarely spoke about the war and never described events leading to his receiving the Silver Star.<\/p>\n

‘He lost too many friends,’ she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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