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Arnold Spielberg was born in Cincinnati on Raised in a family of Ukrainian Jewish emigrants, young Arnold soon stood out for his enormous curiosity and fascination with electronics. A self-taught radio amateur, his technical profile did not go unnoticed and, after his enlistment in January 1942, he was logically assigned to the Signal Corps. After his training period he was assigned overseas where he ended up at a material classification depot for the Air Force located in Karachi, finally in the 490th Bomber Squadron. Nicknamed Burma Bridge Buster, due to his “tendency” to attack these types of targets on the Burmese front with his B25s, this Odal-based unit will welcome Arnold with open arms. In the absence of specialized personnel, the young Spielberg will soon become responsible for communications , quickly rising to sergeant due to his skill in managing and improving equipment.
He might seem like a quiet role, but perhaps looking for a little more adventure, he did not hesitate to volunteer to fly two combat missions before an order prohibited ground personnel from BTC Users Number Data participating in these types of sorties. “The crews were exhausted and I volunteered as a gunner and radio operator on two missions flying from Kurmitola to Imphal. We flew at night and I was scared to death, but we didn't see any Japanese and we landed very quickly, unloaded our cargo, took the wounded and took off." Being a tropical front, illnesses were the order of the day and the director's father was no exception. He fell ill with malaria and had to be hospitalized in a British hospital in Dhaka. Although proposed for officer school, his worth in such a remote place was surely the cause of him ending his military career as a non-commissioned officer.
Upon returning home he passed through Wright Field, a base where aeronautical tests and research were carried out, where they offered him a technical position that he rejected, in order to study electrical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. The military stage in the life of Arnold Spielberg, who would achieve great success as an engineer, could pass as just another anecdote in the family environment if it were not for the veteran's talent as a narrator. And his science fiction stories, about his time in the war and many others, were listened to avidly every night by his curious first-born son who, in time, would become the Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. Proof of this are the words he utters when he collects the statuette for best director for Saving Private Ryan: «Dad, you are the best. Thank you very much for teaching me the honor of looking at the past with respect. I love you very much. This is for you". The beginnings of his career The seed was planted in the director's imagination and it did not take long to germinate during his adolescence.
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發表於 2024-3-9 15:11:16