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Fear at Fort Ord

 Eisenhower

In early 1940, Eisenhower, now a lieutenant colonel, became executive officer of the 15th Infantry Regiment at Fort Ord, Calif.,

 http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/34peise.html

 Eric Berne

Eric Berne, founder of Transactional Analysis

When discharged from the army in 1946, Berne, now divorced, decided to relocate in Carmel, California, an area he had fallen in love with when stationed at nearby Fort Ord. Before the year was out he completed writing The Mind in Action and signed a contract for its publication with Simon and Schuster of New York. That same year he resumed his psychoanalytic training at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. In 1947 he became the analysand of Eric Erikson, withwhom he worked for two years."

 http://www.itaa-net.org/history.htm

 Films

Take the High Ground, 1953

Richard Widmark, Karl Malden and Elaine Stewart; directed by Richard Brooks; MGM

story about a tough sergeant who trains raw recruits, including the conscripts of the day, for the war in Korea; scriptwriter Millard Kaufman nominated for an Oscar; scenes filmed at Fort Ord; basic training facilities and Army personnel were used in the movie.

 http://tmx.com/mcfilm/films_t.htm

 

1950's
As Eastwood had expected, his draft notice arrived in 1951, and he was off to Fort Ord on The Monterey Peninsula to serve his time in the Army during the Korean War. It was while he was in the Army that Eastwood developed a love for the Carmel/Monterey Peninsula.

Because he could swim, he was assigned as the swimming instructor. Eastwood earned $76/month, which he felt wasn't enough, so he took a job moonlighting at the Spreckles Sugar Company in Salinas Valley for several months until this schedule proved too exhausting. After that, he worked a second job at the Junior Non-Commissioned Officer's Club near the swimming pool.

While at Fort Ord, Eastwood met and made friends with two actors: Martin Milner of TV's Route 66 and David Janssen of TV's The Fugitive. He also met an assistant director from Universal-International. All three men encouraged Eastwood to try his hand in Hollywood once he had served his time.

Meanwhile, Eastwood met a young woman named Maggie Johnson on a blind date.

  http://www.afionline.org/laa/laa96/LAA.96bio.html

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