I loved the Davy Crockett series and had the coon skin hat as well. Great interview with Fess Parker Meanderer, I never saw him in later years. Does anyone remember another Disney production called The Swamp Fox? It wasn't as popular, but I enjoyed it as well. Francis Marion,the main character was portrayed by Leslie Nielsen. My Dad use to say it's time to watch Uncle Frankie when the show was about to come on because our last name,my maiden name, was Marion. I'm 99% sure he wasn't a distant relative but my Dad liked to think so.
I was in the Army in Kitzingen Germany in 1965-67 and in a Davy Crockett unit. I got out in 1967 and a few months later they did away with it. We fired it a few times, but only with high explosive rounds."Incredibly rare footage! Robert Kennedy watches a test of the Davy Crockett (the smallest nuclear weapon ever made), from a 35mm original color negative released as a result of a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)".
"On July 17,(1962) a Davy Crockett was fired from a stationary 155 millimeter launcher (in tandem with simulated battlefield manuevers under Operation IVY FLATS) and detonated about 20 feet above the ground at a distance of 9,357 feet (1.7 miles) from the launch point (yield was 18 tons). This test, the last atmospheric detonation at the Nevada Test Site, was observed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and presidential adviser General Maxwell D. Taylor".
I was in the Army in Kitzingen Germany in 1965-67 and in a Davy Crockett unit. I got out in 1967 and a few months later they did away with it. We fired it a few times, but only with high explosive rounds.
yes had one of those as a kid lolView attachment 39440 I remember when Daveys hat was all the rage. The stores were running out of stock.
I've watched this series, I love it. Had received a racoon skin hat from my Father. However, it was left in storage at the only fur coat store in my city. It was lost as well as my rabbit fur coat and hat.I stand to be corrected but I think the television series only ran a year back in the 50's but I recall watching Fess Parker (as Davy Crockett) and Ed Ames as his Indian buddy (Mingo).......and yes when I was a pup I had a coon skin cap.![]()
The Kentucky Headhunters did KILLER version of The Ballad of Davey Crockett.In the early 19th century, David “Davy” Crockett emerged from the wilds of Tennessee to become one of the United States’ first living folk heroes.
Though best known for his 1836 death at the Alamo, he was also a writer, hunter and U.S. Congressman whose reputation as an adventurer made him a legend in his own time.
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