RIP Dale Robertson

conchokid · February 2013

Rex Allen Jr. says Dale Robertson died today. One of the great screen and TV cowboy actors, he was both an actor and a cowboy. He was from Oklahoma and was almost 90. "Tales of Wells Fargo" was probably his most famous TV show.

tennmike · February 2013

News hasn't picked it up yet. He was a good western actor. Here's a little bit about his service in WWII.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731783/bio
Robertson entered the U.S. Army during World War II. After stateside training he served as a tank commander in the 777th Tank Battalion in the North African campaign. He was standing in the hatch when his tank was hit by enemy fire. His tank crew were killed, but he was blown out of the hatch and survived with shrapnel wounds to his lower legs, the scars of which he still bears. Fully recovered, he went on to serve with the 322nd Combat Engineer Battalion during the European campaign. He was wounded a second time, this one in the right knee during a mortar attack. Again he made a complete recovery.