WebDigger had a telephone, and Walker remembers that he "talked with women all night. You have never experienced a ladies man such as this one was." Walker put up a tent over Odell's grave to accommodate the crowd, which one night numbered 1,500 at 2 a.m. But Digger wanted to be dug up before he had fulfilled his 30-day contract.
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WebMay 30, 1985 · Columbus resident Herbert ''Digger'' O`Dell Smith spent 79 days in a grave-like hole in protest. The Army never had to ship Calley to a federal prison. His sentence was reduced to 20 years.
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WebSmith, Charles Herbert LCpl Passenger H&SCo/3/2 3rdMarDiv Kefid (vvm 33E:094) Sigmon, Harold Wayne Sgt Passenger B/1/4 3rdMarDiv Kefid (vvm 33E:094) Capt Digger O'Dell S-2 3rd Force Recon Co There was a great deal of high-level interest in the operation. This was due to the fact that one of the passengers had a briefcase full of
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WebIn 1960, Cas Walker launched one of his greatest publicity stunts when he buried Herbert "Digger" O'Dell Smith alive for a month in front of Walker's Chapman Highway supermarket. Not much documentation of the event seems to have survived, but TAMIS does have a 3-minute 16mm silent black and white reel that captured the large crowd that …
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WebThis photo (used with the kind permission of "Digger" O'Dell, Lt. Col. USMC (Ret)) shows team "Box Score" on 10 January, 1968, after returning from a recon patrol. They had captured a POW and were extracted, given a bottle of champagne (which Sgt. Billy Andress is holding), a steak dinner, and a 3 day R&R in DaNang.
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WebMay 30, 1985 · Columbus resident Herbert ''Digger'' O`Dell Smith spent 79 days in a grave-like hole in protest. The Army never had to ship Calley to a federal prison. His sentence was reduced to 20 years.
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WebDrops of history from glass and pottery containers used by soda water manufacturers, whiskey distillers, beer brewers, mineral water sellers and patent medicine men in and around Augusta, Georgia.Well illustrated with black and white and color photos. $40 plus $4.50 shipping from Bill Baab, 2352 Devere Street, Augusta, GA 30904-5202
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WebMay 30, 1985 · Columbus resident Herbert ''Digger'' O`Dell Smith spent 79 days in a grave-like hole in protest. The Army never had to ship Calley to a federal prison. His sentence was reduced to 20 years.
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WebHOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 17 --John Brown, radio and television actor, died yesterday of a heart attack in the Citizens Emergency Hospital in West Hollywood. He was 53 years old. View Full Article in
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WebThis lady later remarried a man named "Digger" O'Dell Smith and moved with him to Phenix City, Alabama. She had a food store on 431 South and the Caddy sat there under a carport for many years. During this time many people (presumably aware of it's original owner) tried to buy the car, but she would not sell it.
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WebWhen the gasoline began to run out and the prices to run up, Herbert O'Dell Smith, 64, agreed to do his bit for the energy crisis. A professional stunt man, he had earned his nickname of "Digger O'Dell" by allowing himself to be buried alive for various ventures. He was campaigning underground for President Carter in Columbia, S.C., in 1976
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WebThe Life of Riley was an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book. An unrelated radio show with the name Life of Riley was a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941, to September 6, 1941.
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WebSep 15, 2016 · Air Force Lt. Col. Donald "Digger" Odell, a fighter pilot from Harrison Township was shot down during the Vietnam War and remained a Prisoner of War for five a half years. Shared here to illustrate what the first moments of his life was like as a POW are excerpts from a narrative that ran in the Macomb Daily on May 21, 1973.
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WebOn November 1, 2022, "My Collection" sets will be discontinued and no longer available. If you have "My Collection" sets you wish to preserve, we encourage you to print the sets, save as a PDF, or otherwise make your own copies of important information for your future reference. Author/Artist Odell, John, 1948-2011. Publisher
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WebMay 26, 2021 · May 25, 2021 #1 One of my favorite characters from classic radio is Digby "Digger" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker portrayed by John Brown in THE LIFE OF RILEY. Digger's morbid sense of humor buttressed by Brown's off-kilter delivery was a hit with the show's audience, and for me, often the high point of the episode.
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WebArthur "Digger" Odell, 62, died Oct. 27 after a hard-fought battle with an aggressive form of lung cancer. "Despite his dedication to healthy living, exercise, jogging and diet (I'd kid him about eating all those seeds, nuts and fruits on the way to shows together, an aggressive form of lung cancer caught up with him this year," said
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WebDigger had a telephone, and Walker remembers that he "talked with women all night. You have never experienced a ladies man such as this one was." Walker put up a tent over Odell's grave to accommodate the crowd, which one night numbered 1,500 at 2 a.m. But Digger wanted to be dug up before he had fulfilled his 30-day contract.
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WebMay 26, 2021 · May 25, 2021 #1 One of my favorite characters from classic radio is Digby "Digger" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker portrayed by John Brown in THE LIFE OF RILEY. Digger's morbid sense of humor buttressed by Brown's off-kilter delivery was a hit with the show's audience, and for me, often the high point of the episode.
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WebSep 15, 2016 · Air Force Lt. Col. Donald "Digger" Odell, a fighter pilot from Harrison Township was shot down during the Vietnam War and remained a Prisoner of War for five a half years. Shared here to illustrate what the first moments of his life was like as a POW are excerpts from a narrative that ran in the Macomb Daily on May 21, 1973.
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WebSep 15, 2016 · Air Force Lt. Col. Donald "Digger" Odell, a fighter pilot from Harrison Township was shot down during the Vietnam War and remained a Prisoner of War for five a half years. Shared here to illustrate what the first moments of his life was like as a POW are excerpts from a narrative that ran in the Macomb Daily on May 21, 1973.
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