This is an iHeart Podcast. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo? I pulled up real quick.
He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing?
He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. At a blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid.
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And we tell stories about everything here on this show. including yours, send them to ouramericanstories.com. They're some of our favorites. We love to tell stories about movies and the culture We also love telling stories about history. and this combines both elements.
beautifully. It's time for another one of our Roger McGreg's Hollywood goes to war stories. We've done a number of them. Go to our website and do a search for Jimmy Stewart's. and so many more.
McGrath is the author of Gunfighters, Howiemen, and Vigilantes. Violence on the frontier. A US Marine and former history professor at UCLA. Dr. McGrath has appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries.
and is a regular contributor for us here. our American stories. Here's Roger McGrath with the story. of Henry Fonda. Henry Fonder was one of the greatest actors of Hollywood's golden age.
appearing in nearly fifty movies in the legendary years of the nineteen thirties, forties, and fifties. He would add 35 more movies in the 1960s and 70s. In 1940, He was nominated for Best Actor. for his role as Tom Jod in The Creeps of Wrath. And living.
41 years later, won the Oscar for Best Actor. for his role as Norman Thayer. in on Golden Pond. Fonda played a wide variety of characters in films of many different genres. including several that are considered classics.
Drums along the Mohawk, young mister Lincoln. The grapes of wrath. the Oxbow incident. Fort Apache. Twelve angry men.
mister Roberts. The longest day. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Henry Fonda is born in Grand Island, Nebraska. in 1905.
To William Father. and his wife, Herberta. Young Henry is of Dutch, English, Scottish, and German descent. Most of his ancestors were here in America before the Revolution. In 1906, the family moved to Omaha.
His sister Harriet He was born in 198. and a second sister, Jane, in 1909. His family is close knit, and raised in the Christian science faith. His father has a successful printing business. Fonda is a good swimmer and runner.
but spends much of his spare time drawing and making models. like so many young boys of his era, He becomes a Boy Scout. By the time he graduates high school, It has grown to more than six foot one. but as thin as a rail. He goes off to the University of Minnesota to major in journalism.
but works two part time jobs to support himself. and has little time to study or sleep. After completing two years, he tires of the grind. and returns to Omaha. Dorothy Brando.
A friend of his mother's. urges Fonda to audition. for the part of a teenager. In a play, put put on by the Omaha Community Playhouse. Fonda gives it a try.
and is cast in the roll. More plays and more roles follow. And Fonda becomes determined to make acting. his profession. Dorothy Brando.
an experienced actress on the stage. continues to mentor Fonda. Dorothy will later mentor her own son. Marlon Brando. In 1928, Fonda heads east.
and joins the University Players in Massachusetts. In 1931, he marries another of the players, Margaret Sullivan. who becomes the first of five successive Mrs. Fondas. In 1932, Margaret heads to New York City.
for a role as a female lead. in a major stage production. and find the follows.
However, the couple are soon divorced. and Fonda struggles finding parts. To save money. He shares a small apartment with the writer Josh Logan. and another aspiring actor, James Stewart.
Hank Fonda and Jimmy Stewart are alike in many ways. both from middle-class families in America's heartland. both tall and thin and boyish looking. and both passionate about acting. Politically though, They mostly disagree.
Fonde is a solid Democrat. And Stewart. He is a staunch Republican. Work on the Broadway stage picks up for both of them during 1933 and 1934. and both catch the eye of Hollywood scouts.
Fonda arrives in Hollywood in 1935 to Take the role of the male lead. In The farmer takes a wife. Fanaz played the same part. in the stage play of the same name on Broadway.
so he is well prepared for the movie role. What he isn't well prepared for is the money. is suddenly making. $3,000 a week. And this is in the depths of the Great Depression.
When $50 a week is considered good money, for a professional. Stewart also arrives in Hollywood in 1935 to make his first movie.
Soon, Fonda and Stuart are renting a house together. and dating all the young starlets they can. From nearly starving in a small apartment in New York, They are now living it up. In a large home in an upscale neighborhood. And you've been listening to Roger McGrath tell the story of Henry Fonda.
And my goodness, what a roommate to have, each of them. And what are the odds that Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda? which share Well, let's just say share a very small shelter because times were tight back when they moved to New York and were aspiring actors. When we come back, more of this remarkable life story, a part of our Hollywood Goes to War series. Here on our American stories.
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I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out.
So how did ashes come together, Diplo?
Well, uh I kind of briefly met Bailey I think a Morgan's show, one of them. And I think He's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell, and I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do. I think he's the one guy that could carry it. I came to his house, I had a show.
I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. played the record for him, we kinda like got a scratch and then he handled it on his own on the road. Yeah.
It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house and I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then.
Now we're here playing it live. You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible out of blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid. Time for a sofa upgrade? Visit washable sofas.com and discover Anibay, where designer style meets budget-friendly prices, with sofas starting at $699.
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Novel. And we continue with our American stories and with Roger McGrath telling the story. of Henry Fonda as a part of our Hollywood goes to war Continuing series. Let's pick up where we last left off here's McGrath. Fonda arrives in Hollywood in 1935 to take Take the role of the male lead in The farmer takes a wife.
What he isn't well prepared for is the money he is suddenly making. three thousand dollars a week. And this is in the depths of the Great Depression. When $50 a week is considered good money, for a professional. Jimmy Stewart also arrives in Hollywood in 1935 to make his first movie.
Soon, Fonda and Stuart are renting a house together and dating all the young starlets they can. Fonda appears in two more movies in 1935. and then in three movies in nineteen thirty six. It's in 1936. that he marries his second wife, Frances Seymour.
who will give birth to fondest daughter, Jane, and his son Peter. 1937 and 38. See Fonda in nine more movies. His fame grows and the money rolls in. But the best is yet to come.
In nineteen thirty nine, Fonda plays Frank James. in the movie Jesse James. Terone Power Plagues Jesse. Although the movie takes quite a few liberties with the real story of the Outlaw Brothers, it's a box office smash. Also, in nineteen thirty nine, that find the place Abraham Lincoln in Young Man Lincoln.
Directed by John Ford, the movie is another hit. Fond of stars, and still another John Ford hit in nineteen thirty nine. drums along the Mohawk. Set in New York's Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War, finally gives another great performance. which includes one of the greatest escapes in movie history.
when he runs for his life from a band of Indian warriors. Fond is movies in 1940. includes still another John Ford Smash success. the grapes of wrath. Fonda is nominated for Best Actor for portraying Tom Jode.
He's on top of his game. and stars in three more movies in 1940. including the return of Frank James. It's three movies for Fonda in 1941. And seventh.
In nineteen forty-two. including the critically acclaimed The Oxborough Incident. The United States is now in World War II. and finally begins thinking about enlisting. The director he has worked with so successfully, John Ford, is already serving in the Navy.
and was wounded. in the Battle of Midway. Fonda's good friend Jimmy Stewart is already a pilot. in the Army Air Corps. The last movie Fonda makes in 1942, The Immortal Sergeant.
which will be released in nineteen forty three. Has father in the role of a Canadian, serving in the British Army in North Africa. who is transformed from a diffident and shy young man into a war hero. Acting in the movie can be convinces Fonda to quit Hollywood. Declaring.
I don't want to be in a fake war in a studio. And he enlists in the Navy. During the fall of 1942, Fonda excels in Navy boot camp. And upon graduation, is sent to quartermaster school. In May 1943, he graduates in the top five percent.
of his quartermaster class. He's now recommended for a commission. While his paperwork is being processed, He is assigned as quartermaster third class to the first. the destroyer, the USS Satterly. which is fresh out of a shipyard in Tacoma, Washington.
Satterly's sea trials take her from Puget Sound to San Diego. After a week in San Diego, orders arrive for Fonda. telling him to report for commissioning in New York. Fonda can fly or take a train to New York. but instead he stays aboard Saturday.
which is set to sail through the Panama Canal and on to Norfolk, Virginia. He doesn't want to leave Saturday a quartermaster short. and he reckons he can use more experience at sea. After Satterly arrives at Norfolk, Fonda takes a train to New York and reports to naval headquarters. He's discharged as an enlisted man and then sworn in as a lieutenant junior grade.
Equivalent to to a first lieutenant in the Marines or Army. He is soon ordered to the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, Washington, D.C. to make training films. Fanna is terribly upset. He didn't leave Hollywood to make films for the Navy.
Fun, as commanding officer, who is stuck behind the desk himself. empathizes with Lieutenant JG, And cuts orders for Fonda to be trained in air combat intelligence at the Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Fonda enjoys. both his training at Quant Point and his classmates. For the most part, they are an older and well-educated group.
Many of them come from the professional ranks in civilian life. There's a district attorney. a judge and a mayor among those training. Fonda and the others spent hours learning coding, photoanalysis. and enemy plane ship identification.
After completing his training, as an Air Combat Intelligence Officer. or ACI officer for short. Fonda is sent to Pearl Harbor. He now goes through a course in anti-submarine warfare at Kaneoi. before being assigned to the USS Curtis.
a seaplane tender that is currently at Kwajalin Atdoll. in the Marshall Islands. In May. 1944. Find the flies to Kwajalan.
rested from the Japanese in February. and becomes a member of Curtis's complement of a hundred officers and more than a thousand men. Most of them are veterans of the attack on Pearl Harbor. and battles in the Solomon, Gilbert, and Marshall Islands. Fonda assumes duties.
as an assistant ACI officer. He's finally in a forward area. and he's eager to see action. He soon will. Curtis sales to any We Talk, also recently taken from the Japanese.
and begins preparing for the American invasion of the Marianas, some twelve hundred miles to the west. The general quarters alarm goes off. and Fonda races to his battle station. thinking he's in for his first action. but nothing materializes.
The alarm will go off several times over the next several weeks with reports of Japanese subs or airplanes in the area. Curtis is responsible for servicing, resupplying, and, if needed, repairing the PBY Catalina C plane. This means the PBY can range far and wide without worrying about a land base. Most important for an Air Combat Intelligence Officer such as Henry Finder. The PBY pilots bring back photographs of Japanese ships and Japanese installations on various islands.
The photos have to be analyzed, and the pilots have to be debriefed. The intelligence is then forwarded to fleet headquarters. The pace of work for Curtis increases. With the American invasion of the Mariana Islands, beginning with Saipan in June 1944 and followed by Guam and Tinian in July. By August 12, Curtis is anchored at Saipan.
A few months later, Tokyo Rose mentions Curtis in one of her broadcasts. and says the actor Henry Fonda is aboard. She promises that Japanese forces are on their way to sink this ship. And you've been listening to Roger McGrath tell the story. of Henry Fonda and my goodness, right in the middle of one of the most prolific careers in Hollywood history, including an Oscar nomination, motion picture box office successes, working with the greatest director of his time, John Ford, something starts to bug him.
His pals, and that's Jimmy Stewart, And John Ford were both serving. Ford got wounded. In his time spent in the Navy at Midway, Jimmy Stewart had volunteered for perhaps the most dangerous activity you could imagine. and that was joining the Army Air Corps. The call to duty called Henry Fonda hard.
And when we come back. More of this remarkable story, a part of our Hollywood goes to war theories. the story of Henry Fonda going to war here. on our American story. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show.
I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out.
So how did ashes come together, Diplo?
Well, uh I kind of briefly met Bailey I think a Morgan's show, one of them, and I think He's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell, and I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do. I think he's the one guy that could carry it. I came to his house, I had a show. I pulled up real quick.
You're about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. played the record for him, we kinda like got a scratch and then he handled it on his own on the road. Yeah. It was really cool.
He literally just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then.
Now we're here playing it live. You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible out of blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid. Time for a sofa upgrade? Visit washable sofas.com and discover Anibay, where designer style meets budget-friendly prices, with sofas starting at $699.
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Plus, our pet-friendly stain-resistant fabrics ensure your sofa stays beautiful for years. Don't compromise quality for price. Visit washablefas.com to upgrade your living space today with no risk returns and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Get up to 60% off plus free shipping and free returns. Shop now at washablesofas.com.
Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply. Mm-hmm. Hey, what's up? It's Marla Lopez. Back to schools, an exciting time, but it can also be overwhelming and kids may feel isolated, a vulnerability that human traffickers can exploit.
Human trafficking doesn't always look like what you expect. Everyday moments can become opportunities for someone with bad intentions, whether you're a parent, teacher, coach, or neighbor. Check in. Ask questions. Stay connected.
Blue Campaign is a national awareness initiative that provides resources to help recognize suspected instances of human trafficking. Learn the signs and how to report at dhs.gov/slash blue campaign. This is Jana Kramer from Windown with Jana Kramer. It's the end of summer, and as we are heading into fall, I've noticed the damage the summer sun has left on my skin. And I've been wanting to find a laser treatment to help revitalize my skin and help even out my skin tone.
I was recently introduced to Ideal Image. Ideal Image is America's number one med spa.
So, from wrinkle relaxers to filler to medical-grade facials, Ideal Image has treatments designed for real results, helping you look and feel your best. I have spoken about my melasma for years, and after every summer, it is very visible, my sunspots, the melasma on my face. And I have had a consultation with Ideal Image, and it could not have gone better. Not only do they know what they're talking about because they're the number one med spa in America, they were so great with helping me pick the right treatment for my skin. And I have found through consultation that I'm gonna do the clear and brilliant treatment that is the best option for what I want to achieve.
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It's August 44. Henry Fonda's ship Curtis is anchored. It's Saipan. A few months later, Pokyo Rose mentions Curtis. in one of her broadcasts and says that actor Henry Fonda is a board.
He promises that Japanese forces are on their way. to sink the ship. Here's McCrath. Sure enough, A few days later, Curtis is attacked by Japanese planes. Fonda is at his battle station, drawing witness it.
The pilot of one of the planes decides on a kamikaze attack. and dives his plane directly at Curtis. Fire from the many guns of Curtis send the Japanese plane crashing into the sea. but not before it misses the ship, by a mere twenty five yards. The next day you find it.
and two young sailors donned diving gear. and swim down to the wrecked Japanese plane. They find the plane upside down on the ocean floor. the Japanese pilot and his bombardier still strapped into their seats. Fonda retrieves the pilot's flight log.
Maps and several other items. Back aboard Curtis. Fonda pores over the recovered items. and determines that the plane flew from Pogan Island. which lies some two hundred miles north of Saipan.
The intel is radioed. Fleet Headquarters. and airstrikes are immediately launched against Pagan. Japanese submarines are in ever-present danger. Occasionally their radio transmissions are intercepted and decoded.
This enables Fonda and And other ACI officers to attempt to plot a course for a Japanese sub and devise a search pattern. Fonda strikes gold. when this estimated location for a Japanese sug Enables Navy fighters to catch a sub on the surface and sink it. in November. 1944, Lieutenant J.G.
Henry Fonda is promoted to lieutenant. Four months later, He is awarded a bronze star for his outstanding contributions. to the Navy's Mariana and Iwo Jima campaigns. The citation reads in part For distinguishing himself by meritorious service in connection with operations against the enemy. As an assistant operations officer and air combat intelligence officer.
He contributed materially to the planning and execution. of air operations which effectively supported the campaigns. Neutralized enemy installations on nearby enemy held islands and atolls. and which subsequently developed into search missions in empire waters and strikes on the Japanese mainland. His keen intelligence untiring energy.
in conscientious application to duty, were in a large measure responsible. for a successful contribution. to the Central Pacific campaign. In March 1945, Fonda is transferred. from his billet aboard Curtis.
to serve on the staff of Admiral John Hoover on Guam. Hoover's the commander. Central Pacific Forward Area. and is responsible for support of fleet operations. with island-based aircraft.
Hoover had used Curtis as his flagship, and now he shifts his flag. to the Navy base. at Appra Harbor on Guam. The move ashore may have saved Fonda's life. While in the waters off Okinawa in June 1945, Akamikaze scores a direct hit on Curtis.
and thirty five of Fonda's old shipmates are killed. In 21, we Wounded. Lieutenant Favi continues his excellent contributions as confirmed by his officer's fitness report. from March to august, nineteen forty five. Fonda is rated in the top 10% in every category.
The rating officer Commander Lyle Kepke says Lieutenant Fonda performed all his duties in an outstanding manner. His pleasing personality, His ability to work with others. is intelligence. his untiring endurance and willingness, made him a superior air combat intelligence officer. while attached to this command.
Early in August 1945, Fonda flies with Commander Kepke. from Guam to Tinian. To meet the pilots and crews of the B-29s, who will drop the atom bombs on Japan. and to be briefed on the operation. Fonda doesn't know exactly what these bombs are.
but he is told their effects will be devastating. On August 6, Anola Gay. Commanded by Paul Tibbets, drops an atom bomb on Hiroshima. on August 9 Boxcar. commanded by Charles Sweeney.
drops an Avon bomb on Nagasaki. The next day, Lieutenant Fonder receives orders to report to the Naval Director of Public Information. in Washington DC. Fonda's war is over. He spends one month in Washington.
and then is ordered to Los Angeles for separation from active duty. He spent six weeks on leave at his home in Brentwood, and then is formerly separated in November 1945. In 1946, Henry Fonda is back making movies. appearing as Wyatt Earp in John Ford's My Darling Clementine. Fonda's movie-making pace picks up with three movies in 1947.
and two in 1948. including the John Ford classic, Fort Apache. in which Fonda plays an authoritarian cavalry officer. Fonda will appear in several dozen more movies. in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
played military officer several times. including his role as Lieutenant J.G. Doug Roberts. in another John Ford classic, mister Roberts. Although Fonda opposes sending American troops to Vietnam, He nonetheless goes on a USO tour of South Vietnam in 1967.
He thinks it's important to boost the morale of the troops. The war is not their fault. opposing the war but supporting the troops. later leads to a temporary falling out with his daughter Jane. who makes an ill-advised trip to North Vietnam.
And he is photographed sitting in an anti-aircraft gun emplacement with NVA troops. Find the calls are foolish and frivolous. Most people today probably think of Henry Fonda only as one of Hollywood's iconic movie stars. and don't know. They turned his back on Hollywood.
And the fame and fortune that were his to join the U.S. Navy during World War II and serve in the Pacific. Henry Fonda was awarded an Oscar for Best Actor. But he also was awarded. a bronze star for meritorious service.
And great work on the piece as always by Greg. And a special thanks to Roger McGrath, as always, author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes, a former UCLA professor. and always a US Marine. and my goodness, I wonder which stood higher up on his mantle. The bronze star.
of the Oscar. He had been nominated for an Oscar in 1940. For John Ford's epic, The Grapes of Wrath. But he won the Oscar 40 years later. starring in a film.
With his daughter Jane, called On Golden Pond. If you ever get a chance, rent it. It still works, it still plays. That he went to Support the troops on the USO tour while being against the war is just how classy. Henri Fonda was, and how sensible he was.
The boys didn't choose the war. They were just, well, representing their country. The story of Henry Fonda, part of our Hollywood Goes to War series. Here on Our American Stories. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show.
I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo? I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours.
It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay.
You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all. new Palisade hybrid. Hey, what's up?
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