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September 15, 2020. Pioneering television writer and producer Rod Serling, best known for his iconic series The Twilight Zone, experienced combat in the Philippines during World War II and was profoundly affected—even haunted—by his experiences. Rod Serling’s high school graduation photo. From the Panorama Annual, 1943.
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May 9, 2024 · NEW YORK -- In a famous “Twilight Zone” episode from the early 1960s, a bloodthirsty World War II commander stationed in the Philippines finds himself transported into the body of a Japanese lieutenant and, to his horror, expected to help kill an entrapped and wounded American platoon.
May 9, 2024 · Not long after he returned from the war in 1946, Serling attended Antioch College on the G.I. bill. There, in his early 20s, he penned “First Squad, First Platoon,” a short story which is being published for the first time Thursday in The Strand.
May 8, 2024 · For the show’s host and writer, Rod Serling, World War II was a trauma he would re-imagine often. Serling, born 100 years ago this December, served in the 11th Airborne Division in the ...
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May 9, 2024 · Elizabeth Blair. May 09, 2024 / 2:00 am. 1 of 2 Rod with his father Sam Serling c. 1943. Credit: Courtesy of Anne Serling. There's a reason Rod Serling is considered one of scripted...
2 days ago · How a rare Rod Serling war story was uncovered Amy Boyle Johnston, writer of the biography “Unknown Serling,” spent years poring through his archives across the country. On one journey to the Wisconsin Historical Society’s public collection more than 20 years ago, she came across “First Squad, First Platoon” and shared it with his family.
May 9, 2024 · Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling was a paratrooper during WWII. After the war, he wrote a short story inspired by the experience. It's now being published for the first time in The Strand.
