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Melvin Levy. Writer: Hideaway. Melvin Levy was born on 11 May 1902 in Trinidad, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Hideaway (1937), Daniel Boone (1964) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974).
- Writer, Additional Crew, Soundtrack
- May 11, 1902
- Melvin Levy
- December 1, 1980
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 10, 2024 · “The heavy crates were smashing into the earth close to their holes. Men started shouting in alarm,” Serling writes. “Levy just stood where he was, waving his arms and shouting. Sergeant Etherson pulled at him from behind, trying to get him down in a hole. But Levy was oblivious to all around him except the food which poured down.”
Dec 17, 2022 · He witnessed one of his fellow platoon mates, Melvin Levy, killed when a food crate being air-dropped to their location landed on Levy's head while he was telling a joke to the platoon.
May 11, 2024 · For the show’s host and writer, Rod Serling, World War II was a trauma he would re-imagine often. ... In the opening section of “First Squad,” Cpl. Melvin Levy is introduced as the squad’s ...
Jul 6, 2011 · Wikipedia reports that Serling was in the 11th Airborne Division, and that the incident he witnessed was slightly different, that a private named Melvin Levy “was in the middle of a comic ...
Jan 21, 2021 · The National World War II Museum describes how, during downtime between bullets and bombs, Serling's friend, Private Melvin Levy, decided to watch the Air Force's ammunition drops come in. Serling and Levy were joking about where the drops would land when a crate fell from the sky and decapitated Levy. This freak accident shocked Serling, and ...
