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Adrian Joseph Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018) was a United States Air Force Sergeant and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer.
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Jul 20, 2018 · Vietnam War. Real ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ DJ Offered Escape for Young Troops. Adrian Cronauer saw his role on the radio in Vietnam as a way to keep members of the military entertained as...
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Sep 23, 2022 · Adrian Cronauer was an Air Force sergeant who served as a DJ in Vietnam. Learn how his experience inspired the film, 'Good Morning, Vietnam.' Sunday, May 12, 2024
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In 1965, during the war in Vietnam, he was a DJ in Saigon on Armed Forces Radio hosting a Top 40 radio show called Dawn Buster in which he signed on each morning with the now-famous words, good...
Jul 20, 2018 · 20 July 2018. Getty Images. Air force Sgt Cronauer spent most of his life in broadcasting, before Hollywood depicted his life. Adrian Cronauer, who served as inspiration for Robin Williams'...
Jun 12, 2006 · He chose Vietnam. But shortly before he arrived in-country, the Gulf of Tonkin incident changed the whole scope of the American effort there. Cronauer’s broadcasting style was more like something a person could hear on Stateside radio than on the military radio and television service.
Jul 19, 2018 · The Associated Press. Thu 19 Jul 2018 16.17 EDT. Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, has...
