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09-08-07, 09:26 AM
Updated at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2007
Marines to 'promote' Jim Nabors in Waikiki ceremony
Advertiser Staff
Jim Nabors — star of the 1960s "Gomer Pyle, USMC" TV show — will be "promoted" to the rank of Honorary Corporal by Lt. Gen. John F. Goodman, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, in a special sunset ceremony set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Kuroda Field, Fort DeRussy, Waikiki.
This promotion is in honor of Nabors' years of contribution to the Marine Corps' image worldwide through the TV show, and will be held on the 43rd anniversary of the show's premiere. The public is invited to the event.
On Sept. 25, 1964, Gomer Pyle marched into America's living rooms and put a human — and often humorous — face on the United States Marine Corps. "Gomer Pyle, USMC" proved that the Corps did possess a sense of humor and could laugh at itself. The show aired five years in prime time, and since then has run in syndication.
Gomer's honesty, loyalty and devotion to duty, Corps and country remain as cornerstone qualities of our Corps today, according to a news release issued today by The Marine Forces Pacific public affairs office at Camp H. M. Smith. The uniforms, the people and some of the social situations have changed over the years, but the Gomer of yesterday is still relevant today, exhibiting hallmarks of honor, courage and commitment, the release said.
Nabors was made an honorary Marine on Aug. 9, 2001, and received an honorary promotion to lance corporal at that time.
Ellie
Marines to 'promote' Jim Nabors in Waikiki ceremony
Advertiser Staff
Jim Nabors — star of the 1960s "Gomer Pyle, USMC" TV show — will be "promoted" to the rank of Honorary Corporal by Lt. Gen. John F. Goodman, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, in a special sunset ceremony set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Kuroda Field, Fort DeRussy, Waikiki.
This promotion is in honor of Nabors' years of contribution to the Marine Corps' image worldwide through the TV show, and will be held on the 43rd anniversary of the show's premiere. The public is invited to the event.
On Sept. 25, 1964, Gomer Pyle marched into America's living rooms and put a human — and often humorous — face on the United States Marine Corps. "Gomer Pyle, USMC" proved that the Corps did possess a sense of humor and could laugh at itself. The show aired five years in prime time, and since then has run in syndication.
Gomer's honesty, loyalty and devotion to duty, Corps and country remain as cornerstone qualities of our Corps today, according to a news release issued today by The Marine Forces Pacific public affairs office at Camp H. M. Smith. The uniforms, the people and some of the social situations have changed over the years, but the Gomer of yesterday is still relevant today, exhibiting hallmarks of honor, courage and commitment, the release said.
Nabors was made an honorary Marine on Aug. 9, 2001, and received an honorary promotion to lance corporal at that time.
Ellie