Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Trivia

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  • Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
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  • His father, Douglas Fairbanks,m was his best man at his marriage to Mary Lee Eppling.
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  • Son of Douglas Fairbanks.
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  • He held the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit with V for valor in combat device from the U.S. government for his combat service in PT boats and gunboats.
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  • Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 196-197. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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  • Created an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1949
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  • Cousin of Lucile Fairbanks.
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  • He had a lifelong, cultivated interest in international affairs. In 1941 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed him a special envoy to South America.
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  • Was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross, the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with Palm for his services during World War II.
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  • Nephew of Robert Fairbanks.
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  • Daughters, Daphne, Victoria, and Melissa.
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  • His death was reported on the front page of the Times in London and Buckingham Palace expressed its condolences on his demise
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  • Host/narrator of the syndicated radio show "The Silent Man" (1951-1952).
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  • Cousin-in-law of Owen Crump.
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  • Interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in same crypt with father, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
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  • Brother-in-law of Hal Le Sueur.
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  • Host of an entertaining introductory film shown to visitors of the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.
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  • He joined the naval reserves before WWII. During the war he served on the Battleship Massachuesetts and was a Commando raider sent on several land attack missions. He retired from the reserves, years later, as a full Captain. He wrote about his war years in the book "A Hell of a War" which also covers his duties in helping organize the forerunners of today`s Navy Seals.
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