[On November 17th, 1925, Roy Harold Scherer Jr.—better known as Rock Hudson—was born. His iconic career and complex life open up a lot of American histories, so this week I’ll AmericanStudy a handful of them, leading up to a weekend post on other 20C gay celebrities who lived their lives in the closet.]
While researching this week’s series, I learned that Rock Hudson—probably still known as Roy Harold Scherer Jr. at that point—served in the U.S. Navy during the last couple years of World War II, spending time in the Philippines as an aircraft mechanic. I wish I had known that when I wrote this Pride Saturday Evening Post Considering History column on the fraught but inspiring history of LGBTQ+ Americans in the armed forces, but I was able to add it as a comment on that post, and wanted to dedicate today’s blog post to sharing that column once more. Check it out if you would, thanks!
Last Rock Hudson post tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What do you think? Rock Hudson memories or connections you’d share?
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