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CNQ:

Thanks for posting the photos of "In the Mood".
You're probably already aware of it, but "In the Mood" was commanded by Sgt. Lafayette Pool, the all-time US tank ace with 258 vehicle kills---even more remarkable is that this was accomplished in only 84 days of combat.
Pool was the inspiration for the movie THE TANKS ARE COMING in which he was offered the job of technical adviser. He rejected the offer because he had sold the movie rights to another studio and unsuccessfully sued Warner Bros. for $1 million.
If you see THE TANKS ARE COMING, George O'Hanlon, the actor who played the alcoholic Sherman driver, provided George Jetson's voice in THE JETSONS animated tv series....and his cousin was the girl whose letter resulted in the classic newspaper editorial "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus".
Also in THE TANKS ARE COMING, Paul Picerni, the actor who played the Sherman crewman who hates the new tank commander, later starred in THE UNTOUCHABLES tv series. During World War II, Picerni was a B-24 Liberator bombardier who dropped bombs on the real "Bridge on the River Kwai".
Pool's crew called him "War Daddy"---Brad Pitt's nickname in FURY.
Also, guess who suggested "In the Mood" to Collectors Showcase several years ago?

Thanks for the history behind this "In the mood" Sherman tank. It's quite interesting....

dragon53 wrote:CNQ:

Thanks for posting the photos of "In the Mood".
You're probably already aware of it, but "In the Mood" was commanded by Sgt. Lafayette Pool, the all-time US tank ace with 258 vehicle kills---even more remarkable is that this was accomplished in only 84 days of combat.
Pool was the inspiration for the movie THE TANKS ARE COMING in which he was offered the job of technical adviser. He rejected the offer because he had sold the movie rights to another studio and unsuccessfully sued Warner Bros. for $1 million.
If you see THE TANKS ARE COMING, George O'Hanlon, the actor who played the alcoholic Sherman driver, provided George Jetson's voice in THE JETSONS animated tv series....and his cousin was the girl whose letter resulted in the classic newspaper editorial "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus".
Also in THE TANKS ARE COMING, Paul Picerni, the actor who played the Sherman crewman who hates the new tank commander, later starred in THE UNTOUCHABLES tv series. During World War II, Picerni was a B-24 Liberator bombardier who dropped bombs on the real "Bridge on the River Kwai".
Pool's crew called him "War Daddy"---Brad Pitt's nickname in FURY.
Also, guess who suggested "In the Mood" to Collectors Showcase several years ago?

CNG:

Glad to help out with the trivia.
A former co-worker of mine went through tank school at Fort Knox and never heard of Lafayette Pool until I told him about Pool.

What make is this tank kit?
That SHERMAN destroyed 258 Panzers????
I'm going to have to look this up.
They were probably shooting destroyed cars and dead tanks and chalking it up.

Plastic General

PLASTICGENERAL:

It's not a kit. It was released by Collectors Showcase about two years ago.
Pool commanded three Shermans named "In the Mood". One was knocked out by a Panzerfaust, one was accidentally bombed by a P-38 Lightning and the third was knocked out by a Panther.