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Nov 22, 1999 · Frank Sinatra was rejected from the military with a 4F listing due to medical ineligibility. He suffered a traumatic birth that punctured his eardrum and almost tore off his face.
Francis Albert Sinatra ( / sɪˈnɑːtrə /; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century.
Jan 5, 2021 · According to The New York Times, the first time the country turned on Sinatra was during World War II. While all the other able-bodied young men had gone off to fight the fascists in Europe, Sinatra was raking it in making all their wives and girlfriends swoon.
Mar 2, 2022 · Per The New York Times, historian William Manchester once described Sinatra as “the most hated man of World War II” for not fighting. Throughout his life, Sinatra maintained that he wanted to...
Von Ryan’s Express, American war film, released in 1965, that featured Frank Sinatra in an exciting tale of an Allied POW escape from occupied Italy during World War II. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) The film opens in a POW camp in Italy in 1943.
Aug 13, 2000 · As the historian William Manchester once noted, Sinatra was ''the most hated man of World War II'' because he was getting rich thrilling American women while their boyfriends and husbands...
Jun 10, 2024 · Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor who was considered the greatest American singer of 20th-century popular music.
