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Roger SmithAttn: Tracey Smith2707 Bercdict Canyon DriveBeverly
Hills, CA 902i0TINITED STATES
RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LavernsSNisN:
,.**r(*:k054Request Number: 2-ll7 lWl08Z2
Dear Recipient:
Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service
from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted
extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records
source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any
information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary
service.
Fcr a furthei'scaroh, pleasc fornish us witLr ary papers yorr
iiiay liave wirich rriay provideadditional information about the
requested military service, such as military ord.i.,
awards,citations andlor military addresses shown on letters mailed
home. Unfortunately, without anynew data, we will not be able to
conduct a further search. We regret that we are unable toprovide a
more positive response.
If you have questions or comments regarding this response, you
may contact us at 314-801-0800or by mail at the address shown in
the letterhead above. If you contact us, please reference
theRequest Number listed above. If you are a veteran, or a deceased
veteran's next of kin, pleaseconsider submitting your future
requests online by visiting us at http://vetrecs.archives.gov.
ALBERT MCFADDE,NWe Value Our
Veterans' PrivacyArchives Technician (AFN-MC4C) Let us krmw if
toe Imoe
failed to protect it.
Sincerely
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Roger SmithAttn: Tracey Smith2707 Benedict Canyon DriveBeverly
Hills, CA 90210UNITED STATES
RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LavernSSN/SN:
'.*****054Request Number: 2-ll7 17310822
Dear Recipient:
Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service
from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted
extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records
source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any
information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary
service.
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iriay havc wiri
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BENDEDICT CANYONBEVERLY HILLS; CA 90210
RE: Veteran's Name: SMITH, Roger LSSN/SN: ******054Request
Number: 2-11988326471
Dear Recipient:
Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
We have been attempting toverify the veteran's military service
from the information that has been provided. We haveconducted
extensive searches ofevery records source and alternate records
source at this Center;however, we have been unable to locate any
information that would help us verify the veteran'smilitary
service. We also checked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), which is areliable souroe of information, but this agency
was not able to fumish any data indicating that theveteran served
in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For a further search, please furnish us with any papers you may
have which may provideadditional information about the requested
military service, such as military orders, awards,citations and/or
military addresses shown on letters mailed home. Unfortunately,
without anynew data, we will not be able to conduct a further
search. We regret that we are unable toprovide a more positive
response.
If you have questions or comments regarding this response, you
may contact us at 3 t 4-801 -0800or by mail at the address shown in
the letterhead above. If you contact us, please reference
theRequest Number listed above. If you are a veteran, or a deceased
veteran's next of kin, pleaseconsider submitting your future
requests online by visiting us at http://vetrecs.archives.gov.
We Value OurVeterans' PrivacyLet usktrow if wehnue
failed to protect it.
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DepeRTMENT oFVerennus ArrruRs
MemorandumDate: 516114From: Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Psychotherapy
Coordinator, Mental Health Services, VACO
subj: DD-214 for my father, Mr. Roger L. Smith (Request
#2-11717310822)ro Alan McFadden, Archives Technician,
NationalArchives
Thru:Dear Mr. McFadden or other NationalArchive Staff,Thank you
for your letter of March 20th lcopy enclosed) regarding the so-far
unsuccessful search forverifying my father's military service, As
you can see from the letterhead, I am also a federal employeefor
the Dept. of Veterans Affairs. I appreciate the work you all do at
the NationalArchives for ournation's Veterans. Per your request I
am submitting supporting military documents.Enclosed is:
. A copy of "The Hoist" newspaper from July 18, 1952 (the
original is quite large so I made 3overlapping copies of different
parts of the page. ln the middle of the page is a picture of
someTWT Honormen, and below the picture my father's name is
listed.
. 2 copies of a photo of his class at the U.S. NavalTraining
Center, San Diego on 2 May, 1953
. A copy a certificate stating he has been appointed Apprentice
Chief Petty Officer on 6 May,1953 from the U.S. Naval Training
Center, San Diego
. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Reserve Seaman
Recruits course on 19 July,1952 from U.S. NavalTraining Center, San
Diego.
. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Airman SchoolClass
P course on 7 August,, 1953from Department of the Navy.
. And finally, something that you may or may not want to
consider. Attached is a press releaseabout my father. He was a TV
and movie star in the 1950's and 60's. He is married to theactress
Ann-Margret, who did several USO tours with Bob Hope to entertain
the troops duringthe Vietnam War. I included the press release
because it mentions that he served in the FleetAll Weather Training
Unit Pacific (FAWTUPAC), outside of Honolulu at Barber's Point. He
wasa Link Trainer lnstructor. I will also include his Wikipedia
page which provides somebackground. I realize these are not
"evidence" since they are not original source documents butit
provides context to this claim.
Thank you for your continued efforts to verify my father's
service! Please don't hesitate to call or emailme if you or another
other staff at the National Archives have questions.You may need my
father to sign a release to talk with me and we can supply that if
I can get the properform.
Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Psychotherapy Coordinator,Mental Health
Services, VA Central [email protected]
Work608-239-9448 Home
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Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health
VACO)From:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:
Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Tuesday, September 09,20L4
5:32 PM'Sheana Gray'; mpr status ([email protected])RE:
[EXIERNAL] Re: Request Number 2-LL717310822 - follow-upProof of
mailing.pdf
Dear Ms. Gray -
Thank you for writing me something other than the standard
response.
Can I refax the materials to you personally? Here is why I am
asking.
The letter I rec'd on 3/20 says additional information was
needed. I have been trying to get that additional informationto
your office in many ways. Each time I am told it has not been
received.
o Emailed the material -
this was rejected due to your policiesr Faxed on 814
- your office says never rec'd
- although fax went through 8/4114 at 12:11 pm CT
o I just faxed again right now -
today 9/9114 at 5:19 pm CTo Mailed
- your office says never rec'd
- please see attached proof of receipt from the post office
noting receipt
on MAY L2,2OL4o Called many times and can never get through.
As a fellow government employee I am at my wits end as to how to
navigate this process.
Sincerely
Tracey Smith
TraceyLeone Smith, Ph. D.Psychotherapy CoordinatorMental Health
Services (VACO)[email protected]
MAILINGADDRESS:Michael E. Debakey VA Medical CenterHealth
Senices Research and Development,Center for Innovations in Quality,
Bffectiveness & Safetyzooz Holcombe Blvd, Mail Code
(r5z)flouston, TX77o3oFind out more about Evidence tsased
Psychotherapies athtttrr://var,yrv.mentalhealth.va. ggvletrul
From : Sheana Gray [ma ilto : shea na. g ray@ nara.qov]Sent:
Tuesday, August 26,2014 4:08 PMTo: [email protected]: Smith,
Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Subject: IEXTERNAL] Re: Request
Number 2-7t7773I0822 - follow-up
Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Record Center.
We never received the additionaldocumentation. Please resubmit with
any additional information you have on the veteran's military
service.
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Smith, Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)From: mpr status Sent:
Friday, September L9,20L4 7:30 AMTo: [email protected] Smith,
Tracey L. (Mental Health VACO)Subject [EXIERNAL] Re: FAXED
information related to Request Number 2-L17L73L0822
Thank you for contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
I am going to ask you to send the fax to adifferent number. Use
1-314-801-0763 and mark the fax: ATTN: CHARLEEN, Desk 10.
When the fax comes in, I will hand carry it to my supervisor who
will scan it into the system so we can moveforward with your
request. I truly apologize for the trouble you have experienced so
far.
Respectfully,
Charleen V
Customer Service Representative
National Personnel Record Center
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:00:58 PM UTC-5, Smith, Tracey
L. (Mental Health VACO) wrote:
Can I get an update on receipt of the follow-up information that
I faxed again on 9/91L4? See email thread below.
I have sent supporting documents as requested by your
office.
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ATTN: CHARI,EEN DESK 10
Fax Number I FTS
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Commercial Date
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SubjectAdditional information request for
2-11-71-731-0822From
Dr. Tracey L. Smith, Ph.D.Telephone Number f FTS
(608) 239-9448r Commercial
This transmission is intended only for the use of the person or
office to whom it is addressed and may contain informationthat is
privileged, confidential, or protected by law.
All others are hereby notified that receipt of this message does
not waive any applicable privilege or exemption fromdisclosure and
that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this
communication is prohibited.
If you received this communication in error, please notiff us
immediately at the telephone number shown below. Thank you.
Dear Ms. Charleen - Thank you for your assistance with my
father's case 2*1L71,73L0822. Inyour last email to me you stated
you would waLk this faxed material to your supervisor'sdesk and
ensure that the attached is scanned into the system. THANK YOUI !
MPer the first response from NPRC f am submitt.j-ng supporting
mi-litary documents.Enclosed is:r A copy of "The Hoist" newspaper
from,July 18, 1,952 (the original is quite large so Imade 3
overlapping copies of different parts of the page. In the middle of
the page is apicture of some TWT Honormen, and below the picture my
father's name is listed.. 2 copies of a photo of his cl-ass at the
U.S. Naval Trai-ning Center, San Diego on 2 May,19 53r A copy a
certificate stating he has been appointed Apprentice Chief Petty
Officer on 6May, 1953 from the U.S. Naval Training Center, San
Diego. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Reserve Seaman
Recruits course on 19 July,1952 from U.S. Naval Training Center,
San Diego.. A certificate demonstrated he completed the Airman
School CLass P course on 7 August,,1953 from Department of the
Navy.o And finally, something that you may or may not want to
consider. Attached is myfatherls wikipedia page. I included this
page because it ment,ions that he served in theFleet A11 Weather
Training Unit Pacific (FAWTUPAC) , outside of Honolulu at
Barber'sPoint,. He was a Link Trai-ner Instructor. He was a TV and
movi-e star in t.he 1950's and60's. He is married to the actress
Ann-Margret, who did several USO tours with Bob Hopeto entertain
the t.roops during the Vietnam War. I realize this is not
"evidence" since itis not an original source document but iL
provides context to this claim.
SincerelyDr. Tracey L. Smith,Psychotherapy Coordinator, Mental
Health Services, VA Central OfficeTracey. Smit.h2@va . gov
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ROGER SMITH
a biographyAlthough Roger Smith will likely live forever in
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as Jeff Spencer, one of the det.ective heroes of the longrunning
tt77 Sunset Strip," these days hets firmly seated onthe other side
of the cameras. For more than a decade,Smith has devoted his full
energies to managing the many-faceted career of his wife,
Ann-Margret -- a stewardship which,combined with her formidable
talents, has made her one of theworld's top performers.
Smi th was born in Los Angeles in 1-932 and got into
show.business early at age six. He was one of the "MeglinKiddiesr"
a troupe of children trained for work in movies andradio. He
learned to sing, dance and act, and stayed withN{eglin's unt.il he
was 12, when his family moved to Arizona.In high school there,
Smith appeared in every school play whilealso finding time to
captain the football team and serve assenior class president.
Smith was the first student. in his high school to evergo to
college on a football scholarship: the University ofArLzona, which
he entered as a drama major. During his earlyyears in college,
Smith branched out into a musical act,singing Spanish songs while
accompanying himself on the guitar.During his sophomore year, Smith
won 1st place in the Universityof Arizona talent show. This made
him eligible to try out for
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the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour, which he won and thenwenL on
to take first prize on the Horace Heidt Show when itcame through
Tucson.
An injury put an end to Smit.hrWit.h no f inancial means t,o
continue
s football scholarship.college and with the
Korean conflict intensifying,
Smith's naval experiences affected his future profoundly;
first,by giving him a love of flying that has lasted his whole
lifeand, second, by providing his first entry into
professionallevel show business. Smith was in Honolulu when Henry
Fonda,Jimmy Cagney and I,Jilliam Powell arrived to shoot the
filmversion of t'Mr. Roberts. " Smith became f riendly with
theactors, particularly so with Cagney who was quit.e impressedwith
Smith and .guiLar. Einding out that Cagney was t.aking upthe guitar
himself, Smith began tutoring the veteran actorwhenever both of
them were "out of uniform". Cagney offeredto help Smith get started
in show business and told him tocall when he got out the
service.
trihen his naval term was upr Smith went straight toHollywood
and tried getting in touch with Cagney, who,unfortunately, was
shooting a film in a remote location andunreachable. While waiting
for Cagney to geL back to town,Smtih auditoned and was offered the
opportunity of singing ina Sunset Boulevard showcase theater. It
was there that. hewas spott.ed by a Warner Brothers talent scout
who put Smithinto the studios drama class in preparation for a
screen test.A girl Smith became friendly with in the drama class
asked him
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to assist her in a screen t.est she was doing at
ColumbiaPictures. Even though Smith played mosL of the scene
withhis back to t.he camera, Smith got signed and girl didn't.It
was the end of a beautiful friendship. At that pointCagney came
back to town and got in touch with Smith,offering to set up an
interview for him at MGM. Smith'sreply was a grateful, "thanks a
lot, but Itm already undercontract at Columbia. tt
Smith started working in films, including "No Time ToBe Young"
and "Operation Mad BaIl.rr He kept in touch withCagney and
eventually made two films with him, most notable,"Man Of A Thousand
Faces" in which Smith portrayed Cagney'sson. Smith put in three
years at Columbia, then was signedOI Universal and later put under
contract by Warner BroLherswhen he tested and was given the role of
Patrick Dennis int'Auntie Mamett.
It. was at \{arner Brothers that Smith was teamed withEfrem
Zimbalist, Jr. and Edd Byrnes in the Hollywood baseddetective
series "77 Sunset Strip." The show climbed to thetop ten within its
first year (1959) and stayed there for thenext six.
As is usually the case wit.h the star of a hit series,Smit.h
became internationally known, but he ref used to settleinto the
routines of stardom, Smith felt increasingly dis-satisfied with
acting, wanting to get into other areas,especially writing, and he
wrot.e several episodes of "77Sunset Strip.r' He kept up his music,
and hired a youngwriter-personal manager named Al1an Carr to help
him creat.ea singing/comedy act. When they were finished they took
the
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act to the t'Hungry i" in San Francisco. Smith appeared on
thebill with two then- unknown comedians, Don Adams and Bill
Cosby.
One other thing happened during Lhe run of Sunset Strip:while en
rout.e to a charity appearance in Wisconsin, Smithhad to change
planes in Chicago and it was at the airport that.
,
he was introduced to a frlend of a friend, a young woman
tryingto break into Hollywood. "She was on her way to Hollywood for
herf irsL screen test r'r Smith recalls, t'and I f elt sorry f or
her.She had such high hopes and I knew her chances of making it
werepretty slim. " I{ithin a year, she had become the hottest
thingin the business, with her face on practically every
magazinecover in America. The young woman was, of course,
Ann-Margret....but she and Smith were not to cross paths again for
severaly.ears.
After Sunset Strip ended its long runr Smith devotedhis energies
to other aspects of show business. I^/ith Allan Carras a tutor, he
began to learn the business from the other end.Smith wrot.e and
sold some screenplays; then he began to moveinto the personal
management field.
It was at the ttHungry i" that Smit.h again ran into
Ann-Margret. She was in San Francisco shooting a movie whichwas
delayed because of good weather. "They needed rain tofinish the
last of a sequence they had started when it \.vasraining, " says
Smith. "Normal1y, the rveather in SanErancisco that time of the
year is awful, but suddenly theweather was gorgeous." Ann-Margret
had a Iot of free t.imeon her hands and Smith took fuII advantage
of the situation.He invited her to see him perform at the Hungry i
and afterhis show, they made a date to go flying in Roger's
airplane
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the next morning. They saw one another every day for thenext two
weeks while the movie company conLinued to wait forrain. That was
over 20 years ago and he and Ann-Margret havebeen t.ogether ever
since.
On May 8, tg67, they married. In the beginning, Roger Ithought
it better for their personal relationship if they keptt.heir
careers separate with Roger staying out of her businessaffairs.
Butr 8s Ann-Margret began having serious careerproblems in the late
'50ts, Roger decided he had t.o inLervene,and he and Al1an Carr did
jus.t. that. Ann-Margret had becomefamous originally as a sex
symbol, which is not a category knownfor durability, but Smith had
great faith in her talent. andrefused to let her career fade.'
Smit.h and Carr masLerminded the campaign that saw Ann-
Margret emerge, against the'expectations of a11 the
ttexpertsr"as the multitalented performer she always had been.
Smith began producing Ann-Margret's nightclub actsand found he
had a hidden talent for bringing t.ogether theexciting ingredients
of a cabaret show. Ann-Margret's clubacts and theater productions
were phenominal suceesses,breaking attendance records everywhere
and loved by the audiencesand crities as welI.
Over the years Smit.h was able to Lurn these productionshows
into financial bonanzas while still keeping Ann-Margret'sacting
career in full swing. Seldom has any performer had thebest of both
worlds as Ann-Margret has enjoyed.
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The breakthrough in Ann-Margretts acting career came whenSmith
insis ted t.hat. they f ly to New York (at their own expense)and
see Mike Nichols who was interviewing act,resses for the roleof
Bobbi Templeton in "CarnaI Knowledg"." Nichols met
Ann-MargreL,decided to test her and the rest is history. This was
the beginningof Ann-Margretts career as a serious actress, a career
that after allthese years shows no sign of abating.
Today the couple enjoy one of t.he longest and most
successfulmarriages in Hollywood. Managing the career of his
superstar wifedidntt prove a problem for them because of t.heir
extraordinary personalrelationship, a relat.ionship that is based
on friendship, love andrespect. Together, they have had not only
success, but have been ableLo overcome near tragedy, finding
comforL and strength in one another,and as a result, have become an
inspiration for others.
Although Smith doesn't 'f ly as much as he used to, he
andAnn-Margret st.ill'engage in their long-time love of
motorcycles.They live in a house that sit.s on ten acres high above
Beverly Hills,a house built by film pioneer Thomas Ince, then owned
by Hedy Lamarr,who in turn sold it to Humprey Bogart and Lauren
Bacall. The Smithshave lived there for 15 years and also have a
beach house in Malibuwhere they relocate the family menage
(currently a malLese dog andfour alley cats) when they want to
spend a few days by the ocean.
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363 L7 75has satifactorily completed the course of instruction
for Reserve SeantanRecruits based upon the requirements ds
prescribed by the lBureau tf'Ipval ?ersonnel rutith a fnal
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political excitement prevalent lastral honorman photo, as the
men whoraduation parade last Saturday poseI to lower right: Charles
B. Renn,Anderson, Grady Harper, Paul J.
, Moller, John A. Weaver, Bobtry L.rger C. Mastin, Jr., Gary L.
Feasel,
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companies as best demonstrating qualities of integrity
andleadership receive certificates at the graduation parade today.
Left
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ted line can mean business, sohis enlistment papers with anin
recruit training at ElliottAnnex, beginning a four-year ca-reer in
the Navy. And, there isno doubt in this recruit's mindthat his "X"
made the contractbinding.
Occasionally, he has had diffi-culty making it stick on
checksand other important papers, buthe usually wins out proving
thevalidity of the X. It took somedetaiied explaining when he
triedto enlist in the Navy, but the chiefboatswain mate at the
recruitingstation finally agreed to send thelad to San Diego. His
name is"X" Free. He has no middle name.
Just why this recruit got thisname is si.:r,.nlp,- And, come
tothink of it, it mares sense. Hecomes from a family of 20,
wliere_he fits in as the tenth of 18 chil-dren. Hailing from
Archibald, La.,he is the son of Mrs. LeIa E. Free.His father is
deceased.
In getting'fis-rarre;X's -rf, i)tirerdecided to appropriately
christenher 10th child. It was no problemfor her to select X,
meaning "10"in the Roman numerals.
X hasn't thought too much aboutthe kind of work he'd. like to
doin the Navt''-;ut in civilian life,he did construction work at
Archi-bald, La.
He has two brothers who arealso in service. His brother Jamesis
with the Infantry and stationedin Alaska. Another brother, Wyatt,is
in the Air Force in Japan.
Citing Bible FailsTo Assist Draftee
A new excuse for reclassifica-tion from a 1-A status was
of-fered recently by a newly-mar-ried youth to his Greenville,
S.C,draft board. He cited Deuteron-omy, Chap. 24, verse 5,
whichreads:
"When a nran hath taken anew wife, he shall not go outto war,
neither shall he becharged with any business, buthe shall be free
at home oneyear and shall cheer up hiswife he hath taken."
Selective Service laws, how-ever, took preference, accordingto
the board's decision.
X Meons 'Ten,' Noturally,But lt's Odd When Free
Putting an "X" on the dotlearned a.recruit who signedi'X" and
now finds himself
Efforts of NineBeservists Noted
Nine honormen graduating fromtwo-week reserve training r.r,iil
bepresented their certificate au,ardsthis afternoon, duting their
paradeon Preble Fie1d.
Selected on their merits of lead-ership and military bearing,
themen are: Roger L. Smith, Nogaies,Ariz,; Raymon T. Stansbury,
Ala-meda, Calif.; John W. Hunt, LosAngeles, Calif.; Donald L.
Diegei-man, Los Atrgeles, Calif.; JosephE. Ostrorn, Los
Angeles.
Richard A. Catlin, Stockton,Calif.; Robert H. Bender,
Oakland,Calif.; Cecil W. Muilikin, Lor.rgVielr', Texas, and Edwin
R. Rob.crrs, Tuscoice, fexas.
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Roger Smith (actor)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roger LaVerne Smith (born December 18, 1932) is anAmerican
television and film actor and screenwriter. He starred inthe
television detective series 77 Sunset Sfirp. He is married
toactress Ann-Margret.
Contentsr 1 Early lifer 2 Careerr 3 Personal lifer 4
Filmography
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Early lifeA debonair and handsome leading man in his youth,
Smith wasborn in South Gate, California, the son of Dallas and
LeoneSmith. When he was six, his parents enrolled him into a
stageschool, where he took singing, dancing and elocution
lessons.He was educated at the University of Arizona at Tucson on
afootball scholarship. He won several amateur talent prizes as
asinger and guitarist.
CareerSmith served with the Naval Reserve and was stationed in
Hawaii with FAWTUPAC, a flight training unit justoutside of
Honolulu. After a chance meeting with the actor James Cagney, he
was encouraged to try a careerin Hollywood. (Cagney had also
encouraged other young actors, including Don Dubbins, for whom he
foundroles in two 1956 films.) He would later play Cagney's son in
Man of a Thousand Faces.Smith signed with Columbia Pictures in 1957
and made severalfilms, then moved to Warner Bros. in 1959.
On April 16, 1958, Smith appeared with Charles Bickford in "The
Daniel Barrister Story" on NBC's WagonTrain.ln this first season
episode, Daniel Barrister, played by BicKord, objects to medical
treatment for his wife,Jenny, the victim of a wagon accident.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter H. Culver, played by Smith, has
successfullyfought a smallpox epidemic in a nearby town^ He is
brought to the wagon train by scout Flint McCullough,portrayed by
series regular Robert Horton to treat Mrs. Barrister. Viewers never
know if Barrister yielded toallow Dr. Culver to treat Jenny.
His greatest film exposure came with playing the adult nephew
Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame, with RosalindRussell in the title
role.
Roger Smith
Smith as Mister Roberts.
Born Roger LaVerne SmithDecember 18,1932
OccupationYears active
Spouse(s)
South Gate, California, U.S.
Actor, screenwritel singer
1956-1977
Victoria Shaw (1 956-'1 965)(divorced) 3 childrenAnn-Margret (1
967-present)
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His signature television role came as Jeff Spencer, a private
detectivein the firm of Bailey & Spencer partnered with Stuart
Bailey, played byEfrem Zimbalist, Jr. in 77 Sunsef Sfnp. Series
costars included EddByrnes and Richard Long.
Smith appeared in seventy-four episodes of this Warner
Bros.-produced series but left the popular ABC program in 1962
because ofa blood clot in his brain, He recovered from this injury
post-surgery.Several years later his health declined and he was
diagnosed withmyasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease. His
condition went intoremission in 1985. Following his retirement from
performing, hemanaged his wife Ann-Margret's career and produced
her popular LasVegas stage shows. ln an interview with the NY Post,
Ann-Margretstated he had Parkinson's .[1]
Smith appeared very rarely on television once his health
deteriorated, but did participate on lhls is Your Lifewhen host
Ralph Edwards devoted an episode to Ann-Margret. In addition to the
appearances credited below,Smith also has been on several game
shows.
Personal lifeSmith married twice. His first wife (1956 to 1965)
was Australian-born actress Victoria Shaw, and together theyhad
three children: daughterTracey (b. 1957), and sons Jordan (b. 1958)
and Dallas (b. 1961). He hasfivegrandchildren: Leone (b. 1981),
Alex (1984-2008), Rosalyn (b. 1988), Zach (b. 1990) and Cameron (b.
1995).He has two great grandchildren, twins Axel and Radley (b.
2010). Smith and Shaw divorced in 1965.He has been married to
Ann-Margret since May 8, 1967. He became her manager, but is now
semi-retiredbecause of myasthenia gravis.
According to cfidarren.com, Smith was a Private Pilot with an
instrument rating issued November 30, 1966.
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Filmography
Television
Original Amateur Hour (1948)...as a singer andguitarist with Ted
MackDamon Runyon Theater: Hot Oil(1956) .... RichardCelebrity
Playhouse: Farth (956)Ford Theatre: Stand by to Dive (1956) ....
SkeeLangfordFord Theatre: A Past Remembered (1956) ....
JugJensenFord Theatre: Never Lend Money to a Woman (1956)....
CarterSheriff of Cochise: "The Kidnapper" (1957) .... JimWest
Point: "l\A-24" (1957)The George Sanders Mystery Theater: Round
Trip
Film
t Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) ....Creighton Chaney at 21
t Operation Mad Ball(1957) .... Cpl.Berryman
t No Time to Be Young (1957) .... BobMiller
t Crash Landing (1958) .... John Smithbackt Auntie Mame (1958)
.... Patrick Dennis
-oldert Never Steal Anything Small(1959) ....
Dan Cabott For Ihose WhoThinkYoung (1964)
(uncredited) .... Detective
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(1 e57)Father Knows Besf (1957-1958) .... Doyle HobbsWagon
Train: "The Daniel Barrister Story" (1958) ....Dr. Peter
CulverSugartoot "Yampa Crossing" (1958) .... Gene Blair77 Sunset
Sfnp (1958*1963).... JeffSpencerHawaiian Eye:"lrWed Three Wives"
(1960) .... JeffSpencerThe Ford ShoW Staning lennessee Emie
Ford(December 22, 1960) .... HimselfSurfslde 6.'"Love Song for a
Deadly Redhead" (1962).... Jeff SpencerKraft Suspense Theatre:
Knight's Gambit (1964) ....Anthony Griswold KnightMister Robe,rfs
(1965 Series) .... Lt. Douglas RobertsHullabaloo (1966)
References'1 . ^ http ://nypost. coml20 1 3/1
010S/ann-margret-dishes-on-sexy-legacyl
Personal life and early life sections verified by daughter
Tracey L. Smith,
External linksr Roger S m ith (http ://www. i mdb. com/name/n
m080 97 831) at the
lnternet Movie Database
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Rogues' Gallery (1 968) .... John RogueSefte uominie un cervel/o
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The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973,[1]
alsoreferred to as the 1973 National Archives fire was a fire
thatoccurred at the United States National Personnel Records
Center(NPRC) in Overland, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, on July
12,1973, striking a severe blow to the National Archives and
RecordsAdministration of the United States.[1] NPRC, the custodian
ofmilitary service records, lost approximately 16-18 million
officialmilitary personnel records as a result of the fire.[2]
Contentsr I Background
r 1. 1 National Personnel Records Centert 1.2 Needs analysis and
study. 1.3 Design and construction
. 1.3.1 Fire protection. 1.4 Operation
. 2 Fire. 2.1Initial actions. 2.2 Cause
. 3 Affected records. 3.1 Navy and Marine Corps records
r 4 Damage and reconstructionr 5 Notes. 6 References. 7 See
alsor 8 External links
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BackgroundNational Personnel Records Center
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) was created in 1956
as the result of a series of mergers ofpredecessor agencies
beginning after World War II, including the Demobilized Personnel
Records Center(DPRC) and the Military Personnel Records Center
(MILPERCEN, pronounced "mil'-per-cen") of
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tee erpydopedieDepartment of Defense along with the Federal Records
Center of the General Services Administration. Infinal form, the
NPRC handled the service records of persons in Federal civil
service or American militaryservice, overseen by the National
Archives and Records Administration of the General
ServicesAdministration.Il]
Needs analysis and study
In 1951, the Department of Defense retained the St. Louis firm
of Hellmuth, Yamasaki, and Leinweber,architects, to design a new
facility for its Demobilized Personnel Records Center. The firm
visited severalsimilar operations, including a U.S. Navy records
center at Garden City, New York and a Department ofDefense facility
in Alexandri4 Virginia. They studied the functions of each facility
and the nature of thestorage systems employed. Their report,
submitted in February 1952,detai1ed different approaches used
toachieve the respective centet's mission. Particularly relevant in
light of future events were the findings withregard to fire
prevention, detection, and suppression systems. The Naval records
center in Garden City,New York, for example, was outfitted with a
fuIl fire sprinkler system, while the Department of Defensefacility
in Alexandria, Virginia was not.[l]This reflected an ongoing debate
at the time among archivists and librarians about the relative
merits ofsprinkler systems: Some felt that there was a greater
chance for water damage from the activation of one ormors sprinkler
heads, whethsr in a fire or accidentally, than the chance of fire
damage without sprinklers tosuppress it, while others were of the
opposite opinion.[lJ
Design and construction
The architects proceeded with the selected plan for a six-story
structure set on a 70 acres (28 ha) site, witheach floor measuring
728 fr, x 282 ft (222 m x 86 m) and encompas sing2}5,296 sq ft
(19,A72.6 m2) for atotal of 1,231,776 sq ft (1 14,435.7 *2;. Th"
buil'ding was constructed of prestressed concrete floors androof
supported by concrete interior columns and surrounded by a curtain
wall of aluminum and glass.Construction was completed in 1956 by
the United States Army Corps of Engineers at a cost of
$12.5million, $108 million in today's dollars, an economical $10.15
per square foot ($1 10.51 per squaremeter).[11
Fire protection
On each of the floors were large spaces for records storage,
stetching hundreds of feet and containing nofirewalls or other
firestopping to limit the spread of fire. Along the north side of
each floor were offices,separated from the records storage area by
a concrete block wall. The entire faciltty lacked heat or
smokedetectors to automatically detect fire or a fire sprinkler
system to automatically extinguish fire.[1]
Operation
When the facility opened in 1956, it housed some 38 million
military personnel records. By the time of the1973 fire,their ranks
had swelled to over 52 million records. Additionally, 500,000 cu ft
(14,000 m3; ofmilitary unit records were added to the collection of
the center. The staff of the center as of 1973 consisted
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tefteeercyclo@iaof more than2,2A0 personnel, including GSA
management and staffas well as military and civilianpsrsonnel from
the Army, Navy Air Force, Marines, the Army Reserve, the FBI, and
others.[l]
Fire
Initial actions
At 12:16:15 AM on July 12,1973, the Olivette Fire Department
reported to their dispatcher that the NPRCbuilding was on fire. At
12:16:35,20 seconds later, a building security guard picked up the
fire phone andrelayed &e report of a passing motorcyclist who
also observed the fire. By l2 t7:25,the first fire truckswere
dispatched, three pumpers and two other emergency vehicles from the
Community Fire ProtectionDistrict had been dispatched, arriving at
12.2A35. 42 fire districts eventually contributed to the effort to
putout the fire.
Ultimately, the fire burned out of control for 22 hours, being
fought from the exterior of the buildingbecause heat and smoke
within compelled fluefighters to withdraw at 03:15:00. Insufficient
water pressureplagued efforts and a pumper broke down mechanically
in its 40th continuous hcur of operation. Crewsentered the building
again on July 14 while the fire continued to smolder for another
two days. The fire wasdeclared out on the moming of July 16 but
crews continued using spray to suppress rekindling until the endof
the month.
Cause
The exact cause of the fire was never fully determined. An
investigation in 1975 suggested embers ofcigarettes, which were
pre$ent in several trash cans as a possible cause, and at least one
local newspaperreported that an employee had started the fire by
smoking in the records area. Such reports were neverconfirmed,
however, and to this day the cause of the fire remains a
mystery.
Affected recordsThe losses to Federal military records
collection included:
r 80% loss to records of U.S. Army personnel discharged November
1,lglz,to January 1, 1960t21: 75Yo loss to records of U.S. Air
Force personnel discharged September 25,1947,to January 1,1964,
with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.[2]r Some U.S.
Army Reserve personnel who performed their initial active duty for
training in the late
1950s btfr who received final discharge as late as 1954.
None of the records that were destroyed in the fire had
duplicate copies made, nor had they been copied tomicrofilm. No
index of these records was made prior to the fire, and millions of
records were on loan to theVeterans Administration at the time of
the fire. This made it difficult to precisely determine which
recordswere lost.[2]
Navy and Marine Corps reco
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tee encyclopediaOn the morning ofthe National Archives Fire, avery
small number of U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and MarineCorps records
were out of their normal file area being worked on as active
requests by employees of theNational Archives and Records
Administration who maintained their offices on the 6th floor of
thebuilding. When the NPRC fire began, these Navy and Marine Corps
records were caught in the section ofthe building which experienced
the most damage in the fire,
The exact number ofNavy and Marine Corps records destroyed in
the fre is unknown, since such recordswere being removed only for a
few days while information was retrieved from the record and were
notnormally stored in the area of the building which experienced
the flre. Estimates indicate that the number ofaffected records was
no more than two to three dozen. Such records are considered
"special cases", and noaccounting could be made of which records
were affected, so the present policy of NPRC is to state thatthere
were no Navy and Marine Corps records destroyed in the fire and to
treat these records as records thathad been lost in ordinary
circurnstances.
The destroyed sixth floor of the NPRC also housed a security
vault which contained high profile andnotable records of U.S. Navy
and Marine Corps personnel. Known as the "Sixth Floor Vaultn,
confirmeddestroyed records included the Navy file of Greek Prime
Minister Andreas Papandreou as well as the recordof Adolf Hitle/s
nephew William Patrick Hitler. The sixth floor security vault also
held all the records ofcurrent NPRC employees who had their own
Navy and Marine Corps records retired at the agency.
Damage and reconstructionThe 1973 fire destroyed the entire 6th
floor of the National Personnel Records Center and greatly
affectedthe 5th floor wrth water damage. Signs of the fire can
still be seen today. A massive effort to restoredestroyed service
records began in l974.In most cases where a military record has
been presumeddestroyed, NPRC is able to reconstruct basic service
information, such as military date of entry, date ofdischarge,
character ofservice, and final rank.
Notes
1. Stender, Walter W.; Evans Walker (October L974).'The National
Personnel Records Center Fire: A Study inDisaster"
(http:l/www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-porsonnellnprc-fire.pdf)
(pDF). The American Archivist(Society of American Archivists) 37
(4). Retrieved 2009-01-3 I .'The 1973 Fire at the National
Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, MO)"
(http:l/www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/fir+1973.htm1).
Archives.grv. College Parh Maryland: National Personnel
RecordsCenter, National fuchives and Records Administration.
2007-06-19. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
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Want the cell number of the new head of the VA?(Update:
Sometimes he'll answer!)By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux September 8,
2014
(This post has beenupdated.)
Trying to reach the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs?
No problem. In the Loop is a full-serviceorganization.
New Seoetary Robert McDonald's cellphone number is: (S$)
Sog-B+S+.And, whatever, you do, call him Bob. NotRobert, not Bobby.
Just Bob.
We asked him for the number at a press conference Monday, and,
with cameras rolling, he gave it out to the Bomedia folks. Unusual
if not unprecedented in a town where government PR employees vet
all calls and requests forinterviews, oftenthrough a slow-moving
process that cantake weels- if they are ever returned at all.
"Call me Bob," he said, drawing a pyramid on the back of a
placard whidr stated his reform plan and put veterans atthe top and
himself at the bottom. "fm Bob. We want an organization where
everyone is called by the first name."
At his first press conference since touring Va facilities across
the country, the former CEO of Procter & Gamblerecalled several
times whenhe handed out his cellphone mrmber to Senate and House
committee members. He alsogave it to a veteran he'd met on a plane
who said his daugtrter, also a veteran and a medical student, had
declaredthat she would not work at the VAbecause of its flrment
problems.
"I got her number and called her three times, and I thinkwe are
on the way to visiting her school," McDonald said."And Igave her
mine."
We tried the ntrmber, but got sent to voice mail. Well, just
keep trying.
But Brett Mills, President of CareNet,Inc. inAnchorage, Alaska,
wrote Wax-Thibodeaux, shortlyafter her postMonday afternoon on the
In The loop blog to thank her for giving out McDonald's cell.
"We used to subcontract homecare services for veterans for the
VAo" he wrote, but "we stopped last year because the
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VA doesnt like to pay its bills."
Mills said he's tried to reach "Bob" before as well as his
predecessors with no results. "We have been chasing thisdebt
aroundsince springof zore. No accountability."
"Well, 'Bob' answered his phone!" he wrote, and heard a "brief
srurrmary of our problem with the VA, and seemed tolisten. I am
sending him information regarding our situation. Thankyou for an
outstanding and helpfirl piece."
Uke we said, full service.
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux is a National staff writer who covers
veterans, veterans' affairs andthe culture of government. She's an
award-winning former foreign correspondent whocovered Africa and
lndia for nearly a decade. She also covered immigration, crime
andeducation for the Metro staff.