{"id":198912,"date":"2024-03-31T14:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=198912"},"modified":"2024-03-31T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:54:28","slug":"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.08\u202fPM.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Bronson was a hard man from a hard generation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">12<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife\u2019s grandfather was one of my favorite people. A legit war hero, in the 1930\u2019s Eddie Robinson was a self-described hobo. He rode the rails in the aftermath of the Great Depression looking for work. When he enlisted in the US Army in 1940 it was not for any great patriotic ideal, though he was most definitely a patriot. Eddie Robinson first donned a uniform because it was a reliable source of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We modern-day Americans really cannot comprehend what that must have been like. When I was in medical training I worked in the health department in Jackson, Mississippi. My patients were some of the poorest Americans in the country. They were all fat and carried cell phones. We have so much for which to be thankful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-the-man-charles-bronson\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">The Man: Charles Bronson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-bronson-came-from-different-times\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Bronson Came From Different Times<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-coal-miner-goes-to-war\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">The Coal Miner Goes to War<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-machine\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">The Machine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-flyer-strengths\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Flyer Strengths<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-advanced-technology-for-the-day\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Advanced Technology for the Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-bronson-goes-combat-and-beyond\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Bronson Goes Combat and Beyond<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-success-on-and-off-screen\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Success On and Off Screen<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-read-more-dr-dabbs-why-ukraine-matters\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">READ MORE: Dr. Dabbs \u2013 Why Ukraine Matters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-denouement\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Denouement<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-charles-bronson-had-a-chaotic-career\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" data-level=\"2\">Charles Bronson Had a Chaotic Career<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the 1930\u2019s hunger was a real thing. In a land without jobs, those who could find work did fairly well. Those who could not simply withered. Such a ghastly crucible ultimately produced the finest Americans our great nation has ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-man-charles-bronson\">The Man: Charles Bronson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Dennis Buchinsky was born in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, in 1921. He was the eleventh of fifteen children born to Walter and Mary Buchinsky. Mary and Walter were first-generation immigrants from Lithuania. Young Charles did not speak English around his home as a child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.35\u202fPM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.35\u202fPM.jpg 618w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.35\u202fPM-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.35\u202fPM-114x150.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Buchinsky spent his youth working underground in the Pennsylvania coal mines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Buchinsky men were coal miners and cut from hearty stock. Charles later said that he never knew his father terribly well. The man was forever working in the Pennsylvania coal mines trying to scrape out a living for his extensive family. He said whenever his mother announced that his father was home from the mines all of the children would run and hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1933, Charles\u2019 father died. Though I could not find a cause of death, some toxic combination of black lung and exhaustion are the most likely culprits. At this time, America was teetering on the brink of collapse. With starvation as the alternative, the twelve-year-old Charles Buchinsky duly reported to the mine office and inquired about employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.21.36\u202fPM.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coal mines in the 1930&#8217;s were hellish places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bronson-came-from-different-times\">Bronson Came From Different Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There were not quite so many laws and lawyers back then, and anyone old enough to carry a shovel was a potential miner. The wiry little kid and his brother began working in the office but soon headed underground with the rest of the diggers. He was paid $1 for every ton of coal he cut from the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have never been in a coal mine myself, but apparently that\u2019s a lot of coal. Buchinsky had to work double shifts to bring in $1 per week. Because of their small size, Buchinsky and his brother specialized in removing the \u201cstumps\u201d between the mines. As an adult he reported that cave-ins were common occurrences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with all the kids who were able out working, there still was not enough money to feed the entire family. Mary lacked the cash for milk for Charles\u2019 baby sister and had to feed her warm tea instead. The kids frequently missed meals, and Charles occasionally wore his sister\u2019s dress to school because they could not spare the money for clothing. Despite all the many manifest hardships, Charles Buchinsky still graduated from high school. He was the first member of his extended family to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-coal-miner-goes-to-war\">The Coal Miner Goes to War<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-400x199.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM-1536x764.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.20.45\u202fPM.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">World War 2 saw warfare on a planetary scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1943, the entire world was at war. Nation rose against nation, and the planet was mobilized for combat in a way not seen before or since. With young Americans flocking to serve their country, Charles Buchinsky fell in with the crowd. He later reported that this was the first time in his life he regularly ate three meals a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a native-born American, Charles\u2019 English was not great. When he entered the service, the young man was fluent in Russian, Lithuanian, and Greek. His pronounced accent caused his fellow servicemen to falsely assume he was a foreigner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM-828x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.41\u202fPM.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Service in the US Army Air Corps provided a young Charles Buchinsky with the first reliable meals of his life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Buchinsky enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and was selected to crew the most advanced weapon system of the war. After a stint with the 760<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, he was assigned to the 61<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Bombardment Squadron as part of the 39<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Bombardment Group deployed to the newly-liberated island of Guam. By early 1945, Charles Buchinsky was a gunner in a massive B-29 Superfortress raining pain down on the Japanese home islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-machine\">The Machine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-1024x760.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-400x297.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.39\u202fPM.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The B-29 Superfortress revolutionized strategic bombing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was the B-2 stealth bomber of its day. The developmental project that led to the plane\u2019s deployment was the single most expensive military undertaking of the war, even beating out the Manhattan Project that brought us the atomic bomb. The overall cost was $3 billion back in the 1940\u2019s. Each gleaming new copy to roll off the Boeing assembly lines set Uncle Sam back more than $900,000. That would be about $15 million today. We ultimately produced 3,970 of the advanced airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the capabilities we take for granted in modern aviation were pioneered in the sleek silver B-29. For starters, the aircraft was pressurized. For a machine with a service ceiling of 31,850 feet, this was a really big deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flyer-strengths\">Flyer Strengths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary strengths of the Superfort were its speed and ceiling. The airplane flew so high that Japanese interceptors had great difficulty even reaching them. However, five miles above the earth is a terribly unforgiving place to fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM-946x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM-946x1024.jpg 946w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM-139x150.jpg 139w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM-768x831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.08\u202fPM.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unlike previous heavy bombers, the B-29 Superfortress was actually comfortable to operate. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the unpressurized B-17 and B-24 bombers, aircrews had to bundle up against the extreme cold and wear individual supplemental oxygen to keep from suffocating. The waist gunners on some models were actually exposed to the frigid slipstream. This necessary bulky gear made performing their flight duties difficult and dangerous. By contrast, the cabin of the B-29 could be maintained comfortably enough for the crew to operate in shirtsleeves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM-1024x815.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM-377x300.jpg 377w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.25.56\u202fPM.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The complex computer-assisted defensive array on the B-29 broke new ground in military technology.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-advanced-technology-for-the-day\">Advanced Technology for the Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more advanced aspects of the B-29\u2019s design was its array of remote-controlled defensive turrets. Early models carried four AN\/M2 .50-caliber machineguns in an unmanned forward dorsal turret along with a further two guns apiece in three other automated weapon stations. The tail gunner controlled a pair of .50-caliber AN\/M2\u2019s along with a 20mm cannon. This gave a total of twelve heavy machineguns. The cannon was deleted on some later models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-395x300.jpg 395w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM-1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.24.36\u202fPM.jpg 1674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">B-29 gunners were stationed separate from their guns. A primitive analog computer coordinated the operation of all the plane&#8217;s weapons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These guns were slaved to a series of remote sights all governed by an early analog fire control computer. Gunners operating out of blisters on the sides of the plane controlled the massed fire from the remotely-operated turret systems. In practice, this complex system honestly didn\u2019t work terribly well, but it paved the way for truly great things to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-393x300.jpg 393w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM-1536x1172.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.23.49\u202fPM.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1945, nothing could prevail in the face of production such as this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The B-29 had a maximum combat overload takeoff weight of 135,000 pounds and could carry up to 22,000 pounds\u2019 worth of bombs at low altitudes over short distances. Hundreds of the big machines deployed on massed raids burned the heart out of the Japanese homeland. Low-altitude nighttime firebombing missions obliterated entire cities at a stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bronson-goes-combat-and-beyond\">Bronson Goes Combat and Beyond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Buchinsky flew 25 missions as a nose gunner on a B-29 over Japan. He was eventually injured in the arms by flak and earned the Purple Heart. He left the service in 1946 as a Sergeant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM-783x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.09.24\u202fPM.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A young Charles Bronson had to pay his dues as do most all aspiring actors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now finally well-fed and a combat veteran, the 5\u201911\u201d Charles Buchinsky found a job as a set dresser with a theater company in Philadelphia. This led to a few minor stage roles. For a time he actually shared an apartment with Jack Klugman, himself an aspiring actor at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once his career took off, Buchinsky\u2019s chiseled looks and weird accent made him the Arnold Schwarzenegger of his day. In 1954, Buchinsky changed his name to Charles Bronson on the advice of his agent. The House Un-American Activities Committee hearings were in full swing, and they were both concerned that such a characteristically Eastern European name might taint his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-success-on-and-off-screen\">Success On and Off Screen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM-867x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM-127x150.jpg 127w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.14.18\u202fPM.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bronson&#8217;s exotic accent and tough-guy persona made him one of Hollywood&#8217;s first true action stars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the expected bevy of small roles on both TV and the big screen, in 1958 Bronson landed the lead in Roger Corman\u2019s biopic&nbsp;<em>Machine-Gun Kelly<\/em>. In 1960, he earned a supporting role in&nbsp;<em>The Magnificent Seven.<\/em>&nbsp;This epic Western was an inexplicable flop in the US but set box office records in Europe. It has gone on to be recognized as a classic of the genre.&nbsp;<em>The Magnificent Seven<\/em>&nbsp;laid a foundation for Bronson to land a major part in the 1963 John Sturges\u2019 epic&nbsp;<em>The Great Escape.<\/em>&nbsp;Playing alongside such greats as Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough, the starving tough kid from the Pennsylvania coal mines showed the world he had what it took to run with the big dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more-dr-dabbs-why-ukraine-matters\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dr-dabbs-why-ukraine-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\">Dr. Dabbs \u2013 Why Ukraine Matters<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-denouement\">Denouement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM-400x244.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.15.47\u202fPM.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cultural appropriation is a relatively recent concept. Back then, the Lithuanian-American Charles Bronson sounded weird, so he made a great Indian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Bronson\u2019s career exploded after that. His starring contribution to&nbsp;<em>The Dirty Dozen<\/em>&nbsp;helped make it an all-time classic war film. For a time, Bronson, who did not reliably eat three meals a day until he entered the service, was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. He commanded more than a million dollars per movie for genre-spawning classics like&nbsp;<em>Death Wish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.11.56\u202fPM.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the pinnacle of his career, Bronson took the roles he wanted. Here he depicts an Israeli commando in the TV movie Raid on Entebbe. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-charles-bronson-had-a-chaotic-career\">Charles Bronson Had a Chaotic Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Death Wish<\/em>&nbsp;was Bronson\u2019s career-defining project, and he didn\u2019t make the movie until he was 52.&nbsp;<em>Death Wish<\/em>&nbsp;ultimately spawned three sequels as well as a decent Bruce Willis remake along with countless knockoff variations on the theme. Roles that he narrowly missed included the lead in&nbsp;<em>The Shootist,<\/em> Snake Plissken in&nbsp;<em>Escape From New York,&nbsp;<\/em>and the iconic&nbsp;<em>Superman<\/em>&nbsp;that ultimately went to Christopher Reeve. Late in his career, Bronson turned down the role of Curly Washburn in&nbsp;<em>City Slickers<\/em>&nbsp;that ultimately went to Jack Palance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-1024x856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-1024x856.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-359x300.jpg 359w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM-1536x1284.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-10-at-5.12.11\u202fPM.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Bronson laid the foundation for countless big screen action stars to come. Unlike most modern Left-wing Hollywood types, Bronson was the real freaking deal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most rich, famous people, Bronson\u2019s personal life was chaos. He was married three times, fathered four children, and eventually succumbed to metastatic lung cancer at age 81 in 2003. Tough, exotic, popular, and hard, Charles Bronson rose from the most humble of beginnings to become the archetypal Hollywood manly man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"will-charles-bronson-will-fight-for-food\" title=\"Charles Bronson: Will Fight for Food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the 1930\u2019s hunger was a real thing. In a land without jobs, those who could find work did fairly well. 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