Carrie Coon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh, du weißt, ich sah, meine Mutter hasst diese Geschichte, aber ich sah ein Spiel, als ich zehn war, im Akron-Civic-Theater, das ist einer dieser atmosphärischen Theaters, wo sie die Sterne auf dem Boden haben. Es war so wunderschön. Und es gab zehnjährige, es hieß Babes in Toyland. Wie alt warst du? Ich war wahrscheinlich zehn.
And I was like, whoa, those people are my age and they're up there. How did they get to be up there? And I came home and I knew my grandfather after he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
And I was like, whoa, those people are my age and they're up there. How did they get to be up there? And I came home and I knew my grandfather after he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
And I was like, whoa, those people are my age and they're up there. How did they get to be up there? And I came home and I knew my grandfather after he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Yeah, really intense. He just passed away last year. Did he talk about it? Not until his 80s. You know, when the Leopoldville surfaced, there was the sinking of a submarine that had been covered up, I guess, for decades. His battalion was on the Leopoldville being transferred somewhere and he wasn't on it because they put him on a Jeep to drive something somewhere.
Yeah, really intense. He just passed away last year. Did he talk about it? Not until his 80s. You know, when the Leopoldville surfaced, there was the sinking of a submarine that had been covered up, I guess, for decades. His battalion was on the Leopoldville being transferred somewhere and he wasn't on it because they put him on a Jeep to drive something somewhere.
Yeah, really intense. He just passed away last year. Did he talk about it? Not until his 80s. You know, when the Leopoldville surfaced, there was the sinking of a submarine that had been covered up, I guess, for decades. His battalion was on the Leopoldville being transferred somewhere and he wasn't on it because they put him on a Jeep to drive something somewhere.
So he had this sense of like having... Having shirked death in that circumstance.
So he had this sense of like having... Having shirked death in that circumstance.
So he had this sense of like having... Having shirked death in that circumstance.
Yeah, a little bit. And that's when he started talking about it. But he didn't like to be with other veterans. He didn't like talking about it. He didn't want people to know.
Yeah, a little bit. And that's when he started talking about it. But he didn't like to be with other veterans. He didn't like talking about it. He didn't want people to know.
Yeah, a little bit. And that's when he started talking about it. But he didn't like to be with other veterans. He didn't like talking about it. He didn't want people to know.
Can you imagine?
Can you imagine?
Can you imagine?
The growing up you had to do?
The growing up you had to do?
The growing up you had to do?
No, I can't either. I mean, he would talk about seeing his commanders get blown to smithereens.