Go Back   The Supercar Registry > General Discussion > In Memoriam


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-28-2017, 07:46 PM
HawkX66's Avatar
HawkX66 HawkX66 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: VA/MA
Posts: 1,021
Thanks: 1,015
Thanked 222 Times in 132 Posts
Default Joseph Wapner - WWII Combat Vet

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

http://www.militarytimes.com/article...ph-wapner-dies


‘People’s Court’ Judge and World War II veteran Joseph Wapner dies at 97
By: Christopher Diamond, February 27, 2017 (Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Galbraith))

Joseph Wapner, the original TV courtroom judge who presided over “The People’s Court,” died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. He was 97.

Born on Nov. 19, 1919, in Los Angeles, Wapner always called Southern California home. He attended Hollywood High School and the University of Southern California, where he graduated in 1941.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, Wapner joined the U.S. Army, where he saw combat in the Pacific, according to the Washington Post. While on the Philippine island of Cebu, Wapner was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade, but still managed to save a fellow soldier from machine gunfire.

He reached the rank of first lieutenant in the Army and was awarded three battle stars, the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, according to the Daily News.

After World War II, Wapner returned to USC where he received a law degree in 1948. Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown appointed him to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1961. Two years later, he was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

After retiring from the court in 1979, Wapner became the judge on &quot;The People’s Court,&quot; presiding over small claims cases for a syndicated TV audience. Wapner presided over 2,000 episodes of the show from 1981 until 1993.
__________________
-Dave
Semper Fi!

69 Camaro SS396 L34 X66
Reply With Quote
Click here to view all the pictures posted in this thread...
  #2  
Old 03-03-2017, 11:06 PM
daverd daverd is offline
Yenko Contributing Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: boston ma u.s.a.
Posts: 1,040
Thanks: 4
Thanked 35 Times in 34 Posts
Default

RIP Judge Wapner.
__________________
2013 Silverado
2017 impala
1970 Raylle 350 post coupe
1971 442 W 30 holiday coupe
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 01:19 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.

O Garage vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.