Many of the soldiers knew how to swim but decided to fake drowning. That was easily explained Eastwood said. The alternative to taking swim classes with Eastwood, he said, was running 10 miles with…
MARINA – The abandoned, graffiti-covered swimming pool on the former Army base contains a history that many have forgotten.When the famous actor-director-producer read my story in the Herald about the pool in November, it brought back a flood of memories for him from his days in the military. He recently visited the Fort Ord pool with me and shared his experiences of being a lifeguard and swim instructor there in 1951-52.
The officials took the names of Eastwood and his friend and the next day they got a call from the captain. “They want you down at the pool.”It was outdoors with a 6-foot high wooden fence surrounding it. It had three wooden diving boards all set at different heights. As Eastwood got to the pool there were several older soldiers who had been teaching the enrollees and running them through calisthenics.
They were there at the pool together for a couple of weeks when Eastwood’s friend was deployed to Korea. “While everybody else was getting up at five in the morning, in the cold air, I was sleeping,” said Eastwood. “I didn’t have classes until about 10 or 11 o’clock or whatever they were that day. It was a good life for me.”
Many of the soldiers knew how to swim but decided to fake drowning. That was easily explained Eastwood said. The alternative to taking swim classes with Eastwood, he said, was running 10 miles with packs and rifles in the cold morning.
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