How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II

Mel Brooks served as a corporal in the United States Army during World War II.

When Melvin Kaminsky arrived in Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator. In need of combat engineers, though, the Army noticed the young private’s military operational specialty — the military service had trained him as an electrical engineer — saw the word “engineer” and immediately reassigned him. Instead […]