Pioneering television writer and producer Rod Serling, best known for his iconic series The Twilight Zone, experienced combat in the Philippines during World War II and was profoundly affected—even haunted—by his experiences.

However, the United States was involved in World War II at the time, and Serling decided to enlist rather than start college immediately after he graduated from Binghamton Central High School in 1943.

2011年7月6日 · From today’s Maureen Dowd column: Serling also had a devastating experience while serving in World War II. During a lull at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific, he was standing with his arm...

2023年6月5日 · The guide whose wild imagination and steady voice led us through The Twilight Zone was a deeply-troubled man who lived his life on the shadowy tip of reality: Rod Serling. “A Cacophony of Hell” — The Terrifying Crocodile Massacre at the Battle of Ramree Island

Despite undergoing 10 hours of surgery, on Thursday, June 28, 1975, Rod Serling experienced another heart attack and died at the hospital. Rod was survived by his widow Carolyn, two daughters, Anne and Jodi, and his older brother Robert J. Serling of Potomac, Md., author of “The President's Plane Is Missing."

2022年12月17日 · Serling experienced combat in the Battle of Leyte and in Manilla in intense urban warfare. The randomness of the death he saw, and likely some type of survivor's guilt, lingered well after the...

Discovery the military service of Rod Serling, Hollywood's Angry Man, who fought with the 11th Airborne Division in World War II. Presented by Jeremy C. Holm...

2024年12月25日 · Rod Serling, the renowned creator and host of “The Twilight Zone,” faced profound challenges stemming from his experiences during World War II. These experiences led him to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Rod Serling served as a U.S. Army paratrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January...

2024年5月9日 · There's a reason Rod Serling is considered one of scripted television's most daring and incisive storytellers and much of it comes from his experiences in WWII. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning creator of The Twilight Zone spent three years as …