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Scary AustinonMastodon4d ago
Mel Brooks is turning 100 years old tomorrow. Everyone knows and loves his comedy. Not everyone knows he served as a US Army combat engineer in WWII and was in the Battle of the Bulge.
Happiest of birthdays to the GOAT of mocking Nazis. ❤️
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-hilarious-way-mel-brooks-taunted-nazis-on-the-world-war-ii-battlefield/
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Analysis Summary
Mel Brooks turns 100 tomorrow — the legendary filmmaker and comedian served in the U.S. Army during WWII as a combat engineer specializing in mine defusal, and saw direct combat in the Battle of the Bulge. His decades-long career mocking authoritarianism through comedy (Blazing Saddles, The Producers) grew partly from these wartime experiences confronting actual fascism.
Claims Analysis (2)
“Mel Brooks is turning 100 years old tomorrow.”
Multiple sources confirm Brooks was born June 28, 1926, making his 100th birthday June 28, 2026 — tomorrow from the post date of June 27, 2026.
“He served as a US Army combat engineer in WWII and was in the Battle of the Bulge.”
Multiple sources confirm Brooks served in the Army during WWII in an engineering unit (trained to defuse landmines), and specifically participated in the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944/early 1945.
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