His most productive season came in 1932, when he posted career-numbers in games (79), runs (18), extrabases (39) and RBI (18). The next season, he hit a career-high.341 with a.400 on-base percentage in just 22 games.
His film appearances include Above Us the Waves (1955), The Blue Max (1966), Prudence and the Pill (1968), Patton (1970) and Lamb (1985). On radio, in 1959 he appeared in the classic episode of Hancock’s Half Hour Fred’s Pie Stall.In December 2008, Towb appeared in two episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders as David, Janine Butcher’s fiancee.
He proposed to the other trustees to organize a fundraiser to raise $100,000 for an endowment, one-third of the proceeds to be raised in Mercer County. With the assistance of Major James Taylor, he was successful in gathering $30,000 in his county and, traveling to nearby communities, gained $150,000 within five months.
Morell’s team investigated this and determined it was deliberate, either to cover his tracks (the real reason that Morell and Sergeant Dale Smith figured) or to avenge his apparent girlfriend Kerry, who was only pregnant with his child due to a rape.
As the PAVN removed defensive obstacles, they were replaced from the air, blunting their assaults. U.S. forward air controllers became expert at spotting the muzzle flashes of communist mortars, and having them demolished by air strikes making the Vietnamese gunners very circumspect.