
Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on
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James
Doohan ('Scotty' on Star Trek)
landed in
Normandy
with the
U. S.
Army on D-Day.
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Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot
who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.
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David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and
Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in
Normandy.
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James
Stewart Entered the Army Air Force as a private and worked his way to
the rank of Colonel.
During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber pilot, his service
record crediting him with leading more than 20 missions over
Germany, and taking part in hundreds of
air strikes during his tour of duty.
Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, France's
Croix de Guerre,
and 7
Battle
Stars during World War II.
In peace time, He continued to be a member of the Air Force as a
reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in
late 1950s.
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Clark
Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) Although he was beyond the
draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as a
private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles.
H e attended the Officers' Candidate
School
at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28,
1942.
He then attended aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943 he was assigned
to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook where he flew operational missions
over
Europe in B-17s. Capt. Gable returned to the
U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on Jun.
12, 1944 at his own request, since he was over-age for combat.
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Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.
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Ernest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.
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Charles Durning was a
U. S.
Army Ranger at
Normandy
earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.
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Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more
specifically on B-29's in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and
Saipan
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George C. Scott was a decorated
U. S. Marine.
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Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic
action as a
U. S. Naval officer aiding
Marines at the horrific battle on the
island of
Tarawa
in the Pacific Nov. 1943.
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Brian Keith served as a
U.S. Marine rear gunner in several
actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific. |

Lee Marvin was a
U.S.
Marine on Saipan during the
Marianas
campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart.
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John
Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a
battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at
Guadalcanal.
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Robert Ryan was a
U. S.
Marine who served with the O. S. S. in
Yugoslavia.
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Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed)
joined the
US.
Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of,
Iwo Jima and
Okinawa.
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Audie
Murphy, little 5'5' tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy
parts:
Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned: Medal of Honor,
Distinguished Service Cross, 2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit, 2
Bronze Star Medals with 'V', 2 Purple Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding
Civilian Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit
Emblems, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern
Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars
(representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing
assault landing at Sic ily and Southern France) World War II Victory
Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed Forces Reserve
Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar, Expert
Badge with Bayonet Bar, French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de
Guerre, French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier, French Croix de
Guerre With Silver Star, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Medal of
Liberated France, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm.
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So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted when
compared to the hollywonks today who spew out anti-American drivel as
they bite the hand that feeds them?
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