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Real Hollywood Heroes
Alec Guinness (Star Wars~Bridge over the River Kwai)
operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.
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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, Stewart continued to be an active member of the
Air Force as a reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General
before retiring in the late 1950's.
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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.
He 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 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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Earnest 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-29s 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 Rabaul in the Pacific.
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Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas
campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart and
awarded the Silver Star.
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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 OSS in Yugoslavia.
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Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was
bombed) joined the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into,
and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Audie Murphy, A little 5'5" tall 110 pound guy from Bay City, 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 Sicily 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 holly wonks today who spray out anti-American drivel
as they bite the hand that feeds them? Can you imagine these stars of
yesteryear saying they hate our flag, making anti-war speeches,
marching in anti-American parades?
I thought not, neither did I!
But Remember.......
Peace!
Dennis & Simba
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