[BITList] WWII - Movie stars

Mon Oct 18 08:58:59 BST 2010

    */WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS

    Hope you find this as informative and interesting as I did/* .

    */In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today's '
    Hollywood/** **/,the real actors of yester-year loved the  United
    States  .  They had both class and integrity./*
    *
    /With the advent of World War II many of our actors went to fight
    rather than stand and rant against this country we all love. /*

    */They gave up their wealth, position and fame to become service men
    & women, many as simple 'enlisted men'. /*/

    *This page lists but a few, but from this group of only 18 men came
    over 70 medals in honor of their valor, spanning from Bronze Stars,
    Silver Stars, Distinguish Service Cross*/ */Purple Hearts and one
    Congressional Medal of Honor. /*/

    *So remember; while the 'Entertainers of 2005-2006' have been in all
    of the news media lately I would like to remind the people of what
    the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (64 years ago). *

    *Most of these brave men have since passed on. *

    *'Real  Hollywood *Heroes'
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    *Alec Guinness (Star Wars) 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 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. 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 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  US  . Marine rear gunner in several
    actions against the
    Japanese on Rabal 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.*

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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 /*/
    *U.S. 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 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. /*/

    *So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted when
    compared to the hollywonks today* *? */
    /
    /*/If you enjoyed this bit of history, please pass it on./*

    */All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do
    nothing./*

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