WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS? - interesting histor

[Gordon Coleman]

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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:19:52 -0400



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This is very interesting....

came from Jari

**Thought that everyone might enjoy this bit of history.**** **



**WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS?**







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.

Most of these brave men have since passed on.


**Real Hollywood Heros**


Alec Guinness (Star Wars~Bridge over the River Kwai) operated a
British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.


James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the
U. S. Army on D-Day.


Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot
who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.


David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the
British Commandos in Normandy.


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.


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.


Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.


Earnest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.


Charles Durning was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a
Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.


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.


George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine.


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.


Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several
actions against the Japanese on Rabaul in the Pacific.


Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas
campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart.


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.


Robert Ryan was a U.S. Marine who served with the OSS in Yugoslavia.


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.


Audie Murphy, 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, Gr ade 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 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 and saying they hate our president?

I thought not; neither did I!

If you enjoyed the story send it on,

if not delete it as we cannot always agree,

and that is what is great about the USA.







BUT REMEMBER, THAT SEPTEMBER,

IN NOVEMBER





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