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Hollywood Movie Stars vs. War Heroes

On The Flip Side of Hollywood In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today's "Hollywonk" the real actors of yester-year loved the United States. They had both class and integrity. With the advent of World War 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 2003" have been in all of the news media lately (for it seems News Paper, Television and Radio has been more than ready to put them and their anti-American, anti-Bush message before the public) I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (60 years ago). Most of these brave men have since passed on. Real Hollywood Heroes 

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 DONALD PLEASANCE (THE GREAT ESCAPE)                              DAVID NIVEN                        

 really was an R. A. F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.                              was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.

     ALEC GUINNESS (STAR WARS)                        JAMES DOOHAN (SCOTTY-STAR TREK)

 operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.                                 landed in Normandy with the U. S. Army on D-Day.  

CHARLETON HESTON                                            ERNEST BORGNINE

                was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.                                  was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.         

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JAMES STEWART                                                CLARK GABLE

    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.                              (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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             CHARLES DURNING                                            CHARLES BRONSON      

         was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.                                  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                                         EDDIE ALBERT (GREEN ACRES)      

              was a decorated U. S. Marine.                                 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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BRYAN KEITH                                                      LEE MARVIN

                    served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.                           was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart.            

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   TYRONE POWER                                               AUDIE MURPHY

                   (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.                            little 5'5" tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy parts? The 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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     JOHN  RUSSELL                                              ROBERT RYAN

   In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at Guadalcanal.                        was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia.

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