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Dale Robertson (1923- ) Lt., USA (1942-45) WW II. He entered as a Pvt serving in the Horse
Cavalry in 1942. He served as a tank cmdr in the 777th Tank Bn in North Africa. Rose to 1st Lt
with 332nd Combat Engrs in Patton's 3rd Army. He was wounded twice. Best remembered for
western roles and TV's Dynasty & Dallas series.
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Edward P. "Ed" McMahon Jr. (1923-2009). Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-45, 52-53, WW II &
Korean War. Served as a Corsair fighter pilot instructor in WW II, then flew 85 artillery-spotting
missions over Korea in a Cessna Bird Dog earning 6 Air Medals. He was later promoted to
colonel in the reserves, and BrigGen in the Calif Nat'l Guard.
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Steve McQueen....US Marines
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Ice-T.... US Army Rangers
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Gene Wilder....US Army
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Lee J. Cobb, actor 1911-1976.... US Air Force
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Dennis Hopper....US Coast Guard
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Something that was not know about Julia Child till the past few years is that during WWII Child
joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and worked with them through out WWII.
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Harry S.Truman in uniform ca. 1918
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Jimmy Carter as a young naval officer
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Captain Glenn Miller, Arm Air force. Led a 50-piece Army Air Force Band, which gave 800
performances in England in the summer of 1944.
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Bob Barker
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Benny Hill
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Don Adams (né Donald J. Yarmy) (1923-2005) USMC 1941-45 WW II. Enlisted in the Marine
Corps and assigned to 3rd Marines. Participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal and was wounded
by small-arms fire. Contracted malaria and blackwater fever and spent a year in a Navy hospital
in New Zealand. After recovery served as a Marine drill instructor. Best remembered for his role
as secret agent Maxwell Smart in the TV series “Get Smart”.
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Actor Charles Durning ~~~~ His service to this nation earned three Purple Hearts and a Silver
Cross serving in combat as an infantryman..
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Kurt Vonnegut, a 20th-century American writer, was a private with the 423rd Infantry Reg.,
106th Infantry Div., Vonnegut was captured during the Battle of the Bulge on Dec. 19, 1944.
Held as a POW in Dresden, he witnessed the fire bombing of the city in Feb. 1945, which
destroyed most of it. He was one of a group of American POW to survive the attack in an
underground slaughterhouse meat locker used as a detention facility.This became the inspiration
for his famous novel "Slaughterhouse-Five"
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Yogi Berra (1925 - ) (né Lawrence Berra) Gunner’s Mate/Seaman 2nd Class, USN, 1944-46
WW II. Called up for the Navy at age 18. Sailed on USS Bayfield, a rocket-launching landing
craft. Served in the European Theater. In D-Day invasion where his team took a rocket boat to
Omaha Beach to soften German positions. A German machine gun bullet hit his hand almost
cancelling his baseball career. Catcher. NY Yankees 46-63/Mets 65. Mgr NY Yankees 64-8485/Mets 72-75. Baseball Hall of Fame 1972.
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James Arness, James King Aurness, 5/26/1923 - 6/3/2011, best known for portraying Marshal
Mat Dillon in Gunsmoke.1955 - 1975 Arness wanted to be a fighter pilot but had poor eyesight,
he was also 6 ft. 7in. He was a rifleman in the 3rd Infantry Division. Arness landed on Anzio
Beachhead Jan. 22, 1944. Due to his height, was the first ordered off the landing craft to
determine the depth of the water, it was up to his waist. He was wounded, that gave him a bad
leg. He received the Purple Hart.
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Neville Brand, 8/13/1920 - 4/16/1992, served, U.S. Army, WW 2 seeing action with the 331st
Infantry Regiment in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central European campaigns. Brand was
wounded in action along the Weser River on 4/7/1945. He nearly bled to death. He was
discharged from service in Oct. 1945 after serving nine months and nineteen days. He was
decorated 13 times for his action in the war. Brand acting from 1950 to 1985. Brand is best know
for played Reese Bennet on Laredo 1965 to 1967.
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Yogi Berra (1925 - ) (né Lawrence Berra) Gunner’s Mate/Seaman 2nd Class, USN, 1944-46
WW II. Called up for the Navy at age 18. Sailed on USS Bayfield, a rocket-launching landing
craft. Served in the European Theater. In D-Day invasion where his team took a rocket boat to
Omaha Beach to soften German positions. A German machine gun bullet hit his hand almost
cancelling his baseball career. Catcher. NY Yankees 46-63/Mets 65. Mgr NY Yankees 64-8485/Mets 72-75. Baseball Hall of Fame 1972.
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Private Kurt Vonnegut, 1943
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Jimi Hendrix in the army
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Art Carney: The lovable comic who played Norton in THE HONEYMOONERS was wounded
during the battle of Normandy and walked for the rest of his life with a limp after one leg was
torn open by shrapnel.
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Willie Nelson
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Johnny Cash during his time in the Air Force.
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ROBERT MONTGOMERY, CLARK GABLE & ROBERT TAYLOR
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Jimi Hendrix in the army
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Ernest Hemingway, American author (Milan, 1918).
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Frank Buckles (1901 - 2011) the last American veteran of World War I, drove ambulances in
France and later spent years in an internment camp after Japan's invasion of the Philippines in
WWII. He was 110.
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Buster Keaton served with the 40th Division in France during World War One.
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William Conrad served as an Army Air Corps fighter pilot
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Claude Akins served with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II
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Fred Gwynne served as a radio operator in the US navy.
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Basil Rathbone was awarded the Military Cross for his service during World War One.
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Rod Steiger (1925-2002) USN 1941-45 WW II. Dropped out of high school at 16 and enlisted in
the Navy serving on a destroyer in the Pacific Theater. After discharge worked at the VA and
joined a theater group. Studied acting at several New York schools on the GI Bill. Best
remembered for roles in “On The Waterfront” (’54), “The Pawnbroker” (’64), and “In The Heat
of the Night” (’67), which won him an Oscar.
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Sterling Hayden joined the Marines as a private, under the name "John Hamilton". While at
Parris Island he was recommended for Officer Candidate School. After graduation, he was
commissioned a second lieutenant and was transferred to William J. Donovan's COI and
remained with it after it became the OSS. He became a first lieutenant in 1944, and a captain in
1945. He received the Silver Star, a Bronze Arrowhead, and a commendation from Yugoslavia's
Marshal Tito.
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Cameron Mitchell served as a bombardier with the United States Army Air Forces during World
War II
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John McCain
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Cesar Romero. Joined the Coast Guard in 1943. Saw action in Tinian and Saipan.
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Paul Picerni (1922-2011) USAAF WW II. Served as B-24 bombardier in Pacific Theater. Few 25
combat missions with 7th Bomb Group. Part of mission that bombed the real bridge famous in
“Bridge on the River Kwai”. Earned Distinguished Flying Cross. Best remembered for roles in
“Twelve O’Clock High” (’49), “To Hell and Back” (’55), and Eliot Ness’ TV partner Lee
Hobson in “The Untouchables” (’60-63).
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Walter Matthau (1920-2000) SSgt USAAF WW II. Served with the Eighth Air Force as a B-24
radioman-gunner in 453rd Bombardment Group with James Stewart. Best known for his role as
Oscar Madison in “The Odd Couple” (1968) and sequel (1998).
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William Hopper (né DeWolf Hopper, Jr.) (1915—1970) Frogman USN 1942-45 WW II. Son of
Broadway actor DeWolf Hopper & gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Enlisted in the Navy and
volunteered for frogman duty. Served in the Pacific Theater and won Bronze Star for bravery.
It’s said the stress he endured during the war caused his hair to turn white. Best remembered for
role as investigator Paul Drake in Perry Mason series, and Judy’s dad in “Rebel Without A
Cause” (1955).
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Jason Robards (1922-2000) Radioman 3rd Class USN 1941-45 WW II. Served aboard the USS
Northampton in the Pacific returning to Pearl Harbor two days after the Japanese attack. Was in
Guadalcanal campaign, Battle of Santa Cruz Island, aboard when ship was torpedoed and sunk.
Rescued from ocean next day. Served on USS Nashville in Mindoro invasion. Ship hit by
kamikaze in Philippines w/223 casualties. Received Oscar for role of Ben Bradlee in “All the
President’s Men” (1976).
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Dale Robertson (1923- ) Lt., USA (1942-45) WW II. He entered as a Pvt serving in the Horse
Cavalry in 1942. He served as a tank cmdr in the 777th Tank Bn in North Africa. Rose to 1st Lt
with 332nd Combat Engrs in Patton's 3rd Army. He was wounded twice. Best remembered for
western roles and TV's Dynasty & Dallas series.
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Tyrone Power (1914-1958) Lieut., U.S. Marine Corps, WW II. He was an established movie star
when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Nevertheless he joined the Marines, became a pilot and flew
supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He returned to the states in
Nov 1945 and was released from active duty in Jan 1946. He was promoted to captain in the
reserves on May 8, 1951.
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Claude Rains (1889-1967) Captain, London Scottish Regiment, WW I. He served with fellow
actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. Rains was involved in a gas attack
that left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. However, the war did aid his social
advancement as he rose from the rank of Private to Captain. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939.
He was in 58 feature films.
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Norman Mailer, 21, in the U.S. Army during WWII. Via wuster338fall2011...
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Yves Montand, 1948. Photo Studio Harcourt.
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Private Kurt Vonnegut, 1943
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Capt. Basil Rathbone with the 2nd Battalion, Liverpool Scottish, World War I
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Johnny Cash during his time in the Air Force.
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Former Bletchley Park Wren, Jean Valentine, reveals exactly what went on at the World War II
codebreaking centre. The story of codebreaking at Bletchley Park during the Second World War
and its massive contribution to the British war effort is probably one of the most important
stories of the 20th century. Mathematicians and analysts broke encrypted codes sent by the
German Luftwaffe, army and navy and in doing so, both directed our war strategy and saved
lives
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Cesar Romero voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in October 1942, and served in the
Pacific Theatre. He reported aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport USS Cavalier in
November, 1943. According to a press release from the period he saw action during the
invasions of Tinian and Saipan.
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Movie actress Ida Lupino, is a lieutenant in the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps and is
shown at a telephone switch board in Brentwood, California, on January 3, 1942. In an
emergency she can reach every ambulance post in the city. It is in her house and from here she
can see the whole Los Angeles area.
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Charles Durning served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Drafted at age 21, he was first
assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd
Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. For his valor and the
wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart
medals.[2] Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944,
and was among the first t...
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Claude Akins served with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II
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During WWII Myrna Loy abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort and worked
closely with the Red Cross. She toured frequently to raise war fonds, and was so outspokenly
against Adolf Hitler that her name appeared on his blacklist.
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Mel Brooks served in the U.S. Army in WW II as a combat engineer. His main job was to
deactivate land mines.
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Wayne Morris left a successful acting career to be a Hellcat pilot during WW2. He was credited
with 57 missions and shooting down of 7 enemy aircraft qualifying him as Ace. Served aboard
the USS Essex in the Pacific Theater. He earned 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses & 2 Air Medals.
He returned to acting after the war but 4 year absence cost him a burgeoning stardom. Most
memorable as actor in title role “Kid Galahad” ’37 & as Roget in “Paths to Glory” ’57.
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James Arness (1923-2011) USA 1943-45 WW II. Arness, who was 6’7”, said he wanted to be a
fighter pilot but the height limit for aviators was 6’2”. He was drafted in ’43, served as a rifleman
in the 3rd Infantry Division, and was severely wounded at Anzio, Italy. After several surgeries he
was discharged but had a lifelong limp. Earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Best
remembered for his role as Matt Dillon in the TV series “Sunsmoke”.
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John Huston was as a captain with the Army Signal Corps. He directed and produced three films:
Report from the Aleutians (1943), The Battle of San Pietro (1944), and Let There Be Light
(1945). He rose to the rank of major and received the Legion of Merit award for "courageous
work under battle conditions."
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Rod Serling (1924-75) PVT USA Airborne ’43-46 WW II. Enlisted and served in Pacific Theater
as demolitions specialist with 11th Airborne Division. In Philippine Islands campaigns: Battle
Leyte, Leyte Gulf, & Tagaytay Ridge. Earned Bronze Star & Purple Heart. Deeply affected by
the war he suffered with post traumatic stress nightmares and flashbacks the rest of his life. Best
known for TV series “Twilight Zone” ’59-64 & “Night Gallery” ’65-66.
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Gene Autry (1907-98). SGT. U.S. Army Air Force WW II. The "King of the Cowboys" enlisted
in 1942. During the war he ferried fuel, ammunition, and arms in the China-India-Burma theater
of war and flew over the Himalayas, the hazardous air route known as "The Hump." When the
war ended, he was reassigned to Special Services where he toured with a USO troupe in the
South Pacific before resuming his movie career in 1946.
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Aldo Ray (né Aldo DaRe) (1926-1991) Frogman USN 1944-46 WW II. Entered the Navy at age
18 serving as a Frogman and participated in the invasion of Okinawa and many other Pacific
landings. He was excellent in "We're No Angels" .
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With the outbreak of World War II, Noel Coward abandoned the theatre and sought official war
work. After running the British propaganda office in Paris, he worked on behalf of British
intelligence. His task was to use his celebrity to influence American public and political opinion
in favour of helping Britain. He was frustrated by British press criticism of his foreign travel
while his countrymen suffered at home, but he was unable to reveal that he was acting on behalf
of the Secret Service
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Jon Pertwee was an officer in the Royal Navy, spending some time working in naval intelligence
during the Second World War. He was a crew member of HMS Hood and was transferred off the
ship shortly before it was sunk, losing all but 3 of the 1418 crew. He is best known for playing
the Third Doctor Who and Worzel Gummidge.
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Cesar Romero voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in October 1942, and served in the
Pacific Theatre. He reported aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport USS Cavalier in
November, 1943. According to a press release from the period he saw action during the
invasions of Tinian and Saipan.
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Kris Kristofferson - Air Force brat, Army helicopter pilot, Rhodes Scholar in English, instructor
at West Point, songwriter, actor, activist, object of desire.
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A young George W. Bush in US Air Force
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Andy Rooney US Army WWII
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Bill Cosby, United States Navy
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Nicole Edwards-Clarke This is Montell Williams... Bill Cosby was not an officer I believe, he
was an HM.
Elvis Presley in his military gear at Ft. Chaffee, Ark., March 28, 1958
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Tony Curtis was on the USS Proteus, a submarine tender, during WW2 and watched the
surrender of Japan from his ship about a mile away.
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Humphrey Bogart enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWI in the spring of 1918. He is recorded as
a model sailor who spent most of his months int he Navy after the Armistice was signed, ferrying
troops back from Europe.
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Ira Hayes - American WWII hero
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JFK-and-Brother.
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John W. "Johnny" Carson (1925-2005). Ensign, U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II. He enlisted as a
Seaman Apprentice and later received a commission. He served as OIC of decoding messages on
the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific.
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Drew Carey, United States Marine Corp
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Charles Durning His service to this nation earned three Purple Hearts and a Silver Cross serving
in combat as an infantryman..
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Paul Newman- US Navy photo Served as a radioman-gunner on the USS Bunker Hill.
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Rock Hudson, actor (1925-85) Served in the US Navy as an aircraft mechanic from 1943 to
1946.
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Robert Montgomery US Navy WWII
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William Holden Served in Army Air Services in WWII
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In real life, James Stewart was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve
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Lt. John F. Kennedy in the South Pacific, circa 1943. Photograph in the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
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Fess Parker US Marines WWII
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John McCain.
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Donald O'Conner US Army WWII
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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (1918- ) USA WW II. In uniform five years serving in the European Theater
and earned a Purple Heart at Huertgen Forest where he was wounded in the left thigh by a shall
fragment while leading an infantry platoon during an attack on Germany’s Siegfried Line. Best
remembered for his role as Inspector Lewis Erskine in the TV series “The F.B.I.” (1965-74).
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Donald Pleasence was initially a conscientious objector, but later changed his stance and was
commissioned into the Royal Air Force, serving with 166 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command.
His Avro Lancaster was shot down on 31 August 1944, during a raid on Agenville. He was taken
prisoner and placed in a German prisoner-of-war camp, where he produced and acted in plays. -He later played Flight Lt. Colin Blythe in The Great Escape .
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George Lindsey (Goober Pyle) Spent 3 years in US Air Force
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Donald O'Conner US Army WWII
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Clark gable was a General in the Army's Air corps, flew several bombing missions.
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Terrence S. “Steve” McQueen (1930-1980) PFC. U.S. Marine Corps 1947-50. He joined the
Marines and was assigned to an armored unit but was rebellious and was demoted to PVT seven
times. While serving on an Arctic exercise he saved the lives of 5 other Marines by pulling them
from a tank before it broke through the ice and sank into the sea.
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During World War II, Commander John Ford, USNR, served in the United States Navy and as
head of the photographic unit for the Office of Strategic Services, made documentaries for the
Navy Department. He won two more Academy Awards during this time, one for the semidocumentary The Battle of Midway (1942), and a second for the propaganda film December 7th
(1943). Commander Ford was a veteran of the Battle of Midway, where he was wounded in the
arm by shrapnel while filming the Japanese attack ...
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Donald Pleasence was initially a conscientious objector, but later changed his stance and was
commissioned into the Royal Air Force, serving with 166 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command.
His Avro Lancaster was shot down on 31 August 1944, during a raid on Agenville. He was taken
prisoner and placed in a German prisoner-of-war camp, where he produced and acted in plays. -He later played Flight Lt. Colin Blythe in The Great Escape .
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Mel Brooks served in the U.S. Army in WW II as a combat engineer. His main job was to
deactivate land mines.
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Nigel Bruce, best known for playing Watson to Basil Rathbone's Holmes, served in France from
1914 as a lieutenant in the 10th Service Battalion - Somerset Light Infantry and the Honourable
Artillery Company, but was severely wounded at Cambrai the following year, with eleven bullets
in his left leg, and spent most of the remainder of the war in a wheelchair.
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Claude Rains served in the First World War in the London Scottish Regiment, with fellow actors
Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman and Herbert Marshall. Rains was involved in a gas attack that
left him nearly blind in one eye for the rest of his life. However, the war did aid his social
advancement and, by its end, he had risen from the rank of Private to Captain.
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Josephine Baker in her World War II Uniform, c. 1945. During World War II, she worked with
the French resistance movement. Using her career as a cover, Baker carried secret messages
written in invisible ink on her sheet music.
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Sterling Hayden joined the Marines as a private, under the name "John Hamilton". While at
Parris Island he was recommended for Officer Candidate School. After graduation, he was
commissioned a second lieutenant and was transferred to William J. Donovan's COI and
remained with it after it became the OSS. He became a first lieutenant in 1944, and a captain in
1945. He received the Silver Star, a Bronze Arrowhead, and a commendation from Yugoslavia's
Marshal Tito.
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Walter Matthau (1920-2000) SSgt USAAF WW II. Served with the Eighth Air Force as a B-24
radioman-gunner in 453rd Bombardment Group with James Stewart. Best known for his role as
Oscar Madison in “The Odd Couple” (1968) and sequel (1998).
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William Hopper (né DeWolf Hopper, Jr.) (1915—1970) Frogman USN 1942-45 WW II. Son of
Broadway actor DeWolf Hopper & gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Enlisted in the Navy and
volunteered for frogman duty. Served in the Pacific Theater and won Bronze Star for bravery.
It’s said the stress he endured during the war caused his hair to turn white. Best remembered for
role as investigator Paul Drake in Perry Mason series, and Judy’s dad in “Rebel Without A
Cause” (1955).
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Paul Picerni (1922-2011) USAAF WW II. Served as B-24 bombardier in Pacific Theater. Few 25
combat missions with 7th Bomb Group. Part of mission that bombed the real bridge famous in
“Bridge on the River Kwai”. Earned Distinguished Flying Cross. Best remembered for roles in
“Twelve O’Clock High” (’49), “To Hell and Back” (’55), and Eliot Ness’ TV partner Lee
Hobson in “The Untouchables” (’60-63).
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Don Rickles (1926- ) Seaman 1st Class USN 1941-46 WW II. Enlisted in the Navy after high
school graduation. Served on the USS Cyrene, a torpedo boat tender, in the Pacific. Stand-up
comic and actor in more than two dozen films but best remembered as an “insult” comic,
frequent guest on the Johnny Carson Show, and in title role of TV’s “C.P.O. Sharkey” (above
photo) 1976-78.
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Bea Arthur (née Bernice Frankel) (1922-2009) SSgt. USMC 1943-45 WW II. Enlisted and
assigned as typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then air stations in VA and NC. Best remembered
for her title role in the TV series “Maude” and as Dorothy in "Golden Girls".
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Jason Robards (1922-2000) Radioman 3rd Class USN 1941-45 WW II. Served aboard the USS
Northampton in the Pacific returning to Pearl Harbor two days after the Japanese attack. Was in
Guadalcanal campaign, Battle of Santa Cruz Island, aboard when ship was torpedoed and sunk.
Rescued from ocean next day. Served on USS Nashville in Mindoro invasion. Ship hit by
kamikaze in Philippines w/223 casualties. Received Oscar for role of Ben Bradlee in “All the
President’s Men” (1976).
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Don Adams (né Donald J. Yarmy) (1923-2005) USMC 1941-45 WW II. Enlisted in the Marine
Corps and assigned to 3rd Marines. Participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal and was wounded
by small-arms fire. Contracted malaria and blackwater fever and spent a year in a Navy hospital
in New Zealand. After recovery served as a Marine drill instructor. Best remembered for his role
as secret agent Maxwell Smart in the TV series “Get Smart”.
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Tim Holt (né Charles J. Holt Jr.) (1918-1973) Lt USAAF 1942-45 WW II. Interrupted his
thriving acting career to enlist in the Army Air Corps. Served as a bombardier on B-29 bombers
in the Pacific Theater. Wounded over Tokyo on the last day of the war. Earned a Distinguished
Flying Cross, and a Purple Heart. Best remembered for roles Virgil Earp in Ford’s “My Darling
Clementine” (1946), and Bob Curtin (shown above) in Huston’s “The Treasure of the Sierra
Madre” (1948) with Humphrey Bogart.
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Dale Robertson (1923- ) Lt., USA (1942-45) WW II. He entered as a Pvt serving in the Horse
Cavalry in 1942. He served as a tank cmdr in the 777th Tank Bn in North Africa. Rose to 1st Lt
with 332nd Combat Engrs in Patton's 3rd Army. He was wounded twice. Best remembered for
western roles and TV's Dynasty & Dallas series.
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Tony Curtis (né Bernard Schwartz) (1925-2010) Signalman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy Reserves
1942-45 WW II. He served on the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19). He was aboard when
the Proteus entered Tokyo Bay where, through binoculars from the signal bridge, he witnessed
the signing of the Japanese Document of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Of his many
movies he is best remembered for playing the title role in “Houdini” (1953), and as Joe in “Some
Like It Hot” (1959).
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Mickey Rooney (né Joseph Yule, Jr.) (1920- ) Sgt. USA 1944-45 WW II. Left a successful
acting career and served with Patton’s 3rd Army. Earned a Bronze Star among other decorations.
Best remembered for title role in the Andy Hardy series in the 1930s, and “The Black Stallion”
(1979).
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Aldo Ray (né Aldo DaRe) (1926-1991) Frogman USN 1944-46 WW II. Entered the Navy at age
18 serving as a Frogman and participated in the invasion of Okinawa and many other Pacific
landings. Best remembered for his raspy voice and roles in “Battle Cry” (1955) and “Green
Berets” (1968).
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Glenn Ford (né Gwyllyn Ford in Canada) (1916-2006) SGT USMC (1942-44) WW II / CAPT
USNR (1958-70s) During his WW II service he helped build safe houses in France for those
hiding from the Nazis. He went to Vietnam in 1967 for combat scenes in a Marine training film.
He earned a Navy Commendation Medal and the French Legion of Honor Medal. Memorable
roles included many western characters, and Richard Dadier in “Blackboard Jungle”.
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Wayne Morris (né Bert DeWayne Morris) (1914-1959) LtCmdr. USNR. 1941-59 WW II. Left
successful acting career to be a Hellcat pilot credited w/57 missions & shooting down of 7
enemy aircraft qualifying him as Ace. Served aboard the USS Essex in the Pacific Theater. He
earned 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses & 2 Air Medals. He returned to acting after the war but 4
year absence cost him a burgeoning stardom. Most memorable as actor in title role “Kid
Galahad” ’37 & as Roget in “Paths to Glory” ’57.
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John Howard (né John Cox) (1913-1995) US Navy WW II. Executive Officer of USS YMS-24,
a minesweeper. During the invasion of southern France the ship rammed a mine that killed her
captain. Howard took command and fought valiantly to save ship and crew, even jumping into
the sea to rescue a wounded sailor. For his gallantry he was awarded the Navy Cross and the
French Croix de Guerre. Best remembered for his role in the Bulldog Drummond series.
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Eddie Albert (né Edward Albert Heimberger) (1906-2005) Lt. US Navy Reserve 1942-45 WW
II. Before the war toured Mexico as high-wire artist while secretly spying on German U-Boats in
Mexican harbors for U.S. Army Intelligence. In 1942 joined the Navy and in 1943 was
commissioned a Lt. in the Navy Reserve. Earned a Bronze Star w/Combat "V" during the
invasion of Tarawa 1943, when he rescued 47 Marines while under heavy enemy machine-gun
fire. In many movies & co-star of CBS “Green Acres” series.
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Kirk Douglas (né Issur Danielovitch) (dob: 1916) LT jg US Navy, 1942-44 WWII. He enlisted in
the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Notre Dame University. Later he was
commissioned as an ensign. He served with an anti-submarine patrol in the Pacific until
medically discharged following injuries in 1944. Some of his most memorable characters were in
the title role of “Spartacus” (1960), as van Gogh in “Lust for Life” (1956), and as Doc Holliday
in “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957).
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John W. "Johnny" Carson (1925-2005). Ensign, U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II. He enlisted as a
Seaman Apprentice and later received a commission. He served as OIC of decoding messages on
the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific.
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Clark Gable (1901-1960) Major US Army Air Corps 1942-44 WW II. Although beyond draft
age, Clark Gable enlisted as a private. Assigned to OCS he excelled and received a commission.
He flew five combat mission as an observer/gunner in a B-17earning a Distinguished Flying
Cross and an Air Medal. On his fourth mission, a 20mm shell cut the heel from his boot. His
discharge was signed by Captain Ronald Reagan. Gable starred in 67 movie films.
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Lex Barker (né Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr.) (1919-1973) He joined the U.S. Army in 1941,
nearly a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor and rose from private to the rank of major during
the war. He was wounded in Sicily and after recuperating left the army in 1945 to return to his
acting career. He played Tarzan in 5 movies, was a very popular actor in Europe.
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Edward P. "Ed" McMahon Jr. (1923-2009). Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-45, 52-53, WW II &
Korean War. Served as a Corsair fighter pilot instructor in WW II, then flew 85 artillery-spotting
missions over Korea in a Cessna Bird Dog earning 6 Air Medals. He was later promoted to
colonel in the reserves, and BrigGen in the Calif Nat'l Guard.
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Ernest Borgnine (né Ermes Effron Borgnino) Gunner’s Mate 1st Class US Navy 1935-45 WW
II. Born in 1917, he served one term in the Navy after high school, then reenlisted after Pearl
Harbor. During the war he served aboard the USS Lamberton (DD-119) in the Pacific Theater.
Of his many movies he is best remembered for his role as SSgt. “Fatso” in From Here to
Eternity, and for the title role in Marty for which he earned an Oscar.
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Charles Bronson (né Charles Buchinsky) (1921-2003) U.S. Army Air Force 1943-45 WW II. He
enlisted and served as an aircraft gunner in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and
in 1945 as a Superfortress crewman with the 39th Bombardment Group based on Guam. He was
assigned to a B-29 bomber. He flew on 25 missions & was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds
received during his service. Most remembered for his roles in The Dirty Dozen and Death Wish.
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Paul Newman (1925-2008) Aviator Radioman/Turret Gunner 3rd Class U.S. Navy 1943-46 WW
II. Newman was 17 when he enlisted to become a Navy pilot but learned those pearly blues were
color blind. He served in the Pacific with three torpedo squadrons and was in the Battle of
Okinawa. He went on to act in 62 films was nominated for 10 Oscars
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Henry Fonda (1905-1982) Lt. jg U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II. Fonda was already a movie star
when he enlisted saying, "I don't want to be in a fake war in a studio." Fonda served as a
Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS Satterlee. He was later commissioned as a
Lieutenant jg in Air Combat Intelligence in the Pacific and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was
in 106 films and won an Oscar for On Golden Pond.
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Audie Murphy (1928-1971) Lieut. U.S. Army. 1942-45. WW II. Enlisting as a Pvt he was later
commissioned for heroism. Awards incl 33 U.S. medals (including 2 Silver and 2 Bronze Stars, 3
Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Medal of Honor), 5 from France, and 1
from Belgium. He attained the rank of major in the Texas Nat’l Guard in 1956 and retired from
the Army Reserves in 1969. He starred in 44 movie films.
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Lee Marvin (1924-1987). PFC. U.S. Marine Corps, WW II. He left school to join serving in the
4th Marine Division. He was wounded during the Battle of Saipan, a battle in which most
members of his platoon were killed. He was awarded the Purple Heart and given a medical
discharge. His wartime experiences deeply affected him for the remainder of his life.
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Eddie Albert (né Edward Albert Heimberger) (1906-2005) Lt. US Navy Reserve 1942-45 WW
II. Before the war toured Mexico as high-wire artist while secretly spying on German U-Boats in
Mexican harbors for U.S. Army Intelligence. In 1942 joined the Navy and in 1943 was
commissioned a Lt. in the Navy Reserve. Earned a Bronze Star w/Combat "V" during the
invasion of Tarawa 1943, when he rescued 47 Marines while under heavy enemy machine-gun
fire. In many movies & co-star of CBS “Green Acres” series.
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James M. “Jimmy” Stewart (1908-1997), Colonel, U.S. Army Air Force 1941-45. WW II.
Rejected by the draft for being underweight, he enlisted as a private in 1941 and became the first
major American movie star to wear a military uniform in WW II. Promoted to 2nd Lt. in 1942,
he flew 20 bombing missions over Europe earning 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 4 Air
Medals. In 1968 he retired from the USAF Reserve a Brig General.
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Terrence S. “Steve” McQueen (1930-1980) PFC. U.S. Marine Corps 1947-50. He joined the
Marines and was assigned to an armored unit but was rebellious and was demoted to PVT seven
times. While serving on an Arctic exercise he saved the lives of 5 other Marines by pulling them
from a tank before it broke through the ice and sank into the sea.
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Tyrone Power (1914-1958) Lieut., U.S. Marine Corps, WW II. He was an established movie star
when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Nevertheless he joined the Marines, became a pilot and flew
supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He returned to the states in
Nov 1945 and was released from active duty in Jan 1946. He was promoted to captain in the
reserves on May 8, 1951.
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Brian Keith (1921-1997), SGT, U.S. Marine Corps WW II. He served (1942–1945) as an air
gunner (he was a Radio-Gunner in the rear cockpit of a two-man Douglas SBD Dauntless divebomber in a U.S. Marine squadron), and received an Air Medal.
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Gene Autry (1907-98). SGT. U.S. Army Air Force WW II. The "King of the Cowboys" enlisted
in 1942. During the war he ferried fuel, ammunition, and arms in the China-India-Burma theater
of war and flew over the Himalayas, the hazardous air route known as "The Hump." When the
war ended, he was reassigned to Special Services where he toured with a USO troupe in the
South Pacific before resuming his movie career in 1946.
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Sterling Hayden (1916-1986) Captain U.S. Marine Corps 1942-45 WW II. He as a private under
the name "John Hamilton". Recommended for Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned
and sent to William Donovan's COI remaining with it after it became the OSS, forerunner to the
CIA. He parachuted behind enemy lines to work with Yugoslav partisans, and earned the Silver
Star, Bronze Arrowhead, and a commendation from Marshal Tito. He was an actor, author,
sailor, model, Marine, and OSS secret agent.
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Jonathan Winters, USMC WW II. Born 1925. At age 17, he quit high school and joined the
Marines serving two and a half years in the Pacific Theater.
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Ronald Coleman (1891-1958) London Scottish Regiment, WW I. He served with fellow actors
Claude Rains, Herbert Marshall, Cedric Hardwicke and Basil Rathbone. On 31 October 1914 at
the Battle of Messines Colman was seriously wounded by shrapnel in his ankle, which gave him
a limp that he would attempt to hide throughout the rest of his acting career. He was invalided
from the service in 1916.
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Kris Kristofferson - Air Force brat, Army helicopter pilot, Rhodes Scholar in English, instructor
at West Point, songwriter, actor, activist, object of desire.
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Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WW I in the spring of 1918. He
is recorded as a model sailor who spent most of his months int he Navy after the Armistice was
signed, ferrying troops back from Europe. He is ranked by the American Film Institute as the
greatest male star in the history of American cinema. He appeared in 75 movies and was
nominated for three Oscars, winning one for The African Queen.
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