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mathetes
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7/4/2009 4:07 PM

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List of actors who suspended their careers to serve in the United States Armed Forces after America was attacked on December 7, 1941

Eddie Albert – U.S. Navy … Saw combat on Saipan and Tarawa. Earned the Bronze Star.

James Arness – U.S.Army, 3rd infantry division Italy, severely wounded and left with a lifelong limp

Gene Autry – U.S. Army Air Corps … Flew cargo planes in China, Burma and India

Humphrey Bogart – U.S. Navy … Wounded in World War I, he tried to enlist after Pearl Harbor but was turned down because of his age.

Charles Bronson – U. S. Army tailgunner aboard a B-29 Superfortress over the skies of Japan and was also awarded the Purple Heart for wounds.

Mel Brooks – U.S. Army… served as a forward artillery observer

Johnny Carson – U.S. Navy officer

Jackie Coogan – U.S. Army Air Corps … Volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group

Tony Curtis – U.S. Navy submarine duty

Sammy Davis, Jr. – U.S. Army … Assigned to Special Services Command

Kirk Douglas - U.S. Army

Charles Durning – Served in very intense combat from Omaha beach to the Battle of the Bulge as a infantryman and was wounded no less than three times in a year while being awarded the silver star for valor.

Buddy Epsen – Coast Guard officer

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – U.S. Navy … Served on a battleship and as a commando raider. Helped to organize the forerunners of today’s Navy SEALs. Won a silver star while serving on PT Boats in combat.

Henry Fonda - U.S. Navy … Served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Earned a Bronze Star for Valor.

Glenn Ford – U.S. Marine Corps … Earned a number of citations and awards for combat action. After the war, he transferred his commission to the U.S. Naval Reserve.

John Ford (director) – U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, landed on Omaha Beach at Normandy

Clark Gable – U.S. Army Air Corps … Enlisted in 1942 at age 41. Volunteered for combat duty and flew missions over Germany. Earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Gable joined the Army Air Corps and led a film section making training films. Unsatisfied with this he flew on combat missions over Germany where his biggest fan Adolf Hitler placed a bounty on his head if captured alive.

Charlton Heston – U.S. Army Air Corps … B-25 gunner; saw action in the Pacific.

Hal Holbrook – Served in Canada with the Army

William Holden – U.S. Army Air Corps … Served 1942-1945. His brother, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the Pacific in 1944.

Rock Hudson – U.S. Navy aircraft mechanic in the Philippines.

Brian Keith – U.S. Marine Corps … Saw combat on Rabal

Werner Klemperer – U.S. Army … Stationed in Hawaii as a Military Policeman, he auditioned for and was accepted into Maurice Evans’ Special Services unit.

Harvey Korman – U.S. Navy

Nancy Kulp – U.S. Navy … Served as a Navy WAVE

Bert Lancaster – U.S. Army … Served in Tunisia and Italy

Lee Marvin – U.S. Marine participating in the invasions at Kwajalein and Eniwetok and was wounded on Saipan

Ed McMahon – U.S. Marine Corps … Became a fighter pilot in 1944. Recalled to active duty in 1952 for the Korean War and flew 85 combat missions. Remained in the Air National Guard until 1966 when he retired as a Brigadier General.

Burgess Meredith – U.S. Army Air Corps

Glenn Miller – U.S. Army … Assigned to the Army Specialist Corps. Convinced the Military that he could modernize the Army Band and improve the morale of the troops. Organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. His plane disappeared on 15 December 1944 over the English Channel.

Robert Montgomery – U.S. Navy … Enlisted in the British Military before American joined the war and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk invasion. When America entered the war, he joined the U.S. Navy and served as a Naval Attaché on British destroyers hunting German U-Boats. He commanded a PT boat and participated in the D-Day invasion aboard a destroyer.

Wayne Morris – U.S. Navy … Flew 57 combat missions in the Pacific. Shot down seven Japanese aircraft, becoming an “Ace”. Credited with assisting the sinking of five Japanese warships.

Paul Newman – U.S. Navy radioman in torpedo bombers

Tyrone Power – U.S. Marine Corps … Enlisted immediately after Pearl Harbor. Flew wounded Marines from Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Gene Raymond – Served in both World War II and Vietnam

Ronald Reagan – U.S. Army Air Corps … Enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1937; commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and was called to active duty in 1942. Because of a hearing loss, he was not allowed to fly, so he was assigned to make training films.

Don Rickles – U.S. Navy

John Russell – U.S. Marine Corps … Wounded at Guadalcanal

Robert Ryan – U.S. Marine Corps … Served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia

Soupy Sales – U.S. Navy

Rod Serling – U.S. Army … Was a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific where he specialized in combat demolitions. Severely wounded by shrapnel during the invasion of the Philippines.

Rod Steiger – U.S. Navy

Jimmy Stewart – U.S. Army Air Corps … Flew B-17 and B-24 combat missions, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, France’s Croix de Guerre and 7 Battle Stars. His son, 1st Lt. Ronald McLean, was killed in Vietnam in 1969

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The command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory.
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Anonymous Coward
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7/4/2009 4:25 PM

Re: The diff. in Hollywood..... 1941 & 2001

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[link to sportsillustrated.cnn.com]

Tillman killed in Afghanistan
Former Cardinals safety walked away from NFL to join Army Rangers

"In sports we have a tendency to overuse terms like courage and bravery and heroes," said Cardinals vice president Michael Bidwill, son of the team's owner Bill Bidwill, "and then someone like Pat Tillman comes along and reminds us what those terms really mean."

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He was killed/murdered by friendly fire..

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 717787
7/4/2009 4:31 PM

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Ed McMahon – U.S. Marine Corps … Became a fighter pilot in 1944. Recalled to active duty in 1952 for the Korean War and flew 85 combat missions. Remained in the Air National Guard until 1966 when he retired as a Brigadier General. WOW , didn't know he made general ,cool

mathetes
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7/4/2009 4:35 PM

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Ed McMahon – U.S. Marine Corps … Became a fighter pilot in 1944. Recalled to active duty in 1952 for the Korean War and flew 85 combat missions. Remained in the Air National Guard until 1966 when he retired as a Brigadier General. WOW , didn't know he made general ,cool

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 717787

Yeah I never knew that either until I looked it up...he was the real deal for sure

"The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God.
The command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory.
John Quincy Adams

Anonymous Coward
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7/4/2009 4:40 PM

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Quoting: mathetes

yup , I salute him , sir..yes....sir <~~~~/////

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 715124
7/4/2009 4:47 PM

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Well, everyone in Hollywood today is queer. Don't ask, don't tell = free pass for the Hollywood elite glamour boys

Mickeyblue
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7/4/2009 4:48 PM

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It is a little skewed when dealing exclusively with Hollywood, I think.

How many of anyone herein GLP have volunteered themselves or their sons to the service today? How many want their children to join the military?

My dad was hugely conservative, apple pie and all the rest till my brother received a draft notice. Things changed radically with respect to that. He pulled every string he could so that Michael would not have to go.

Great example, Mitt Romney, five sons, Mitt alleged that they were doing their patriotic duty by working for his campaigne.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 701321
7/4/2009 4:49 PM

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Quoting: Anonymous Coward 701321

So Pat Tillman's sacrifice is not note worthy??

What a sad testament for his sacrifice..

Shame on ya'll

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