Do you remember these men? Movie/tv stars MILITARY SERVICE

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DO YOU REMEMBER THESE MEN?
I do. Had to google photos to remind me of the faces to go with the names.
Very humbling to relize the service of these men who I grew up watching in so many great
movies & TV ptograms.


I can only send this to people of our generation, since most of today’s people don't have any idea who these men were...and that's a pity. They were all heroes in their own right and made America great in it's own right! Back then Hollywood went to war!


Alan Hale - Jr. - US Coast Guard.
Aldo Ray . US Navy. UDT frogman- Okinawa .
Art Carney - US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach- D-Day.

Limped for the rest of his life.
Brian Keith - US Marines. Radioman/Gunner in Dauntless dive-bombers.
Buddy Hackett - US Army anti-aircraft gunner.
Burgess Meredith - US Army Air Corps.
Clark Gable - US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe .
Cesar Romero - US Coast Guard. Coast Guard. Participated in the invasions of Tinian and Saipan on the assault transport USS Cavalier.
Charles Bronson - US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner- wounded in action.
Charles Durning - US Army. Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Shot multiple times, so awarded the Silver & Bronze & 3 Purple Hearts. Survived Malmedy Massacre.
Charlton Heston - US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25. Aleutians (Alaska).
Chuck Connors - US Army. Tank-warfare instructor.
Claude Akins - US Army. Signal Corps. - Burma and the Philippines .
Clifton James - US Army- South Pacific. Was awarded the Silver Star- Bronze Star- and Purple Heart.
Dale Robertson - US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under General Patton’s command. Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission.
Danny Aiello - US Army. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. Served three years.
DeForest Kelley - US Army Air Corps.
Dennis Weaver - US Navy. Pilot.
Denver Pyle - US Navy. Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal . Medically discharged.
Don Adams - US Marines. Wounded on Guadalcanal - then served as a Drill Instructor.
Don Knotts - US Army- Pacific Theater.
Don Rickles - US Navy aboard USS Cyrene.
Earl Holliman . US Navy. Lied about his age to enlist. Discharged after a year when the Navy found out.
Ed McMahon - US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.)
Eddie Albert - US Coast Guard. Bronze Star with Combat V for saving several Marines under heavy fire as pilot of a landing craft during the invasion of Tarawa .
Efram Zimbalist Jr. - US Army. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest .
Ernest Borgnine - US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c- destroyer USS Lamberton. 10 years active duty. Discharged 1941- re-enlisted after Pearl Harbor .
Fess Parker - US Navy and US Marines. Booted from pilot training for being too tall- joined Marines as a radio operator.
Forrest Tucker - US Army. Enlisted as a private- rose to Lieutenant.
Frank Sutton - US Army. Took part in 14 assault landings- including Leyte- Luzon- Bataan and Corregidor .
Fred Gwynne - US Navy. Radioman.
Gene Autry - US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports that ferried supplies over "The Hump" in the China- Burma-India Theater.
George Gobel - comedian, Army Air Corps, taught fighter pilots. Johnny Carson made a big deal about it once on the Tonight Show, to which George said "the Japs didn't get past us.”
George Kennedy - US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor - stayed in sixteen years.
Harry Carey Jr - US Navy.
Harry Dean Stanton - US Navy. Served aboard an LST in the Battle of Okinawa .
Harvey Korman - US Navy.
Henry Fonda - US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee.
Hugh O'Brian - US Marines.
Jack Klugman - US Army.
Jack Palance - US Army Air Corps. Severely injured bailing out of a burning B-24 bomber.
Jack Warden - US Navy- 1938-1942- then US Army- 1942-1945. 101st Airborne Division.
Jackie Coogan - US Army Air Corps. Volunteered for gliders and flew troops and materials into Burma behind enemy lines.
James Arness - US Army. As an infantryman- he was severely wounded at Anzio - Italy .
James Gregory - US Navy and US Marines.
James Stewart - US Army Air Corps. Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of General.
Jason Robards - US Navy. was aboard heavy cruiser USS Northampton when it was sunk off Guadalcanal. Also served on the USS Nashville during the invasion of the Philippines - surviving a kamikaze hit that caused 223 casualties.
John Carroll - US Army Air Corps. Pilot in North Africa. Broke his back in a crash.
John Wayne - Declared "4F medically unfit" due to pre-existing injuries- (from playing football @ Southern Cal) - he nonetheless attempted to volunteer three times (Army- Navy and Film Corps.) so he gets ‘honorable mention’.
Jonathan Winters - USMC. Battleship USS Wisconsin and Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft gunner- Battle of Okinawa.
Karl Malden - US Army Air Corps. 8th Air Force- NCO.
Kirk Douglas - US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and medically discharged.
Larry Storch . US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis.
Lee Marvin - US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on Saipan . Buried in Arlington National Cemetery - Sec. 7A next to Greg Boyington and Joe Louis.
Lee Van Cleef - US Navy. Served aboard a sub chaser then a mine sweeper.
Mel Brooks - US Army. Combat Engineer. Saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
Mickey Rooney - US Army under General Patton’s command. Bronze Star.
Mickey Spillane - US Army Air Corps - Fighter Pilot and later Instructor Pilot.
Neville Brand - US Army- Europe. Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Norman Fell - US Army Air Corps.- Tail Gunner- Pacific Theater.
Pat Hingle - US Navy. Destroyer USS Marshall
Paul Newman - US Navy Rear seat gunner/radsioman- torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill.
Peter Graves - US Army Air Corps.
Randolph Scott - Tried to enlist in the Marines but was rejected due to injuries sustained in US Army, during World War I.
Robert Altman - US Army Air Corps. B-24 Co-Pilot.
Robert Mitchum - US Army.

Robert Montgomery - US Navy.
Robert Preston - US Army Air Corps. Intelligence Officer
Robert Ryan - US Marines.
Robert Stack - US Navy. Gunnery Officer.
Robert Taylor - US Navy. Instructor Pilot.
Rock Hudson - US Navy. Aircraft mechanic- the Philippines .
Rod Serling - US Army. 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific. He jumped at Tagaytay in the Philippines and was later wounded in Manila .
Rod Steiger - US Navy. Was aboard one of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid.
Ronald Reagan - US Army. Was a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Reserves before the war. His poor eyesight kept him from being sent overseas with his unit when war came so he transferred to the Army Air Corps

Public Relations Unit where he served for the duration.
Russell Johnson - US Army Air Corps. B-24 crewman who was awarded Purple Heart when his aircraft was shot down by the Japanese in the Philippines .
Soupy Sales - US Navy. Served on USS Randall in the South Pacific.

(that’s the ship which transported Elvis Presley...who was a tank driver in the U S Army from 1957-1960...to Bremerhaven, Germany. In 1959 I also traveled from Southhampton, England to New York on the USS Randall.) [ Chuck Allen...USAF aircraft radio repairman 1962-1966) ]
Sterling Hayden - US Marines and OSS. Smuggled guns into Yugoslavia and parachuted into Croatia. Silver Star.
Steve Forrest - US Army. Wounded- Battle of the Bulge.
Steve Reeves - US Army - Philippines .
Ted Knight - US Army- Combat Engineers.
Telly Savalas - US Army.
Tom Bosley - US Navy.
Tony Curtis - US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus. In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan .
Tyrone Power - US Marines. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater.
Victor Mature - US Coast Guard.
Walter Matthau - US Army Air Corps. B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer.
Wayne Morris - US Navy fighter pilot- USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters.
Wiliam Holden - US Army Air Corps.
William Conrad - US Army Air Corps. Fighter Pilot.

And of course we have Audie Murphy, America's most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the Medal of Honor.

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[WarPig1976]

A few surprises in there. Mel Brooks and Don Rickles, who 'da thunk it?

[kanterj]

Add James Doohan, Star Treks Scotty. Machine gunner Canadian Army. Wounded at Normandy.

[Sentryduty]

I would think things would have to get very dire for a future "who's who" list of entertainment people to look like anything like that.

The modern term of artist and celebrity is almost the antonym of selfless service, society observations aside, I imagine most of the people on that list served first and became entertainers afterwards though.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I would think things would have to get very dire for a future "who's who" list of entertainment people to look like anything like that.

The modern term of artist and celebrity is almost the antonym of selfless service, society observations aside, I imagine most of the people on that list served first and became entertainers afterwards though.

The post script on the email as sent to me made this point a little less politely. I deletetd it as it was a bit political.

Sorry I did not proof read the thread title.

Do You remember?

[Bob Womack]

I fixed the title for you. BTW, George Kennedy died yesterday. He joined as an enlisted man after Pearl Harbor and left the service as a captain sixteen years later.

Bob

[oldpaul]

John Wayne was not declared 4F from college football injuries. The man purportedly did most of his own stunts and was certainly fit enough to join the military. He was, at his request, given 3-A status, "deferred for family dependency reasons." He told friends he'd enlist after he made just one or two more movies but then produced thirteen movies during the war, many with war-related themes. He made a small effort to sign up, sending in the paperwork to enlist in the naval photography unit commanded by his good friend, director John Ford in 1944 but nothing came of it. Wayne received a 2-A classification, "deferred in support of national interest" but a month later the Selective Service decided to revoke many previous deferments and reclassified him 1-A. But Wayne's studio appealed and got his 2-A status reinstated until after the war ended. In my opinion, he couldn't carry water for the likes of Durning, James, Albert, Stewart and certainly not for Audie Murphy or the millions of other named and nameless soldiers, sailors and airmen who served during that horrible war. Thanks for this list, these people deserve recognition for more than their film careers, save one. Tom

[Richard Turner]

Here is one of the best stories I have read regarding John Wayne, WWII, and the draft. Seems the author conducted a fair amount of research in writing the story.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywo...and-the-draft/

Richard

[oldpaul]

The writer of this piece decries Wayne dissenters as being "liberal" and "left wing" yet he writes for Breitbart an overtly conservative publication. There are no political views necessary, just facts. Rather than cut and paste, I would only suggest that anyone interested, read the comments at the bottom of this article as they thoroughly debunk the "facts" therein. Regards. Tom

[CINDERS]

If I was in a stoush I would rather have the man next to me wanting to be there than one who did not and possibly was liable to funk it - the AIF in WWI was purely voluntary "A great adventure" and conscription was re-soundly defeated by the people of the day when they tried to pull that stunt more than once Billy Hughes undoing I dare say, sadly for allot it was the last time they saw Australia and for the many other Allies that helped the cause "We will remember them" actually ANZAC day is looming I proudly wear my fathers medals in recognition of all the servicemen & women who went away to all the wars our country has been involved in.

And as I have said it was a great thing when finally they recognized the Korean war vets and the Vietnam veterans, when the Vietnam vets came home they were shunned very badly and mocked and I felt pretty darn sad for our soldiers who went away it was a despicable act by those that are not worth even calling themselves Australians.