WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II  MOVIE STARS

Hope you find this as informative  and interesting as I did.

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 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.

So  remember: while the 'Entertainers of 2005-2006-2007' have  been in all of the news media lately, I would like to  remind the people of what the entertainers of 1943 were  doing, (64 years ago).

Most of these  brave men have since passed on.

'Real  Hollywood Heros'

Alec ****ss (Star Wars) operated a  British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.


James Doohan (' Scott y' 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 1950s.


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 he  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.


Ernest 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-29's  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 US Marine rear  gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal 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 O. S. S. 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 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,  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.

So how do you feel the real  heroes of the silver screen acted when compared to the  hollywonks today who spew out anti-American dribble as  they bite the hand that feeds  them?
Can you imagine  these stars of yester-year saying they hate our flag,  making anti-war speeches, and  marching in anti-American parades?