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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 the 21st Century"
and beyond have been in all of the news media lately
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.
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operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.
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landed in Normandy with the U. S. Army on D-Day.
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really was an R. A. F. pilot who was shot down,
held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.
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was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel
of the British Commandos in Normandy.
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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.
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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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earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.
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specifically on B-29s in the 20th Air Force
out of Guam,Tinian, and Saipan
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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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in several actions against the Japanese
on Rabal in the Pacific.
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the Marianas campaign when he was wounded
earning the Purple Heart.
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where he received a battlefield commission and was
wounded and highly decorated for valor at Guadalcanal.
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with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia.
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when Pearl Harbor was bombed, joined the U.S. Marines,
was a pilot flying supplies into wounded Marines and out of,
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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who played cowboy parts! He was 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.
when compared to the hollywonks today
who spray out anti-American drivel
as they bite the hand that feeds them?
Can you imagine these stars of yester-year saying
they hate our flag, or making anti-war speeches,
marching in anti-American parades and saying
they hate our president?
I thought not, neither did I!
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