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Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day. |
| James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U.S. Army on D-Day. |
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Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was a 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. |
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Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) was a waist gunner flying missions on a B-17 in Europe. |
| James Stewart flew 20 missions as a B-24 pilot in Europe. |
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Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak. |
| Ernest Borgnine was a U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945. |
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Charles Durning was a U.S. Army Ranger at Normandy. |
| Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps. |
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George C. Scott was a 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. |
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Brian Keith served as a Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific. |
| Lee Marvin was a marine on Saipan when he was wounded. |
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John Russell was a Marine on Guadalcanal. Often seen on Gunsmoke. |
| Robert Ryan was a U.S. Marine who served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia. |
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Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined the Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. |
| Actor Sterling Hayden (Twelve O'clock High, Rio Grande and The Wings of Eagles) |
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Actor Peter J. Ortiz Twelve O'clock High, Rio Grande and The Wings of Eagles He spent 15 months as a POW in Germany, Poland, and Austria. He attempted a number of escapes, and finally succeeded in October 1941. He reached the United States by way of Lisbon on 8 December, and was interrogated by Army and Navy intelligence officers, and was promised a commission. |
| Audie Murphy, little guy from Texas, Most Decorated serviceman of WWII. |
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