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' CandidateSchool 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.

Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

Earnest 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-29s 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 U.S. 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 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, 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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I'm pretty sure Doohan landed on Juno Beach with the Canadian corps on D-Day.

The professor in the television show “Gilligan’s island” was actor Russell Johnson. Russell was a crew member on a b-25 bomber serving in the pacific during World War 2. He earned the Purple Heart when his bomber was shot down and the crew of the aircraft was actually stranded on an desert island in the Philippines for over a week.

True true, and its good to see old school values coming through. The last thing you say is a bit hazy though. Those men fought ( and in some cases died)  for the values of free speech and the fact that you wouldnt have to go to war again any time soon. It is a bit dodgy to imply that the actors of now are bad because they dont like the President (they dont have to, and they didnt vote for him)  and they can argue for not going to war as well, as that right is theirs.


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Didn't a lot of those people on your list become actors AFTER the war?

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the whole thing reached me by mail, so the ain't my words...

but even if i would have phrased it different, it about covers my opinion.

many decent people stated their opinion that the united states should stay out of the war in the dawn of WW II, yet after pearl harbor they did what they saw as their duty, to take up arms and end the war soon as possible.

so there is a difference between arguing against war, and insulting people for fighting one. and i think it is my right as well to point out that difference and to state my opinion what i think of them people stating their opinion

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It should be remembered that the U.S. had the very same stance in WW1 and look what happened -- drawn in, anyway. It's very difficult not to be involved when your very constituents have ancestral roots and relatives with all who are already involved. Isolationism just didn't seem to work.. now it's nigh impossible for it to even exist!

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Quite correct Doug, he was with Phantom the SAS signals squadron and often in the line of fire. It is worth reading his book "The Moon Is A Balloon" which covers that period of his life

I always find Richard Todd of Dambusters fame to be one of the most remarkable. Little could Todd  have known on the morning of June 6th 1944 when he met Maj John Howard at Pegasus Bridge, that 20ish years later he would be playing Maj Howard in the film "The Longest Day"...

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If those you mention had been American and steadfast non-compliant, then it would be contradictory. Rather, they make the list: errant, inaccurate, incorrect, amiss, defective, erroneous, flawed, imperfect or wrong (choose as you will). 8)

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well, drafted or not is beside the point, them people served.
and yes, you might find a few actors who didn't (and some who volunteered only to be sent back to hollywood because films to boost public morale were considered essential to the war effort) can you get any examples that those people insulted the fighting men?

Whose name is conspicuously missing?  John Wayne, who never served in the armed forces at all.

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I really don't see the relevance of the argument & my original point still stands. Many of the 18 men on that list weren't film stars at the time they served in the military. Including 3 British subjects on the list is misleading as their loyalty to the USA does not come into the equation. A couple of real Hollywood stars (Clark Gable & James Stewart) served with distinction in WWII. I don't know the feelings of the others but I would expect the American citizens among them to do their bit when the time came. I don't know why the opinions of overpaid actors or celebrities should be taken seriously anyway. As I said before, this seems to be just another piece of misleading propaganda.

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James Doohan was Canadian & landed on Juno Beach ("the Canadian Beach") with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

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Certainly no monopoly. If you had not specified the U.S. or provided reference to the admiration of the U.S. by those mentioned, there would be less for controversy. Your title simply asked What Happened to WWII Movie Stars; if it were more aptly named WWII Era Movie Stars, there would even be less controversy. 8)

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The bad part about the whole mission is it was only supposed to be a 3 hour flight.

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