JIMMY STEWART - AN AMERICAN HERO
Many Hollywood stars served in World War II. Most were unknown when they served and became big stars, or lesser known stars after the war. People like Paul Newman who served in the Navy . He served on the USS Bunker Hill in the Pacific. Lee Marvin, who was a Marine, saw heavy combat in the Pacific. Jack Palance, was a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps. Charles Bronson, was a gunner on a bomber in the Army-Air Corps. Robert Stack served in the Navy from 1942 to 1945. Mel Brooks was in the army and saw heavy combat in Europe, especially at the Battle of the Bulge. Charles Durning who played Governor Pappy ODaniel in Oh Brother Where Art Thou. Durning fought at the Battle Of The Bulge and was one of just a handful of soldiers that managed to escape the Malmedy massacre. Eddie Albert who won the Navy Cross as a Naval officer saving stranded and wounded Marines at Tarawa. Frank Sutton was Sergeant Carter on Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. He graduated from East Nashville High which is ...