Pathfinder
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Group UK
Hollywood Hero's
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Richard Todd who as a captain in the 7th LI Btn jumped on D Day in support of the glider assault on Pegasus bridge. A few years later he was in the movie The Longest Day playing the part of Major Howerd the leader of the glider assault and was the only actor in the movie who actually took part in the D Day landings. |
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Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day |
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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 an R. A. F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and
tortured by the Germans. |
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David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate
and an officer in the LRDG delivering SAS teams behind German lines.. |
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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. |
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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 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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Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak. |
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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 earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart. |
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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 |
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George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine |
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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 U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific. |
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Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan
during the Marianas campaign when he was wounded earning the Purple Heart |
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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. |
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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 U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
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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. In addition, not to forget good old Captain Kangaroo, who, according to Lee Marvin, saved his ass, along with many others under his command in some Horrific battles in the Pacific. Another hero was our children's wonderful gentle friend: Fred Rogers, from 'Mr. Rogers neighbourhood' A decorated Navy Seal in the United States Navy, saw heavy battle during his service. God Bless them all. If you would like to add British Stars and their decorations to this list please forward to Nick |
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