HONORING THE SILVER SCREENS REAL-LIFE HEROES
A VETERANS DAY SALUTE
To Hollywood's real-life heroes
An exclusive TheHorrorDrunx.com article
by
DeathDolly
Today is Veteran's Day and since nothing was posted yet, I thought I send a big THANK YOU to all our vets past and present.
Here is a short list of actors who are veterans. Some are gone and some are still with us. I think some of you might recognize some of them.
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.
Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an 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
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.
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 he flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s.
Captain 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.
Ernest 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-29's 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 the 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 US. 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
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.
Hats off
to these real men of the silver screen. Not these whiny assed pussies like Sean Penn who spew out anti-American crap as they bite the hand that feeds them. Can
you imagine these stars of yesteryear saying they hate our flag, making anti-war speeches, marching in anti-American parades, etc?
Not.
Thank you to all
our veterans. I raise a 40 to you!
You rock.
Deathdolly
Chapter Leader
East Los Angeles County
November 11, 2009
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