I decided to spot check the first three of these citation to see if they are
on the up and up, and indeed they appear to be so: Comments and references
are inserted below.

John



Most of these brave men have since passed away.


REAL HOLLYWOOD HEROES:


Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft
on D-Day.



I found plenty of references to Guinness joining up with the Royal Navy in
WWII, but couldn't find anything about his activities on D-day, which does
not mean that the original post was wrong, but simply that I couldn't find
more details in 10 minutes of googling.

See for example:
http://www.britishcinemagreats.com/A...ess_page_1.htm



James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U.
S. Army on D-Day.


Almost right. Doohan was a Canadian and served in the Canadian military
were he rose to the rank of Captain.

See: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/vie...ast/69073.html



Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who
was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.


Looks exactly correct, see:
http://www.geocities.com/pleasence/Pleasence.html


So, to those who claim that the list is a bunch of lies .... I think not!

John