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"In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today's
"Hollywonk" the real actors of yester-year loved the United States.


They had class and integrity as well as brains and talent. With the
advent of
World War II many of our actors went to fight rather than stand and
rant
against this country we all love.


They gave up their wealth, position and fame to become service men &
women, many as simple "enlisted men".


So, while the "Entertainers" of 2003 & 2004 have been in all of the
news media lately I would like to remind the people of what the
entertainers of 1943 were doing, (60 years ago).


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.


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 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 Hollypansies 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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Believe it or not, they were all registered republicans. "
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke