![]() Served as instructor in Parachute Corps until his hands were blown off in explosives accident. Army the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Harold Russell (The Best Years of Our Lives) Formed 50-piece band that toured Europe entertaining troops in over 800 performances. Glenn Miller (Bandleader, Sun Rise Serenade) Awarded European Theater Ribbon with 3 battle stars, French Legion of Honor. Glenn Ford (It Started with a Kiss, Superman) Navy officer, island of Tarawa, Pacific Theater, 1943.Įrnest Borgnine (McHahill's Navy, Marnie, Torpedo Run)ĭecorated WWII fighter pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal Marine Figher Pilot in WWII, flew missions in Korean War.Įddie Albert (The Longest Day, Green Acres)Īwarded Bronze Star for heroic action as U.S. pilot was shot down, imprisoned by Nazis, and tortured.Įd McMahon (The Incident, Big Top, Johnny Carson Show) Chief Officer of Special Operations.ĭonald Pleasance (actor in the Great Escape) Navy office, first American Officer to command British Flotilla during commando operation. Navy in WWII as an F4U Fighter Pilotĭon Rickles (Hollywood comedian, CPO Sharky)ĭouglas Fairbanks, Jr. Coast Guard at start of WWII, served as frogman. Colonel of British Commandos at Normandy.ĭennis Hopper (Perry Mason, Rebel Without a Cause) Awarded Legion of Merit.ĭavid Niven (The Guns of Navarone, Pink Panther) Made training films Accompanied Allied Command in invasion of Africa to make photographic record of event. Flew missions as gunner on B-17 bombers.ĭarryl Zanuck (Producer: The King and I, Twelve O'Clock High) Earned Silver Star and Purple HeartĬlark Gable (Gone with the Wind, It happened One Night)Įnlisted in Army Air Force in 1942, became officer later that year. Tail gunner in Army Air Corps, flying out of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan in the Pacific Theater.Ĭharles Durning (The Sting, Evening Shade)U.S. Was radio-gunner in the Aleutian Islands.Ĭharles Bronson (Apache, The Magnificent Seven) Served in Army Air Force from 1944 to 1947. Marine, rear gunner in Pacific Theater on Rabal.Ĭharlton Heston (10 Commandments, Ben Hur) After WWII, became journalist for USCG, and became first Chief Journalist in the Coast Guard.īrian Keith (Parent Trap, With Six You Get Eggroll) Earned Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal. Operated landing craft on D-Day for the British Royal Navy. Here is a partial list:Īlec Guinness (Doctor Zhivago, Star Wars) But in World War II (and even Korea) things were different. ![]() There aren't many instances (in my limited research) where famous actors joined the military to fight in the Vietnam War or the Gulf War(s). Keeping in mind that November 11 is Veterans' Day, it seems like a good time to mention some of our Hollywood heroes who were also heroes in real life.
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