Recall when there was a time you had no
Streisands, Baldwins, Fondas, Dixie Chicks, Madonna, Sarandons.

In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today's "HOLLYWONK" the real
actors of yester-year loved the United States. They had both class and
integrity. With the advent of World War 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 and
women, many as simple "enlisted men". This page lists but a few, but
from this group of only 18 men came over 70 medals in honor of their valor,
spanning from Bronze Stars, Silver Stars,

Distinguish Service Cross, Purple Hearts and one Congressional Medal of Honor.
So remember; while the "Entertainers of 2003" have been in all of the
news media lately (for it seems News Paper, Television and Radio has been more than
ready to put them and their anti-American message before the public)

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 on.

Real Hollywood Heros

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 "HOLLYWONK" 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 speaches, marching in anti-American parades.

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