A friend of mine is the daughter of a Navigator of the mission. Before being a Navigator he wrestled in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which Hitler attended. His daughter swam in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Many athletes took part in WWII. The book “Unbroken” is another good read of the courage and accomplishments of WWII.
And movie stars. That was back when the inhabitants were Citizens. The Citizens loved the united States, were taught personal responsibility, valued their freedom[s], and understood that from time to time, it was necessary to defend those freedoms. And last but not least, they eschewed the Welfare State. In other words, they lived in another World that exists here today.