What a remarkable guy he was and what a remarkable life he led. He was a graduate of my old Alma Mater (Princeton University) and then volunteered for duty as World War 2 unfurled. And then you see stories like this.
There’s a statue for him in his hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and there’s the Jimmy Stewart Museum on the main street that has a lot of his movie memorabilia and family mementoes.
This article doesn’t mention that he is also the descendant of the original settler in Indiana who served in the Revolutionary War as captain of the Kittanning Militia. This pioneer was captured by Indians during one of the first conflicts of the Revolution in western Pennsylvania. He was imprisoned by the British in Canada for a year before a prisoner exchange allowed him to return to Pennsylvania where he joined another militia to continue the fight for freedom.
So, Stewart comes by his military heritage through Revolutionary War and Civil War ancestors. He was a remarkable man who made several visits to Indiana including to receive an honorary doctorate from the university there in 1975.