I hate to sound like some old curmudgeon, but they sure don't make 'em like Stewart and Wayne anymore.
I agree. Something about that era, the Great Depression, WWII--everybody was made of tougher stuff in those days, it seems, even actors. Lee Marvin is another favorite from that time. He was a Marine wounded on Iwo Jima--he almost died from his wounds. Actors today like George Clooney can only pretend to be soldiers, and then unconvincingly.
This is the USS Ronald Reagan as she enters her home port of San Diego for the first time.
This is one of my very favorite pictures of the President with his military.