[DollyCali]

Yoda isn't a US military vet.. but if he were "REAL" I'll bet he would be!

[lysie]

Excellent, Dolly. Thanks.

[Dr Stormfist]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but most of the Hollywood stars during WWII were out selling War Bonds and leading drives for supplies for the war effort.

I doubt you will ever see anything like that again, coming out of Hollywood.

[Aquamarine]

Wow Dolly, where did you find the time to do this? It's very inspiring, thanks.

[eleni121]

Mel Gibson again acting in and producing a wonderful movie about the Vietnam War...thank Mel and thanks for a great thread Dolly!

[U S Army EOD]

You forgot to mention Jane Fonda who was an anti-aircraft gunner in the North Vietnamese Army during Vietnam.

[txroadkill]

Purple Heart -- Korea

[StayAt HomeMother]

Have I missed a mention of Bill Cosby? He was a Navy Corpsman. As of last year a picture of him and his team was still hanging in the basement of the Bethesda Naval Hospital, aka "National Naval Medical Center."

[skr]

Thank you for the great graphic version of the list of celebrity veterans. May I add Neville Brand who earned a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, apparently among many other honors when he served in the Army in the European Theater.

[Libertina]

A sincere thank you to the awesome men and women who loved America, served their country, and didn't complain. And cheers to a time that even Hollywood was patriotic.

[Right Brother]

From an obit for Green Acre's Eddie Albert:

Fans of Eddie Albert may know him the best as a well-loved face on television and movie screens, but he was also an honored war hero. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, and fought in the battle of Tarawa in November 1943, which was known as one of the bloodiest battles in the history of WWII and the U.S. Marine Corps. Albert is credited with braving enemy fire during 26 rescue missions, where he saved wounded Marines and brought them out of the line of fire. Because of his heroism, he was awarded the Bronze Star with a combat ‘V’ for saving the lives of 70 soldiers. He spoke about his war experiences on several television documentaries. In the 1960s and ‘70s, Albert became interested in working with environmental causes and groups, serving as a tireless ambassador for causes to save the planet. Because of his work, when International Earth Day was created, it was decided that the day should be celebrated on April 22 because that is Eddie Albert’s birthday. Not only did Albert provide millions of people millions of laughs and tears, he saved the lives of dozens of American soldiers and worked to save the planet. He was a hero in every sense of the word.

[Casloy]

If you watch AFN in Iraq or Europe you see a lot of public service announcements by celebrities praising the troops. Funny thing, the only celebrities you see are Country music artists. You never see a rock star or a movie star.

[New Perspective]

What an excellent post. Thank you for taking the effort.

I am going to download the entire picture and present it on my local tv access show that I do for veterans. That is if you give me permission. The lefties HATE the show. I always put in a little segment called "Liberal Ignorance On Parade" to highlight the stupidest liberal of the week. This is always a show favorite amongst the conservatives.

[GretchenM]

What a great idea for a thread, Dolly.

Reading what these men did, I can't help but wonder about those we lost, and what they would have been able to do with their lives.

God bless the veterans, and the memories of them.

[Coleus]

nice thread

[Jhensy]

Others who served, to various degrees:

Don Adams
James Arness
Gene Autry
Tony Bennett
MacDonald Carey
Art Carney
Johnny Carson
James Carville (ugh)
Johnny Cash
Mike Connors
Ossie Davis (WWII vet, ugh)
Mike Farrell (ugh)
Henry Fonda
Glenn Ford
Gene Hackman
George Jones
James Earl Jones
Harvey Keitel
Kris Kristofferson
John Laroquette
Gary Lewis
G. Gordon Liddy
Ed McMahon
Jay North
Hugh O'Brian
Clarence Page
George Peppard
Elvis Presley (how could we forget!)
Pernell Roberts
Will Rogers
Pat Sajak
Gene Siskel (!)
McLean Stevenson
Oliver Stone (ugh)
Dave Thomas
Adam West
Montel Williams

Speaking of Siskel, current NY Post film critic Kyle Smith was a lieutenant in the Gulf War. He absolutely tore "Jarhead" a new one in his review.

[91B]

James "Scotty" Doohan was in the Canadian Army during WWII.

[Jonah Hex]

Don't forget Jackie Coogan, who served as a glider pilot (a very dangerous job) in WWII! (Co-starred with Charlie Chaplain in The Kid as a child star, then created Uncle Festus in The Addams Family.)

From Wikipedia:

Coogan enlisted in the US Army March 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he requested a transfer to US Army Air Corps as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. After graduating from glider school, he was made a Flight Officer and he volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on 5 March 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines in the Burma campaign.

There's an exhibit in the Air Force Museum about Coogan with a few pictures of him in Rangoon.

[cyborg]

Robin Quivers was a captain and a nurse??? WoW! She was my favorite HS sidekick.

[Minutemen]

Nice post.
Chuck Norris had a younger brother Weiland, who was killed in Vietnam in 1970, serving our country.
Chuck Norris later dedicated his Missing in Action films to his brother's memory.

[real_patriotic_american]

Awesome! I noticed what was written about Audie Murphy. Audie had trouble geting into the military at first because he was small. Well, he eventually was able to talk them into letting him in. Audie Murphy ended up being the most decorated WW2 service member of all. HE WENT INTO THE MILITARY SMALL AND CAME OUT THE BIGGEST ONE OF ALL.

You won’t find this creed in the current crop of people hitting Hollywood nowadays.