That is, perhaps, the funniest thing I've ever read on this forum.
Celebrities of the day did not hesitate to enter the armed forces. Even before Pearl Harbor, many well-known personalities had signed up for the Reserves, including Major Cecil B. DeMille, Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, III, and Colonel David Sarnoff. Once war broke out, though, rather than seeking safety behind the lines, a number of movie stars and sons of elite families gave up their prestige and the protections of wealth to actively pursue combat assignments. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., quit his job in 1941 to go on active duty as a colonel, and later saw action on D- Day. Academy Award winner Van Heflin joined the Army as an artilleryman; Charleton Heston was a radio operator on B-25 bombers; Lucille Ball's famous Cuban husband, Desi Arnaz, was offered a commission in the Cuban navy, where, as an officer, he would be relatively safe on patrol in the Caribbean. He refused, choosing instead to enlist in the U.S. Navy, where he was rejected on the grounds that he was a non-citizen. Nevertheless, he could be drafted---and was--- and despite failing the physical, went into the infantry, where he injured his knees. He finished the war entertaining troops. Other young men went on to literary or theatrical fame after the war. Novelist Norman Mailer went ashore with his infantry regiment in the Philippines; and western writer Louis L'Amour hit the beaches with his tank destroyer on D-Day.
Alex Haley, who later became a famous novelist, served in the U.S. Coast Guard, while author William Manchester was wounded and left for dead, recovering after five months in a hospital. Tony Bennet, serving as an infantryman in Europe, got his first chance to sing while in the Army. Men who later would become Hollywood stars, including William Holden, Charles Bronson, Jack Lemmon, and Karl Maulden, signed up. Holden flew bombers over Germany, Ed McMahon was a U.S. Marine fighter pilot, and George Kennedy served under Gen. George Patton. Football greats, such as Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, flew B-17s with the Eighth Army, and baseball great Yogi Berra served as a gunner on a Navy bombardment ship. More than a few became heroes. Future director Mel Brooks fought at the Battle of the Bulge, Tony Curtis served on a submarine, and an underage Telly Savalas, later known for his television "Kojak" cop show role, was critically wounded in action and told he would never walk again. Academy Award winner Lee Marvin assaulted more than 20 beaches in the Pacific with his Marine unit, and in one battle, only Marvin and five others out of 247 survived. Walter Matthau, famous for his roles in the "Odd Couple" and the "Bad News Bears," won an impressive six silver stars as an Air Force gunner.
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Others, such as directors John Huston and John Ford, entered combat situations armed with movie cameras instead of guns, shooting war documentaries for propaganda. Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury honed his skills writing patriotic radio commercials. Jazz great Al Hirt entertained troops as part of the 82nd Army band, while bandleader Glenn Miller, who enlisted in the Air Force and was commissioned a captain, died while flying to Europe to entertain troops. Even civilians, at home or in service at the front, occasionally made the ultimate sacrifice, as when actress Carole Lombard died in an airplane crash on a tour selling war bonds. Ironically, one of the heroes most frequently associated with the military, John Wayne, was not drafted due to his large family, although he made several war movies that boosted morale immeasurably.
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I didn't know about Eddie Albert, but will add him.