[Squantos]

Hey TT .....How ya doing ? Hope all is well ! BTW heres and E-mail I want to share !!

Subject: Compare the Brave Entertainers of 1943 with today's Stars



The Entertainers of 2003 have been in all of the news media lately.

It seems that Newspapers, Television and Radio has been more than ready to put them and their message before the public.



I would like to remind you of what the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (60 years ago). Most of these brave men have since passed on.



Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.

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James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U.S. Army on D-Day.

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Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was a R.A.F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.

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David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.

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James Stewart flew 20 missions as a B-24 pilot in Europe.

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Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) was a waist gunner flying missions on a B-17 in Europe.

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Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

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Earnest Borgnine was a U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.

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Charles Durning was a U.S. Army Ranger at Normandy.

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George C. Scott was a U.S. Marine.

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Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic action as a U.S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the island of Tarawa in the Pacific Nov.1943.

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Brian Keith served as a Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.

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Lee Marvin was a marine on Saipan when he was wounded.

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John Russell was a Marine on Guadalcanal.

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Robert Ryan was a U.S. Marine who served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia.

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Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined the Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

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Audie Murphy, little guy from Texas, most decorated serviceman of WWII.

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I wish I had room to tell you more about Actor Sterling Hayden and an actor by the name of Peter J. Ortiz (Twelve O'clock High, Rio Grande and The Wings of Eagles), but this would turn into a book.

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There is a huge gap between the heroics and patriotism of the actors in 1943 and the cowardly despicable posturing of the Hollywood crowd of today. Most of them have no education with substance, never held a real job, attended some back street acting school, and now they are self proclaimed experts on everything. And the media cannot wait to interview them on world affairs.


Stay Safe Trailer Trash !!

[Trailer Trash]

Hey SQ

"Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak"

I did not know that. He went out with some real class today.

Greasy side is being kept down up north. (most of the time anyway)

tnx 4 CQ

TT

[Budge]

Thank you for reminding us, Squantos, that Hollywood BPC (Before Political Correctness) actually loved the U.S.A.!

[raybbr]

Compare the Brave Entertainers of 1943 with today's Stars

I wonder, if we had another major war, would today's entertainers use their status to try to claim an exemption from being drafted into the service?

[patriciaruth]

Ronald Reagan joined the Army, but his eyesight was so bad they wouldn't give him a gun. So, he swallowed his pride and did training and morale films.

Most people don't know he had coke bottle eyeglasses when he first came to Hollywood and his agent got him to wear contact lenses.

[sweetliberty]

Have ANY of todays movie "stars" even served in the military?

[JustPiper]

Russ Tamblyn, Riff of West Side Story served alongside of my brother in the Army!

[skinkinthegrass]

good accounts.. :)

[janetgreen]

Thanks for telling us, Squantos. Great post.

[My2Cents]

George C. Scott was a U.S. Marine

Not to mention his Col. David Hunt-like persona in "Patton."

[wolfdaddie]

Semper Fi Squantos:
I really liked your post of the WWII celebrity patriots. Please let me know how to get a Word doc copy.

Sure says tons about a persons ideals doesn't it? The Hollywierdos are too narcistic and self consumed to even have a shot at relating to the real world. Best if they keep their non-sensical blabbing confined to their immediate sycophants.