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 The Entertainers of 2003 have been in all of the news media lately. It seems  News Paper, Television and Radio has been more than ready to put them and  their message before the public.  I would like to remind the people 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. James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U.S. Army on D-Day.  Charles Durning was a U.S. Army Ranger at Normandy.   David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.

 Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was a R.A.F. pilot who was shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans. James Stewart flew 20 missions as a B-24 pilot in Europe.  Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) was a waist gunner flying missions on a B-17 in Europe.  Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak. (The Aleutian Islands were the only American land on the continent that was invaded and had to be retaken from ground troops of the Japanese Empire.)  Ernest Borgnine was a U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945. Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps.

George C. Scott was a U.S. Marine.   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.  Brian Keith served as a Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.  Lee Marvin was a Marine on Saipan when he was wounded.

Robert Ryan was a U.S. Marine who served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia.  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.  Audie Murphy, a little guy from Texas and the most decorated serviceman of WWII.  (To Hell and Back was the film based on his actual wartime exploits.)

There is quite a huge gap between the heroics and patriotism in 1943 and the cowardly despicable posturing of the Hollywood crowd of today.