At age 41 when World War
II started I was exempt from the draft. Still I
left a $30,000 a month job, enlisted in the Army as a private and worked
my way up through the ranks. After graduating Officers' Candidate
School in 1942 I attended aerial gunnery school, then served with the 8th
Air Force in England. Though I flew combat bombing missions, my
primary job was photographing other airmen in action for a movie to
recruit airmen for the war effort. I completed my service as a
major.
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Jimmy Stewart Clark Gable Ronald Reagan Glenn Miller John Wayne
At the start of WWII I
left a Hollywood career to work in a circus in Mexico, gathering
intelligence for US Naval Intelligence. After enlistment in the
Navy, I served at Tarawa on an amphibious attack transport, where I was
conspicuous for transporting dozens of wounded Marines under fire.
Decades later my WWII actions were recognized with a belated award of the Bronze
Star with combat "V".
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Jack Lemon Tyrone Power Ronald Reagan Eddie Albert Ernest Borgnine
My celebrity status didn't
help my efforts to join the Navy when WWII began; the Navy found me
underweight? After "plumping up" I joined the Army Air Force
and flew 20 combat missions during which I earned the Distinguished Service
Medal, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and four Air Medals. After
retiring as a Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserves, I was also
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Jimmy Stewart Charlton Heston Ronald Reagan Tyrone Power Clark Gable
I left my successful movie career in 1942
to become a Marine Corps pilot, logging more than 1,000 hours flight time
before the war ended. I am remembered by many of the Marines who
served at Iwo Jima, where I flew supplies in and ferried wounded men
out.
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Jimmy Stewart Clark Gable Ronald Reagan Tyrone Power John Wayne
The tail gunner on a bomber was forced to
defend his aircraft from within a tiny, cramped cubical from a virtually
prone position. I flew 21 combat missions in World War II, most as a
tail gunner. I also flew five weather observation missions.
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Jimmy Stewart Clark Gable Ronald Reagan Tyrone Power Charles Bronson
