HOLLYWOODS GREATEST
Part 2 of 3
Compare them to the Hollywood simpletons of today.
The following is the continuing list of Hollywoods Greatest, who have made this amazing sacrifice. See if you recognize any of these handsome greats.
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Neville Brand
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US Army, Europe. WWII. Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Tyrone Power
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US Marines. WWII. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater.
Charlton Heston
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25, Aleutians.
Danny Aiello
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US Army. WWII. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. Served three years.
James Arness
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US Army. WWII. As part of the 3rd Army Infantry Division, he was severely wounded at Anzio, Italy.
Efram Zimbalist, Jr.
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US Army. WWII. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest.
Mickey Spillane
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US Army Air Corps, Fighter Pilot and later Instructor Pilot.
Rod Serling
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US Army. 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific. WWII. He jumped at Tagaytay in the Philippines and was later wounded in Manila.
Gene Autry
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. Crewman on transports that ferried supplies over "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India Theater.
William Holden
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. Served 1942-1945. His brother, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the Pacific in 1944.
Alan Hale, Jr.
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US Coast Guard. WWII. E-3 Seaman.
Russell Johnson
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. B-24 crewman who was awarded Purple Heart when his aircraft was shot down by the Japanese in the Philippines.
William Conrad
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. Fighter Pilot, Single Engine Fighter, Captain.
Jack Klugman
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US Army. WWII. Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, and was with one of the first troops to land on Omaha Beach.
Frank Sutton
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US Army. WWII, Took part in 14 assault landings, including Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor.
Jackie Coogan
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. Volunteered for gliders and flew troops and materials into Burma behind enemy lines.
Tom Bosley
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US Navy. WWII. Radioman, Seaman 1st Class.
Claude Akins
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US Army. WWII, Signal Corps., Burma and the Philippines.
Chuck Connors
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US Army. WWII. Tank-warfare instructor.
Harry Carey Jr.
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US Navy. WWII. United States medical corpsman.
Mel Brooks
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US Army. WWII. Combat Engineer. Saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.
Robert Altman
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US Army Air Corps. WWII. B-24 Co-Pilot.
Pat Hingle
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US Navy, WWII. Destroyer USS Marshall
Fred Gwynne
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US Navy. WWII, Radioman.
Karl Malden
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US Army Air Corps. WWII, 8th Air Force, NCO.
Earl Holliman
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US Navy, WWII Lied about his age to enlist.
Discharged after a year when the Navy found out.
Rock Hudson
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US Navy, WWII. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines.
Harvey Korman
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US Navy, WWII. Seaman 1st Class.
Aldo Ray
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US Navy, WWII. UDT frogman, Okinawa.
Don Knotts
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US Army, WWII Pacific Theater, Technician Grade 5 equivalent to Corporal.
To be continued...
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They took it as their "responsibility", their "duty" to Country, to protect and preserve our freedoms and way of life, not just for themselves but for all future generations to come.
Stay tuned as our list of celebrities continues....