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Back in the day, almost all actors and entertainers in America were patriotic.
Jimmy Stewart was a colonel in the Army Air corps. He was a certified bomber pilot in World War II. He earned two medals: The Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Metal, for flying many missions against the Germans.
Clark Gable, who starred in Gone With The Wind, sent FDR a telegram requesting permission to join the US Army. He was in his forties at the time. Roosevelt reportedly said, "Stay where you are." It didn't end there. Clark Gable worked his way up the ladder. First a lieutenant, then a captain, then a major. He flew air raids with the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, England, and also in a B-17 bomber with the 91st Bomb Group. The Nazis even put a reward for his head as a result of his bombing campaigns. This is about the last thing you might expect Sean Penn to do.
Case in point, Ronald Reagan became a captain for the US Air Corps. Henry Fonda received a Bronze Star for Valor when he served in the Navy. Charles Durning earned three Purple Hearts and the Silver star. While serving in the Army, James Arness was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. If you think these are the few exceptions, you're wrong. Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, George Montgomery, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Jackie Coogan, Don Adams, Lee Marvin, and Arthur Kennedy - all actors, all soldiers, all patriots for the free world.
They turned over their celebrity status to fight alongside of America's working class, risking their lives. These days, there's a better chance of your Hollywood lads to march alongside of Human Shield, who went to Iraq to disrupt our military operations.
Were our Hollywood Heroes better off than our troops are in Iraq right now? Probably not. The reported American death toll in World War II is 292,131, according to the United States Civil War Center.
Today's Hollywood types are screaming about some 2,000 US casualties and the billions of dollars invested in the war effort. Maybe they don't realize that we spent what would add up to over $2 trillion in today's cost adjustment on World War II.
Hmm...
Jimmy Stewart was a colonel in the Army Air corps. He was a certified bomber pilot in World War II. He earned two medals: The Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Metal, for flying many missions against the Germans.
Clark Gable, who starred in Gone With The Wind, sent FDR a telegram requesting permission to join the US Army. He was in his forties at the time. Roosevelt reportedly said, "Stay where you are." It didn't end there. Clark Gable worked his way up the ladder. First a lieutenant, then a captain, then a major. He flew air raids with the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook, England, and also in a B-17 bomber with the 91st Bomb Group. The Nazis even put a reward for his head as a result of his bombing campaigns. This is about the last thing you might expect Sean Penn to do.
Case in point, Ronald Reagan became a captain for the US Air Corps. Henry Fonda received a Bronze Star for Valor when he served in the Navy. Charles Durning earned three Purple Hearts and the Silver star. While serving in the Army, James Arness was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. If you think these are the few exceptions, you're wrong. Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, George Montgomery, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Jackie Coogan, Don Adams, Lee Marvin, and Arthur Kennedy - all actors, all soldiers, all patriots for the free world.
They turned over their celebrity status to fight alongside of America's working class, risking their lives. These days, there's a better chance of your Hollywood lads to march alongside of Human Shield, who went to Iraq to disrupt our military operations.
Were our Hollywood Heroes better off than our troops are in Iraq right now? Probably not. The reported American death toll in World War II is 292,131, according to the United States Civil War Center.
Today's Hollywood types are screaming about some 2,000 US casualties and the billions of dollars invested in the war effort. Maybe they don't realize that we spent what would add up to over $2 trillion in today's cost adjustment on World War II.
Hmm...