Celebrities in military service.

Subject: Celebrities in military service.
From: bubblyrat
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 07:03 AM

On "Yahoo" today is an item about celebrities,mainly American but with one Brit (Christopher Lee) who have served in the Armed Forces.Names include Chuck Norris and Clint Eastwood ,but there is no mention of a host of other celebrities who served in WW2 or Korea.Here are some that I can think of ; please correct me if Iam wrong !!!

David Niven Lt/Col British Army

Dirk Bogarde ( Derek van den Bogaert ) Captain British Army

James Stewart Lt/Col USAAF

Ernest Borgnine   US Navy ?

Lee Marvin US Marine Corps

Ian Fleming ( 007 author) British Naval Intelligence

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 07:49 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Adolf_Hitler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Mosley#Military_service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin#Colonial_British_Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#Emigration_to_Switzerland_and_military_service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh#Military_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/winter/massacre-in-wisconsin
http://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/yates-robert-lee.htm
http://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nilsen-dennis.htm

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:03 AM

There are several websites devoted to the subject, and at least one book, Audie Murphy did it
backwards - war hero first - star later. The most conspicuous absence from uniform was John Wayne, perhaps he had good reason, I don't know.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:34 AM

Leslie Howard - RAF... lost in 1943

Charles Durning - US Army, Silver & Bronze Stars - European Theater

Eddie Albert US Army, Bronze Star - Pacific Theater

All noted for their modesty regarding their service... Audie Murdhy's book never discusses his medals... instead it goes into the life of a GI Joe and his own circumstances as poor, rural kid that went to war and faced the tragedy of combat.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST,sciencegeek
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:42 AM

arrgh!
Eddie Albert worked for the Army prior to the war then enlisted in the Navy.

The war office also had a number of Hollywood directors who often used their own color film to record the action... available on DVD and worth watching. Most "war" movies of the period used actual footage of bombing runs and other Defense materials.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:57 AM

Clark Gable stationed in Lincolnshire.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: pdq
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 10:03 AM

Korean War:
    John Gary
    Glen Yarbrough
    Johnny Cash
    Lou Rawls (Special Forces)
    Mort Sahl
    Johnny Carson
    Flip Wilson
    Sonny James

(just a small start)

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 10:14 AM

Karl Rove...oops, he played 2-S draft deferments and then got himself a 1-H. Sorry. George W...never mind. Paul Wolfowitz...no...Dick Cheney!...no...Rand Pau...no...ah, um....

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 10:24 AM

Not sure if he's a celebrity but the late George McGovern, one of my favorite public figures, was a decorated bomber pilot in WWII.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 10:26 AM

Basil Rathbone won the Military Cross serving as intelligence captain with a British Army infantry regiment, September 1918.
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Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 10:58 AM

Tom Paxton -- US Army.
Pete Seeger -- USAAF, Pacific.
Woody Guthrie -- Merchant Marine, US Army.
Cisco Houston -- Merchant Marine.
Elvis Aaron Presley -- US Army.
Al Hirt -- US Army.
John Wayne -- rejected by US Naval Academy, accepted by OSS but never received the letter because it went to his ex-wife's house.
Ronald Reagan -- 1st LT, US Army, never left the States.
Walter Brennan -- Private, US Army Artillery, WWI
Bob Keeshan -- US Marine Corps (but did NOT serve with Lee Marvin).
Julia Child -- OSS, Far East.
Abraham Lincoln -- Illinois Militia, 1st LT, then PVT, Blackhawk War.

That's enough for now.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 11:21 AM

Jimi Hendrix-paratrooper US Army

RtS

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 12:31 PM

Country Joe McDonald -- US Navy.
Johnny Cash -- US Air Force.
Maurice Chevalier -- French Army, WWI.
Jean Renoir -- French Cavalry, WWI.
Bela Lugosi -- Hungarian Army, WWI.
Buster Keaton -- US Army.
Bill Robinson -- US Army.
David Niven -- British Army.
James Arness -- US Army.
Mel Brooks -- US Army.
James Earl Jones -- US Army.
Jamie Farr -- US Army (Korea!)
Bill Cosby -- US Navy.
Ice-T -- US Army.
Don Knotts -- US Army.
Mr. T -- US Army.
Gene Wilder -- US Army.
Mike Farrell, Jonathan Winters -- US Marine Corps.
Me -- US Army.
Art Carney -- US Army.
Wayne Rogers -- US Navy.
Leonard Nimoy -- US Army.

Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck did NOT serve.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: bubblyrat
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 01:38 PM

JFK   Lt (JG) Us Navy

Richard Todd Captain , Parachute Regiment ; helped to hold "Pegasus Bridge " on D-Day,and was thus able to play Major Howard in the film "The Longest Day".

British " Celebs" Hughie Green (Canadian) RAF (Transport Command )

Professor Jimmy Edwards RAF ( Transport Command)

Cy Grant West Indian Calypso-singer RAF

Actor Sir Michael Hordern Royal Navy Lt. (Air Direction Officer )

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 03:37 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Fraser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Biggs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: CET
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 07:26 PM

Johnny Cash was drafted into the Air Force but served in Germany, post Korean War.

Gene Autry had a distinguished war record in the USAAF. I believe he flew transport planes over the Hump and insisted on wearing his cowboy boots.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: pdq
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 07:54 PM

Both Gene Autry and John Wayne were 35 when Pearl Harbor was bombed.

The Service only took people up to 34.

Both tried to get in. Autry was an experienced pilot and won his appeal.

John Wayne was rejected a second time due to hearing problems and a leg injury he had suffered playing football for USC.

After doing his missions, Gene Autry was one of the Service's top PR men in recruiting.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 08:19 PM

Today's celebrity RAF officer:

Eddie Graham

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:04 PM

A lot of sports celebrities did military service, too. Even though I am not a sports fan, as a New Englander my mind immediately went to Ted Williams who served in various branches of the US military during World War II and the Korean War. (And while I think his decision to be cryogenically frozen is bizarre, that's not what this thread is about. Just thought I'd get that in before someone else decides to go there.)

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Ed T
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:41 PM

Mohammad Ali refused to be drafted into military service during the Vietmam War, mainly because of his Muslim religious beliefs and position within his chruch/religion. He was charged, but eventually exonerated.

Fast 0-forward to todays Military actions in the Middle East.

"What is all the commotion about? 
Nobody asks other boxers about their religion. 
But now that I'm the champion, 
I am the king, so it seems the world is all 
Shook up about what I believe. 
You call it the Black Muslims, I don't. 
This is the name that has 
Been given to us by the press. 
The real name is Islam. 
That means peace."
— Muhammad Ali, as quoted in Ali Rap, edited by George Lois


http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/muhammad-ali-and-the-first-amendment

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Ed T
Date: 10 Nov 14 - 09:43 PM

Link below:

Mohammad Ali 

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 12:43 PM

Hamish Henderson
John F Kennedy

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Musket
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 12:58 PM

Somewhere in my mind, I recall Mohammed Ali saying "no Vietcong ever called me a nigger."

Back to our side of the pond. Most people who were celebrities when we were young were ex military, due to conscription and before that, the war. Most of the music hall people were involved in ENSA, (every night something awful) and most transferred from regiments. The Goons being a good example.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Dead Horse
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 01:21 PM

What Musket said.
Virtually every able bodied male and a good number of females had some form of war service when I was growing up in 50's & 60's Britain.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: pdq
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 02:24 PM

The United States has about 21.8 million military vetrans.

We have just under 1.5 million right now on active duty.

The population of the US, if you count legal and illegal residents, is about 340 million.

So no, not many people serve anymore.

At the peak of WWII, we had about 12 million in uniform.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 02:27 PM

The Queen

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST,DTM
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 03:07 PM

James Gardner (Maverick, Rockford Files) was wounded in Korea and awarded the Purple Heart.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST,Padre
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 09:30 PM

From the Boarding Party:

K.C. King - US Army

Tom McHenry - US Army and US Navy

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 02:52 AM

www.elvisechoesofthepast.com/operation-elvis/

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Amergin
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 04:23 AM

I'm surprised no one mentioned Utah Phillips....who served in the army.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: Wesley S
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 10:15 AM

From that Bastion of Truth Wikipedia:

During World War II, Walter Matthau served in the U.S. Army Air Forces with the Eighth Air Force in England as a B-24 Liberator radioman-gunner, in the same 453rd Bombardment Group as James Stewart. He was based at RAF Old Buckenham during this time. He reached the rank of staff sergeant.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 11:01 AM

Charles Bronson was in the USAAF in WW2.
From the UK Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers also served in WW2.

Subject: RE: Celebrities in military service.
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 11:17 AM

Bruce "Utah" Phillips