It’s a nice contrast to John Wayne, who didn’t serve in WWII.
Lol that is who I first think of when thinking of a contrast to Jimmy Stewart and surprises about military service.
"Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow." Frankenstein