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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2019 4:22:17 GMT
 Morgan Freeman served in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2019 5:20:05 GMT
Richard Todd  He served with distinction as a paratrooper in the Second World War He was an officer in the 7th Battalion (LI) The Parachute Regiment. On D-Day this Battalion made contact with Major Howard at the Orne Bridge now called Pegasus Bridge. Todd was the officer who made contact. In the The Longest Day (1962) he played Major Howard and the meeting with Todd was shown.  In D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) he played the commander of his Battalion in the filming of the same scene.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2019 5:27:58 GMT
Charles Durning  Wounded at Normandy on June 15, 1944. |
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 11, 2019 15:30:19 GMT
 During WW1, Basil Rathbone was once an observer inside a tree trunk in No Man's Land. Years later, when asked his favorite role, he replied, "Well, I played a tree during the war."
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Post by kijii on Apr 11, 2019 15:38:44 GMT
 Jackie Cooper was in the Navy with MY DAD.
Maybe they were in basic training together...I don't remember..but my dad often mentioned him.
My dad was drafted before I was 1 and was in for the duration. The info for Cooper says he entered the Navy in 1943. That would comport with the info on Cooper since I was born int 1943 (I am a war baby).
However, Cooper was much younger than may dad. My dad was born in 1911 and Cooper was born in 1922. Cooper was 21 when drafted; my dad was 32 when drafted.
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 11, 2019 16:13:40 GMT
Former Huey pilot and ranger  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2019 17:23:48 GMT
 He joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems (stomach ulcers forced him to leave). He has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says "Scotland forever", the other "Mum and Dad." He got them when he enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 16. Give up ? |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 11, 2019 17:51:06 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Apr 11, 2019 18:15:18 GMT
Regarding Elvis rank of E5 in less than 2 years, I offer this: I was drafted in 1969 during the Vietnam War. I made E5 in 14 months. That Elvis was a celebrity, probably had something to do with it, but it was possible.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on May 20, 2019 13:43:27 GMT
Lee Van Cleef served his time in the navy on board a submarine during World War II. 
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Post by vegalyra on May 20, 2019 17:41:45 GMT
I can't find a photo of him from World War 1, but here is his service record George Randolph Scott  In April 1917, the United States entered World War I and shortly afterwards, Scott, then 19 years old, joined the United States Army. He served in France as an artillery observer with the 2nd Trench Mortar Battalion, 19th Field Artillery Regiment. |
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Post by bravomailer on May 20, 2019 19:31:48 GMT
Brian Donlevy, born 1901, served in Blackjack Pershing's raid into Mexico in 1916. He later served in the famed Lafayette Escadrille during WWI. Alas, no photos available.
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 19, 2020 2:08:45 GMT
I came across this link, which I wanted to share: Celebrities that served in WW 2.
BUT FIRST please read the article from it that I've posted below -- about a person who was not in the military, but who worked with the military in a significant way, the story of the amazing WW2 fighter who was none other than a very young Audrey Hepburn!
"Yes. That Audrey Hepburn.
 "But wait, you say. Audrey Hepburn was too young to serve in WWII – and she was a woman. Women back in WWII were relegated to roles as nurses and the like. How could she possibly serve in the American military? Well, she didn't. She fought with Holland. She served as a courier for the Holland resistance against the Nazis as a child, relaying messages across Nazi occupied territory. She was, in essence, a real life spy – and all before turning sixteen. Her experiences watching her world burn around her left her incredibly motivated to help children devastated by war. In the years following the war, Hepburn would use her fame to promote humanitarian efforts to protect those less fortunate than herself. Of all the celebrities who served in WWII, how many had to fight this sort of horror as a little girl? Audrey Hepburn. That's who."
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 19, 2020 4:18:36 GMT
By chance this evening I saw an old Johnny Carson show with Richard Kline, who was a costar on the old sitcom Three's Company. Kline mentioned that he served in Vietnam and was hit by lightning while on a tarmac.
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