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From Krista,

"I really love my mother, and she knows that I am a 'bleeding heart liberal' and a pacifist. I think she thinks if she keeps sending these, I will see the error of my ways and convert. I especially love the quote in her e-mail sig. She put it there after we had a long discussion about the war. She thinks that I can't be patriotic if I am a pacifist."

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Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Fwd: How the roel of celebrity has changed
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Talk later, Cindy

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
- John Stuart Mill


> WWll MOVIE STARS
>
> How times do change!
> You probably have to have a few years under your belt to really appreciate
> this message.
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>
>
> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS?
>
> Hope you find this as informative as I did.
>
> In contrast to the ideals, opinions
> and feelings of today's "Hollywonk" the real actors
> of yester-year loved the United States.
> They had both class and integrity.
> With the advent of World War II many of our actors
> went to fight rather than stand and
> rant against this country we all love.
>
> They gave up their wealth, position and fame to
> become service men &women, many as simple "enlisted men".
>
> This page lists but a few, but from this group
> of only 18 men came over 70 medals in honor of
> their valor, spanning from Bronze Stars,
> Silver Stars, Distinguish Service Cross', Purple Hearts
> and one Congressional Medal of Honor.
>
> So remember; while the "Entertainers of 2007" have
> been in all of the news media lately I would like to
> remind the people of what the
> entertainers of 1943 were doing, (61 years ago).
>
> Most of these brave men have since passed on.
>
> "Real Hollywood Heroes"
>
>
> Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated
> a British Royal Navy landing craft on D-Day.
>
>
> James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek)
> landed in Normandy with the U. S.Army on D-Day.
>
>
> Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who was
> shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.
>
>
> David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and
> Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.
>
>
> James Stewart Entered the Army Air Force
> as a private and worked his way to the rank of Colonel.
> During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber
> pilot, his service record crediting him with leading
> more than 20 missions over Germany, and
> taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his tour of duty.
> Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying
> Cross, France's Croix de Guerre,and 7 BattleStars during World War II.
> In peace time, Stewart continued to be an active
> member of the Air Force as a reservist, reaching
> the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in the late 1950's.
>
>
> Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out)
> Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the
> U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as
> a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles.
> He attended the Officers' Candidate School at
> Miami Beach, Fla.and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942 .
> He then attended aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943
> he was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook
> where he flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s.
> Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved
> from active duty as a major on June. 12, 1944 at his
> own request, since he was over-age for combat.
>
>
> Charlton Heston was an Army
> Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.
>
>
> Ernest Borgnine was a U. S.
> Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.
>
>
> Charles Durning was a U. S.
> Army Ranger at Normandy
> earning a Silver Star and awarded the Purple Heart.
>
>
> Charles Bronson was a tail gunner
> in the Army Air Corps, more specifically on B-29's in the 20th Air Force out
> of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan
>
>
> George C. Scott was
> a decorated U. S.Marine.
>
>
> Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV)
> was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic action as a U. S.Naval officer
> aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the
> island of Tarawain the Pacific Nov. 1943.
>
>
> Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against
> the
> Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.
>
>
> Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he
> was
> wounded earning the Purple Heart.
>
>
> John Russell: In 1942, he
> enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a battlefield commission and
> was wounded and highly decorated for valor at Guadalcanal.
>
>
> Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine
> who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia.
>
>
> Tyrone Power (an established
> movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined the U.S. Marines, was a
> pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
>
>
>
> Audie Murphy, little 5'5" tall 110 pound
> guy from Texas who played cowboy parts :
> Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned: Medal of Honor, Distinguished
> Service Cross, 2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals
> with "V", 2 Purple Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Good
> Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit Emblems, American Campaign Medal,
> European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze
> Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead
> (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France) World War II Victory Medal
> Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed Forces Reserve Medal,
> Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar, Expert Badge with Bayonet
> Bar, French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre, French Legion of
> Honor, Grade of Chevalier, French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star, French Croix
> de Guerre with Palm, Medal of Liberated France, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940
> Palm.
>
>
>
> So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted
> when compared to the hollywonks today
> who spew out anti-American drivel
> as they bite the hand that feeds them?
> Can you imagine these stars of yester-year saying they hate our flag,
> making anti-war speeches,
> marching in anti-American parades
> and saying they hate our president?
>
> I thought not, ... neither did I!
>
> If you enjoyed this bit of history, please share it.
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> Dance as though no one is watching
> Love as though you've never been hurt
> Sing as though no one can hear you
> Live as though heaven is on earth." - Souza
>
>
> Susan
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