SHANGRALA'S

FAMOUS US VETERANS!

You may be surprised to find out just how many of our great old-time Hollywood actors and comedians had once risked their lives on the battlefield for our freedom and served in the US military.

See How Many Of These You Remember. Enjoy! :)

Sterling Hayden, US Marines and OSS. Smuggled
guns into Yugoslavia and Parachuted into Croatia.


James Stewart, US Army Air Corps.
Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of General.


Ernest Borgnine, US Navy. Gunners
Mate 1c, destroyer USS Lamberton.


Johnny Carson, 1943 joined US Navy
Ed McMahon, US Marines. Fighter Pilot.
(Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.)


Telly Savalas, US Army.


Walter Matthau, US Army Air Corps.,
B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer.


Steve Forrest, US Army.
Wounded, Battle of the Bulge.


Jonathan Winters, USMC.
Battleship USS Wisconsin and
Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard.
Anti-aircraft gunner, Battle of Okinawa.


Paul Newman, US Navy
Rear seat gunner/radioman,
Torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill.


Kirk Douglas, US Navy.
Sub-chaser in the Pacific.
Wounded in action and medically discharged.


Robert Mitchum, US Army.


Dale Robertson, US Army.
Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton.
Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission.


Henry Fonda, US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee.


John Carroll, US Army Air Corps.
Pilot in North Africa. Broke his back in a crash.


Lee Marvin US Marines. Sniper.
Wounded in action on Saipan.
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery,
Sec. 7A next to Greg Boyington and Joe Louis.




Art Carney, US Army.
Wounded on Normandy beach, D-Day.
Limped for the rest of his life.


Wayne Morris, US Navy fighter pilot,
USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters.


Rod Steiger, US Navy. Was aboard one
of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid.


Tony Curtis, US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus.
In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan.


Larry Storch. US Navy.
Sub tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis.


Forrest Tucker, US Army.
Enlisted as a private, rose to Lieutenant.


Robert Montgomery, US Navy.


George Kennedy, US Army.
Enlisted after Pearl Harbor, stayed in 16 years.


Mickey Rooney, US Army under Patton. Bronze Star.


Denver Pyle, US Navy. World War II
Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Medically discharged.


Burgess Meredith, US Army Air Corps.


Leonard Nimoy, Sergeant in US Army
DeForest Kelley, US Army Air Corps.


Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Officer.


Neville Brand, US Army, Europe.
Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.


Tyrone Power, US Marines.
Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater.



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All Your Patriotic Friends! :)

        

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