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This is a partial list of actors who suspended their careers to serve in the United States Armed Forces after America was attacked on December 7, 1941 �?/DIV>

Eddie Albert - U.S. Navy �?Saw combat on Saipan and Tarawa. Earned the Bronze Star.

Gene Autry �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?Flew cargo planes in China, Burma and India

Humphrey Bogart �?U.S. Navy �?Wounded in World War I, he tried to enlist after Pearl Harbor but was turned down because of his age.

Neville Brand - U.S. Army �?Wounded in action

Jackie Coogan �?U.S. Army Air Corps ... Volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group

James Daly �?U.S. Army and U.S. Navy

Sammy Davis, Jr. �?U.S. Army �?Assigned to Special Services Command

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. �?U.S. Navy ... Served on a battleship and as a commando raider. Helped to organize the forerunners of today's Navy SEALs.

Henry Fonda - U.S. Navy ... Served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Earned a Bronze Star for Valor.

Glenn Ford �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Earned a number of citations and awards for combat action. After the war, he transferred his commission to the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Clark Gable �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?Enlisted in 1942 at age 41. Volunteered for combat duty and flew missions over Germany. Earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.

Charlton Heston �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?B-25 gunner; saw action in the Pacific.

William Holden �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?Served 1942-1945. His brother, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the Pacific in 1944.

Brian Keith �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Saw combat on Rabal

Werner Klemperer �?U.S. Army �?Stationed in Hawaii as a Military Policeman, he auditioned for and was accepted into Maurice Evans' Special Services unit.

Nancy Kulp �?U.S. Navy �?Served as a Navy WAVE

Bert Lancaster �?U.S. Army �?Served in Tunisia and Italy

Tim McCoy - Served in both World War I and World War II

Ed McMahon �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Became a fighter pilot in 1944. Recalled to active duty in 1952 for the Korean War and flew 85 combat missions.

Burgess Meredith �?U.S. Army Air Corps

Glenn Miller �?U.S. Army �?Assigned to the Army Specialist Corps. Convinced the Military that he could modernize the Army Band and improve the morale of the troops. Organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. His plane disappeared on 15 December 1944 over the English Channel.

Robert Montgomery �?U.S. Navy �?Enlisted in the British Military before American joined the war and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk invasion. When America entered the war, he joined the U.S. Navy and served as a Naval Attaché on British destroyers hunting German U-Boats. He commanded a PT boat and participated in the D-Day invasion aboard a destroyer.

Wayne Morris �?U.S. Navy �?Flew 57 combat missions in the Pacific. Shot down seven Japanese aircraft, becoming an “Ace�? Credited with assisting the sinking of five Japanese warships.

Lee Powell �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Saw action at Tarawa and Saipan before being killed in action in the Marianas.

Tyrone Power �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Enlisted immediately after Pearl Harbor. Flew wounded Marines from Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Gene Raymond - Served in both World War II and Vietnam

Ronald Reagan �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?Enlisted in the Army Reserve in 1937; commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and was called to active duty in 1942. Because of a hearing loss, he was not allowed to fly, so he was assigned to make training films.

John Russell �?U.S. Marine Corps �?Wounded at Guadalcanal

Robert Ryan - U.S. Marine Corps �?Served with the O.S.S. in Yugoslavia

Rod Serling �?U.S. Army �?Severely wounded by shrapnel during the invasion of the Philippines

Jimmy Stewart �?U.S. Army Air Corps �?Flew B-17 and B-24 combat missions, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, France's Croix de Guerre and 7 Battle Stars. His son, 1st Lt. Ronald McLean, was killed in Vietnam in 1969.

Lewis Stone - Served in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II

These actors attempted to serve but were turned down because of medical conditions �?Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, Peter Lawford, Gregory Peck, George Raft, John Wayne and Richard Widmark

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This is a complete list of actors who suspended their careers to enlist in the United States Armed Forces after America was attacked on September 11, 2001 �?/DIV>

As you can see from my previous post, the list of present day actors who have enlisted in notably non ixistant. This is a comment from the sire from which I got those names of WW2 volunteers.

Missed Tributes

By Ben Stein
Published 3/6/2006 2:08:21 AM

Now for a few humble thoughts about the Oscars

I did not see every second of it, but my wife did, and she joins me in noting that there was not one word of tribute, not one breath, to our fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan or to their families or their widows or orphans. There were pitifully dishonest calls for peace -- as if the people we are fighting were interested in any peace for us but the peace of the grave. But not one word for the hundreds of thousands who have served and are serving, not one prayer or moment of silence for the dead and maimed.

Basically, the sad truth is that Hollywood does not think of itself as part of America, and so, to Hollywood, the war to save freedom from Islamic terrorists is happening to someone else. It does not concern them except insofar as it offers occasion to mock or criticize George Bush. They live in dreamland and cannot be gracious enough to thank the men and women who pay with their lives for the stars' ability to live in dreamland. This is shameful.

The idea that it is brave to stand up for gays in Hollywood, to stand up against Joe McCarthy in Hollywood (fifty years after his death), to say that rich white people are bad, that oil companies are evil -- this is nonsense. All of these are mainstream ideas in Hollywood, always have been, always will be. For the people who made movies denouncing Big Oil, worshiping gays, mocking the rich to think of themselves as brave -- this is pathetic, childish narcissism.

The brave guy in Hollywood will be the one who says that this is a fabulously great country where we treat gays, blacks, and everyone else as equal. The courageous writer in Hollywood will be the one who says the oil companies do their best in a very hostile world to bring us energy cheaply and efficiently and with a minimum of corruption. The producer who really has guts will be the one who says that Wall Street, despite its flaws, has done the best job of democratizing wealth ever in the history of mankind.

No doubt the men and women who came to the Oscars in gowns that cost more than an Army Sergeant makes in a year, in limousines with champagne in the back seat, think they are working class heroes to attack America -- which has made it all possible for them. They are not. They would be heroes if they said that Moslem extremists are the worst threat to human decency since Hitler and Stalin. But someone might yell at them or even attack them with a knife if they sad that, so they never will.

Hollywood is above all about self: self-congratulation, self-promotion, and above all, self-protection. This is human and basic, but let's not kid ourselves. There is no greatness there in the Kodak theater. The greatness is on patrol in Kirkuk. The greatness lies unable to sleep worrying about her man in Mosul. The greatness sleeps at Arlington National Cemetery and lies waiting for death in VA Hospitals. God help us that we have sunk so low as to confuse foolish and petty boasting with the real courage that keeps this nation and the many fools in it alive and flourishing on national TV.

Also, Brian Donlevey (sp?) was the bugler for Pershing in Mexico.

Sterling Hayden was also a covert operative during WWII, I believe for the US but possibly as a member of the SBS. He recieved at least one Silver Star for his work.

That's all it is an urban legend, Marvin was wounded on Saipan (shot in the ass) and wasn't on Iwo Jima. Captain Kangaroo enlisted too late in the war and never saw overseas duty or combat.

Both were Marines however.

There was a '60's song which has a refrain "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo - now don't tell me I've nothing to do"". Who was he?

I used to like Banana Splits. Was that something similar ? we never had Captain Kangaroo over here.

I think it was a good song, see if i can fish the title out..............aaaaaaaaaaah!

It's flopping on the bank!

"Flowers on the wall," Eric Heatherly

keep hearin' your concern about my happiness
But all that thought you've given me is, conscience I guess
If I were walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none
While you and your friends are worryin''bout me, I'm havin'lots of fun

(Chorus)
Countin' flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me
I've nothin' to do

Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the town
As long as I can dream it's hard to slow this swinger down
So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doin' fine
You can always find me here and havin' quite a time

(Chorus)
Countin' flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me
I've nothin' to do

It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright
Anyway, my eyes are not accustomed to this light
And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete
So I must go back to my room and make my day complete

(Chorus)
Countin' flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me
I've nothin' to do
Now don't tell me
I've nothin' to do

Also another good group the Roulettes with the cigarette theme, "Smoking a long cigarette" who never made it until they broke into Argent (ex Zombies and Unit 4 plus two "Concrete and clay")

nerd's corner is alive and unread,

Flash, "Flowers on the Wall" was a country music hit by the Statler Brothers who started out as a gospel group & were from Staunton Virgina right in Shula's back yard.

Thanks tommy. I just played the Eric Heatherly version on You tube and that's the one I remember.

They probably copied it from your guy. Long track for its day; 3.5 mins.

Hello again Republicrat

we were told you left this site ebcause you were shocked by my flippancy regarding Glenn Miller (see site)

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