then and now
 

I was trying to think of something to say about this but i guess it pretty much speaks for its self.


The Entertainers of 2003 have been in all of the news media lately. It seems News Paper, Television and Radio has been more than ready to put them and their message before the public.

I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of 1943 were doing, (60 years ago). Most of these brave men have since passed on.


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 a 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 flew 20 missions as a B-24 pilot in Europe.

Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) was a waist gunner flying missions on a B-17 in Europe.

Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

Earnest Borgnine was a U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.

Charles Durning was a U.S. Army Ranger at Normandy and who also earned the Silver Star.

Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps.

George C. Scott was a 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 Tarawa in the Pacific Nov.1943.

Brian Keith served as a Marine rear gunner in several actions against the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.

Lee Marvin was a marine on Saipan when he was wounded.


John Russell was a Marine on 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 Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Audie Murphy, little guy from Texas, Most Decorated serviceman of WWII.

I wish I had room to tell you more about Actor Sterling Hayden and an actor by the name of Peter J. Ortiz (Twelve O'clock High, Rio Grande and The Wings of Eagles), but this would turn into a book.


There is quite a huge gap between the heroics and patriotism in 1943 and the cowardly despicable posturing of the Hollywood crowd of today...all of which smack of sedition and treason.


Think about this every time you are tempted to go to the movies or go to a concert!!

I totally agree about the last comment about Hollywood actors these days.
Though none of my relations were movie stars my father was an MP in Europe during WWII & both my uncles served as tankers one of which received a purple heart during the Bulge when a German dropped a nade in the tank.
To me that makes them much more of a star than any Hollywood actors of today.

[quote="MEAT_PUPPET":1d759]I totally agree about the last comment about Hollywood actors these days.
Though none of my relations were movie stars my father was an MP in Europe during WWII & both my uncles served as tankers one of which received a purple heart during the Bulge when a German dropped a nade in the tank.
To me that makes them much more of a star than any Hollywood actors of today.[/quote:1d759]

your uncles are very brave men. choosing between that and a big mouthed movie star id pick the honor and respect those men have.

you forgot about major league baseball players!

My grandpa fought in Omaha
With his Garand he killed three germans when the boat opened (oor so he says)

perhaps he shot his own men oOo:

Doubt that he said they were in the bunkers and he shot at the MG42's and they stopped for a while

oh nvm then......maybe someone else shot em?!

Yea maybe. Nevr know but still surviving omaha had to be hard

Mr. Scott was in the D-Day landings?

Well, most of them had to go to into combat. They were drafted.


But, I'd like to see that pansy asshole Tim Robbins crying in a foxhole, I'd laugh for 10 minutes, then get to work.

Joe Dimaggio and Elvis if I'm not mistaken

and Hendrix was in Vietnam.

They just dont make heros like they used to, nothing but over pampered athletes and movie stars.

Yeah, Gunney Ermey, Mohammed Ali and Tom Clancy served in nam too. Shaggy served in Desert Storm oOo:.

are you talking about the guy who played him in the Scooby Doo movie? If he was, i could imagine what he said

Cpt:"Soldier, go into that building and clear it out!
Shaggy:Only for a scooby snack!
Cpt:Dear God *Shoots shaggy*

Why would Shaggy eat a Scooby Snack, you moron?