Posted on 06/20/2018 10:10:22 PM PDT by eastforker
little known fact- He helped a famous aviator/explorer smuggle ‘Yeti Remains’ out of the Himalayas
https://knowledgenuts.com/2013/09/16/jimmy-stewart-and-the-yeti-hand-of-pangboche/
Strategic Air Command.
Gen.Stewart volunteered to fly B-52 missions over N.Vietnam after his nephew was shot down doing the same. He was in his 50’s, and dished it out to the N. Vietnamese commies!
He also did some promo work for the Air Force as a reserve officer. My favorite is the explanation of the the mission of the B-58 Hustler, for the general public.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEKyTxnrXIc
Princeton guy.
Lee Marvin was wounded on Saipan, with the USMC.
And Fonda and Stewart were good friends...
At least Fonda didn’t give a dime to Jane and Peter.
And a great Republican.
I live in the town in which he was born - Indiana, Pennsylvania. They wanted to build a big museum to him, but he didn’t want that. They ended up putting in a small museum above our town library. He really, truly was a humble man. His statue stands outside my place of employment.
Others are David Jansen, Richard Long, Martin Milner, Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Johnny Cash, and Maude, Bea Arthur. I am sure there are others too.
Bruce McGill (D-Day in Animal House), according to IMDB, is a “Deplorable”.
At one time Hollywood was filled with big stars who loved the US and fought to preserve it. Clark Gable, Eddie Albert, Elvis, Scotty (on Star Trek) although he was a Canadian, David Niven, it is a long list.
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