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Subject: 1943 vs. 2003

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.

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!! Don't do it!