True Hollywood Heroes

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[mystery-ak]

Thanks for posting....

[Choose Ye This Day]

Maybe that's why back then Hollywood had REAL men, and now they have hermaphrodite girlie-men, who seem as feminine as they are masculine--e.g., Tom Cruise, Hugh Grant, Jude Law, etc.

[flashbunny]

Audie Murphy wasn't a star who went to war. He only went into acting after the war.

[wildwood]

wow. all Republicans, too, i'll bet:>

[arrythmia]

Whoever you are, thank you for your post.

[baseballfanjm]

To be fair to Hugh Grant, he sort of occupies the Cary Grant-ish "British fop" roles, but not girlie-ish ones. Now Tom Cruise...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo), US Marine Corp Reserves 1945-46

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Thanks for the post! Hollywood used to have good people.

Hollywood needs more people like this guy:

041017-N-6157F-001 Washington, D.C. (Oct. 17, 2004) – Academy Award winner and actor Ernest Borgnine shows off his new Chief Petty Officer cover at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. Borgnine was made an honorary U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Terry Scott on Oct. 15, 2004. Borgnine served in the U.S. Navy for ten years from 1935-1945 and left the service as a Gunner’s Mate 1st Class. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Mark D. Faram (RELEASED)

[tet68]

Don't forget Lewis Hayward who lead the camera team for the Marines Landing at Tarawa.

Hayward is second from left back row, this is picture of team after capture of Betio.

After the film was made public, Hayward once asked Howlin Mad Smith how he liked it. He said,"Fine, but enlistments are down 5%!"

[Choose Ye This Day]

I do like Hugh Grant, but he's definitely not a manly man. He has the same physique as my 9-year-old daughter.

Cary Grant was suave, sophisticated, and debonaire, but he was also a physically imposing guy, who could deck someone if he had to.

[Slings and Arrows]

"I JUST KNOW YOU DIDN'T FORGET ME, DID YOU, MAGGOT?!!!"

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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A Time for more real Heroes:

http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
http://www.lzxray.com
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set2.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set3.htm
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm

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[silent_jonny]

Damn good post! Nice formatting and pics, too. I didn't know about John Russell's and Donald Pleasance's roles in the war. Very impressive.

[DCPatriot]

It's hard to believe Jimmy Stewart's military biography.

He seemed such a gentle spirit.

[Hildy]

How about Robert Mitchum? I LOVE him. The most manly man ever to grace a movie screen!

[citizencon]

In contrast, the Hollywood A-list chorale (led by Clooney and Roberts) responded to the 9/11 attack with a prime-time TV maudlin rendition of "America the Beautiful". Oh, what a classic Hollywood tear-jerker that was.

[silent_jonny]

I read Mitchum's biography--"Baby, I Don't Care" by Lee Server (very good, btw)--and he avoided WWII service by working in plants that helped the war effort. Finally, he was drafted near the end of the war and had to do prostate exams on GIs--LOL!

[Peelod]

He seemed such a gentle spirit.

I fail to see the problem.

[DCPatriot]

Ah..I guess I keep seeing him in character.

Or sitting next to Johnny Carson.