Mark, you are right about Hedy Lamarr. She invented an anti-jamming device for torpedoes as well as raising $7 million in one evening for war bonds by selling kisses. (No typo there unless the article had it wrong.) The other female was Audrey Hepburn who at age 10 was a member of the Dutch resistance and carried messages across enemy lines.
The male actors (and one director) listed were:Robert Altman – Army pilotErnest Borgnine – Navy anti-submarine shipMel Brooks – Army infantryTony Curtis – Navy sub tenderKirk Douglas – Navy communications officerCharles Durning – Army infantry (was on the beach on D-Day)Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – NavyHenry Fonda – Navy intelligenceClark Gable – Army air gunnerAlec Guinnes – Royal NavyChristopher Lee – RAFLee Marvin – Marine Corps (Pacific theater)Paul Newman – Navy air gunner and radiomanJack Palance – Army bomber pilotDonald Pleasance – RAF pilot (held in a German POW camp for a year – perfect prep for “The Great Escape”)Rod Steiger – Navy destroyer torpedomanJames Stewart – Army pilot & commander 445th bomber group
Beyond the article’s list, I know of Audie Murphy, Glenn Miller and William Holden. I didn’t know about Gene Autry.
So everyone have a great day (or as well as you can on a Monday).
Good morning, Vagabonds.
Mark, you are right about Hedy Lamarr. She invented an anti-jamming device for torpedoes as well as raising $7 million in one evening for war bonds by selling kisses. (No typo there unless the article had it wrong.) The other female was Audrey Hepburn who at age 10 was a member of the Dutch resistance and carried messages across enemy lines.
The male actors (and one director) listed were:Robert Altman – Army pilotErnest Borgnine – Navy anti-submarine shipMel Brooks – Army infantryTony Curtis – Navy sub tenderKirk Douglas – Navy communications officerCharles Durning – Army infantry (was on the beach on D-Day)Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – NavyHenry Fonda – Navy intelligenceClark Gable – Army air gunnerAlec Guinnes – Royal NavyChristopher Lee – RAFLee Marvin – Marine Corps (Pacific theater)Paul Newman – Navy air gunner and radiomanJack Palance – Army bomber pilotDonald Pleasance – RAF pilot (held in a German POW camp for a year – perfect prep for “The Great Escape”)Rod Steiger – Navy destroyer torpedomanJames Stewart – Army pilot & commander 445th bomber group
Beyond the article’s list, I know of Audie Murphy, Glenn Miller and William Holden. I didn’t know about Gene Autry.
So everyone have a great day (or as well as you can on a Monday).