Amazing piece of WWII Airforce & Hollywood history on Ebay ($900 BIN). Jimmy Stewart, star of 'It's A Wonderful Life','The Philadelphia Story' actually served in combat during World War II. eBay item number:137085398098 Combat Duty: Transferred to England in the fall of 1943 as part of the 8th Air Force, commanding the 703d Bomb Squadron and piloting B-24 Liberator bombers. Missions: Officially credited with flying 20 dangerous combat missions deep into Nazi-occupied Europe, including leading raids on heavily defended targets. Leadership Roles: Served as Operations Officer for the 453rd Bomb Group and Chief of Staff for the 2nd Combat Wing. Extraordinary American and superb actor. NOTE-John Wayne never served/Ronald Reagan never saw combat because of nearsightedness. PS- By the way, lifelong friends Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart agreed early on never to talk politics !
Enlistment: Stewart enlisted as a private in 1941, becoming the first major American movie star to serve in combat during WWII. PS-Those young fellers knew how to wear a pencil-thin mustache ! God only knows what all those boys went through.
My pleasure Whit. Mr. Stewart and I may not have been in 100% agreement politically but I'll never doubt his integrity or depth of belief. A good amount of todays professional political animals- not so much.
I'm training myself not to drift into Politics-thanks for tutoring me once again. Basically what i'm sayin' is-I can disagree w/ an honorable sincere person about politics,religion,music,etc-but a hypocrite who constructs a position solely for personal gain and changes position depending on which way the wind blows-not so much. Jimmy put his money (and body) where his mouth is. That's why what He did as an American, IMHO- matters a lot right now.
It's an honest question... @wlwhittier Hollywoods politics have always mattered.... so much so that at one time the Gov't used that against them writ large. Many actors , I find to be icons , had political views I was opposed to........but on the silver screen........ they lived large and entertained us all !
