My generation grew up watching, being entertained by and laughing with so many of these fine people.
Never really knowing what they contributed to the war effort.
Like millions of Americans during WWI  &  WWII, there  was a job that needed doing and they didn't question it,
just went and did it. Those  that came home returned to their now new normal life and carried on
and very few  ever saying what they did or saw.
They took it as their "responsibility" and their  "duty" to the Country to protect and preserve our freedoms.
American way of life not  just for themselves, but for all future generations to come.
As a member of that “Finest" generation, I'm forever humbly in their debt. 

Here are only a few of these silent heroic Heroes that are slowly being forgotten

Do You Remember These Men?

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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin, served in the  U.S. Navy - 1953-1955
He served in the United States Navy as a supply officer.

Paul Dooley enlisted in the Navy at the tale-end of World War II,
spending time at sea around Japan.

Charles Drake enlisted in the Army in WWII in 1943.

Harry Belafonte, At the young age of 19, after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Eli Wallach was drafted into the United States Army in January 1941. 
He served as staff sergeant in a military hospital in Hawaii and later sent to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Abilene,
Texas to train as a medical administrative officer. Commissioned a second lieutenant, he was ordered to Casablanca.
Later when he was serving in France, a senior officer.

Philip Ahn enlisted in the United States Army, during WWII having served in the Special Services. 
He served until September 1945. He attended Officer Candidate School, was washed out because of a bad ankle,
and then unwittingly passed up an offer to be a diplomatic officer for the OSS.
Mistakenly thought to be Japanese, he received several death threats.

Nipsey Russell served as a medic in Europe
and was a captain in the United States Army in World War II.

Maurice Chevalier served on the front line during WW-I and was wounded and taken prisoner in Germany for 2
years. He was asked by Germans to perform during WW2, he refused but sang for POWs in Germany and
liberated 10 people in exchange.

Richard Boone enlisted in the US Navy and served aboard 3 ships and saw combat
as an aviation Ordinance man and tail gunner.

Burt Lancaster enlisted in the Army 21st Special Services Division they provided the troops
USO entertainment to keep up morale. Italy 1943-45.

Charles Lewis Napier  he enlisted in the United States Army in 1954,
serving with the 11th Airborne Division and rising to the rank of sergeant.

Red Button (Born Aaron Chwatt) (Served 1943-1945) he was drafted into the Army Air Corps,
where he entertained U. S. troops in Europe and was cast in Moss Hart's wartime propaganda play "Winged Victory".

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