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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William Conrad (born John William Cann Jr.)
Served as a fighter pilot in World War II. He was commissioned in 1943 at Luke
Field.
He left the United States Army Air Corps with the rank of Captain and as a
producer-director of the Armed Forces Radio Service.
Jack Klugman, Born in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Russian Jewish
immigrants.
Served with the US Army during WW II.
John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan enlisted in the United States Army
inMarch, 1941.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he requested a transfer to United States Army
Air Forces as a
glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. He volunteered for
hazardous duty with and flew British
troops, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind
Japanese lines.
Tom Bosley US Navy (Served 1944-1945) Best remembered as "Mr. C" on "Happy Days",
Bosley joined the navy late
1944 and went to boot camp
only 38 miles from his home in he Chicago area, at the Naval Training
Center Great Lakes.
He was then sent to radioman's school at Naval Training Center, Gulfport,
Mississippi at that point the war
was over and he was sent to the 11th Naval District in San Diego until he was
muster out as part of the military reduction at the end of WWII.
Chuck Connors (born Kevin Joseph Connors) was an
American actor,
writer and professional basketball and baseball player.
During World War II (1939–45), he enlisted in the Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
and spent most of the war
as a tank-warfare instructor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and later at West Point,
New York.
Mel Brooks joined the Army when he was 17, became a combat
engineer,
where one of his tasks was defusing landmines. Brooks fought at the Battle of
the Bulge.
Fred Gwynne Born in New York, NY.
Graduated from Harvard University. Served in US Navy during WW II.
Karl Malden served as a noncommissioned officer in the 8th Air Force during WWII.
Buster Keaton
served in
the United
States Army in France
with the 40th
Infantry Division
during World
War I.
Rock Hudson joined the navy when he was 18 in 1944 and
served in the Philippines as an Navy aircraft mechanic until 1946.
William
"Billie" Thomas, Jr. “Buckwheat” the character in
the Our
Gang enlisted in the US
Army in
1954 at the age of 23,
and was released from active military service in 1956 decorated with a National
Defense Service Medal and
a Good
Conduct Medal.
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