Bob Barker
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Mel Brooks
[Wikimedia Commons]
James Doohan
[Wikimedia Commons]
Doohan was eventually commissioned a lieutenant and his first combat mission was storming Juno Beach on D-Day. He shot two German snipers that day and was shot six times by friendly fire, four in the leg, one in the chest, and one in the right middle finger. The bullet to the chest was stopped by a silver cigarette case his brother had given him, and the bullet to his finger eventually had to be amputated, a wound Doohan hid during the filming of “Star Trek.”
Hugh Hefner
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Charlton Heston
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Joe DiMaggio
[www.baseballinwartime.com]
Clark Gable
[Wikipedia]
Adolf Hitler was a fan of Gable and put a bounty on him for anyone who could capture the actor and bring him to Berlin unharmed.
Gable eventually was reassigned to a role making propaganda films for the U.S. government. He received a number of awards during the war, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.
Bea Arthur
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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan was ordered to active duty in 1942, but due to poor vision he was classified for limited service only and never sent overseas. He spent most of his time in the military in the First Motion Picture Unit, where he was eventually promoted to captain. By the end of the war, the unit had produced some 400 training films.
Woody Guthrie
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