Name stars who fought in World war two?

Question

Name a star that fought in WWII. Tell us where he fought and the ranks he rose to.
Example: Glenn Ford was in the U.S.Navy and rose to the rank of Admiral.

Answer 1

Below is a list of Baseball Hall of Fame members that fought in World War I or II and one who fought in the Civil War. It doesn't show their rank or where they fought, but there are plenty. Take the list and look them up on the internet. It should be able to help you with your homework assignment.

Answer 2

Too many to name, but here are a few you might know:

Clark Gable Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942


Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak

Earnest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945


David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos in Normandy.

Eli Wallich (Magnificent Seven) was an admin clerk/Sgt in WWII.

Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky) joined army in WWII and became a combat engineer.

Answer 3

Lee Marvin fought at Saipan in the Marine Corps.
Douglas Fairbanks took part of the Combined Operations staff, who decided may commando operations.
Sterling Hayden took part to OSS operations in Italy.
David Niven was Colonel in the British commandos. His orderly was Peter Ustinov.
Robert Ryan was instructor at Camp Pendleton.
George Kennedy served under General George Patton.
Mel Brooks was an engineer in the US Army.
Anthony Quayle was a Major in the Royal Artillery.
John Mills served in the Royal Engineers.
James Steward took part to 25 actions as a pilot of a B-17 bomber. He became a USAF general after the war.
Richard Burton was part of the crew of a bomber in the RAF. In the RAF there were also Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough.
Charlton Heston was on a B-25.
Henry Fonda was an officer on the destroyer Satterlee.
Rod Steiger took part aboard of the destroyer Taussing to the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Ernest Borgnine was a sailor on the destroyer Lamberton.
Jack Lemmon was aboard of the carrier Lake Champlain.
Alec Guinnes enlisted in the Royal Navy as a sailor, but at the end of the war was a lieutenant.

Answer 4

Clark Gable was devastated by the loss of Lombard, and, inconsolable, he soon joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. As Captain Clark Gable he trained with and accompanied the 351st Heavy Bomb Group as head of a 6-man motion picture unit making a gunnery training film. While at RAF Polebrook, England, Gable flew five combat missions, including one to Germany, as an observer-gunner in B-17 Flying Fortresses between May 4 and September 23, 1943, earning the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. He left the Army Air Forces with the rank of Major.

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Answer 5

Jimmy Steward
Army Air Force
Rose to the rank of General

Answer 6

Glenn Miller, don't have a clue as to his rank I just know that Jimmy Stewart played him in The Glenn Miller Story.

Answer 7

General Eisinhour fought in world war two

Answer 8

As a general officer, Jimmy Stewart also flew on at least one B-52 mission over Vietnam in 1965-1967. He flew out of Guam. I was stationed there at the time.The bombers flew in a "stream" rather than in a formation and we lost several, not his, due to collisions.

Answer 9

David Niven was a colonel in the British Commandos

James Stewart was reconnaisance pilot.

Answer 10

Farly Moat fought with the Canadian infantry to liberate Holland. He then went on to write teenage stories