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Audie Murphy,
A Little 5' 5" Tall,
110 Pound Guy From Texas
Who Played Cowboy Parts

Most Decorated Serviceman of W.W. II And Earned:

Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross,
2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit,
2 Bronze Star Medals with "V", 2 Purple Hearts,
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal,
Good Conduct Medal,
2 Distinguished Unit Emblems, American Campaign Medal,
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star,
Four Bronze Service Stars ( Representing Nine Campaigns )
One Bronze Arrowhead ( Representing Assault Landing At Sicily and Southern France )
World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp,
Armed Forces Reserve Medal,
Combat Infantry Badge,
Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar,
Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar,
French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre,
French Legion of Honor,
Grade of Chevalier,
French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star,
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Medal of Liberated France,
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm.

Alec Guinness
The Bridge on the River Kwai   ( 1957 )

Brian Keith
Family Affair   ( 1966 )
Charles Bronson
Death Wish   ( 1974 )
Charles Durning
Dog Day Afternoon   ( 1975 )
Operated a British Royal
Navy landing craft on D-Day
Served As A
U.S. Marine Rear Gunner
Tail Gunner Army Air Corps,
B-29's In The 20th Air Force
Out Of Guam, Tinian,
and Saipan
U. S. Army Ranger
At Normandy
Earning A Silver Star
Awarded The Purple Heart

Clark Gable
Gone With The Wind   ( 1939 )

David Niven
Guns Of Navarone   ( 1961 )
Donald Pleasance
The Great Escape   ( 1963 )
Eddie Albert
Green Acres TV   ( 1965 )
Capt. Gable
Returned to the U.S.
Oct. 1943

Relieved From Active Duty
As A Major On Jun. 12, 1944
At His Own Request,
Lt. Colonel
Of The British Commandos
In Normandy
R. A.. F. Pilot

Who Was Shot Down,
Held Prisoner and Tortured
By The Germans
Awarded A Bronze Star
For His Heroic Action
As A U.S. Naval Officer

Aiding Marines At The Horrific Battle On The Island Of Tarawa In The Pacific
Nov. 1943

Ernest Borgnine
"McHale's Navy"   ( 1962 )

George C. Scott
Patton   ( 1970 )

James Doohan
"Scotty" on Star Trek   ( 1966 )

James Stewart
It's a Wonderful Life   ( 1946 )
U. S. Navy Gunners Mate
1935-1945
A Decorated
U. S. Marine
Landed in Normandy
U. S. Army on D-Day
Awarded The Air Medal,
Distinguished Flying Cross,
France 'S Croix de Guerre,
And 7 Battle Stars
During World War II.
John Russell
The Lawman   ( 1958 )
Lee Marvin
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance   ( 1962 )
Robert Ryan
Battle of the Bulge   ( 1965 )
Tyrone Power
A Yank in the R.A.F   ( 1941 )
In 1942, Enlisted
Marine Corps

Where He Received A Battlefield Commission

Was Wounded and Highly Decorated For Valor At Guadalcanal

U.S. Marine
On Saipan

During the Marianas Campaign When He Was Wounded Earning The
Purple Heart
U. S. Marine


Served With The
O. S. S. in Yugoslavia
An Established Movie Star

Joined the U.S. Marines
When Pearl Harbor Was
Bombed

A Pilot Flying Supplies
Into, And Wounded Marines Out Of Iwo Jima and Okinawa