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Charles Bronson: Flew combat missions during World War II. Drafted into the Army in 1943, Charles Bronson became a B-29 aerial gunner in B-29 bombers after a spell of punishment for punching a sergeant. He flew 25 combat missions in the Pacific and was awarded the Purple Heart for taking a bullet to his shoulder.
Winston Churchill. The prime minister of Britain during most of World War II. Churchill was among the most active leaders in resisting German aggression and played a major role in assembling the Allied Powers, including the United States and the USSR.
John F. Kennedy. Most of us know him as President Kennedy. Kennedy served in World War II, the boat that he was on was sliced in half by a Japanese destroyer leaving many of his friends and crew members badly hurt.
Stewart received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the French Croix de Guerre. By the time the war ended, he had achieved the rank of brigadier general, making him the highest-ranked Hollywood actor. Paul Newman was a radioman/gunner in torpedo bombers in the United States Navy during WWII.
There were a number of prominent celebrities who donned the uniform in WWII, perhaps most famously Clark Gable, who was recruited by Hap Arnold, the US Armey Air Force Chief of Staff, after the death of his wife Carole Lombard during a war bonds promotional tour.
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