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I can only send this to people a certain age, since
today's people don't have any idea who many of these men were...and that's
a pity.
US Marines and
US Army Air Corps. Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of
General.
US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c, destroyer USS
Lamberton.
US Army.
US Army. Wounded,
USMC. Battleship USS
Wisconsin and Carrier USS
Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft
gunner, Battle of Okinawa.
US Navy Rear seat gunner/radioman, torpedo bombers of USS
Bunker Hill
US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and
medically discharged.
US Army. US Navy. Destroyer USS
Satterlee.
US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on
US Army. Wounded on
US Navy. Sub
tender USS
Proteus. In
US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a
B-25,
US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports that ferried
supplies over "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India Theater.
US Navy. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines.
US Navy aboard USS
Cyrene.
US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe.
US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner, wounded in action.
US Army. Was a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Reserves before the
war. His poor eyesight kept him from being sent overseas with his unit when war
came so he transferred to the Army Air Corps Public Relations Unit where he
served for the duration.
Declared "4F medically unfit" due to
pre-existing injuries, he nonetheless attempted to volunteer three times (Army,
Navy and Film Corps.) so he gets honorable mention.
America's most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood
star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the
Medal of Honor. Would someone please
remind me again how many of today's Hollywood elite put their careers on hold to
enlist in Iraq or Afghanistan?
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