WWII Stars

Dare and Endure:
World War II
FAMOUS FIGHTERS

This section lists people who were in World War II who were, or would later become, famous.

Arness, James (Army, wounded in action)
Berra, "Yogi" (USN)
Brooks, Mel (Army)
Bush, George (USN, youngest commissioned pilot)
Coogan, Jackie (Army)
Curtis, Tony (USN)
Gable, Clark (USAAF, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal)
Glenn, John (USMC, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal)
Hudson, Rock (USN)
Keeshan, Bob (a.k.a. Captain Kangaroo) (USMC)
Kennedy, George (Army)
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (USN, Navy and Marine Corps Medal)
Kennedy, Robert Fitzgerald (USN)
Kissinger, Henry (Army, Bronze Star)
Matthau, Walter (USAAF)
Meredith, Burgess (USAAF)
Robertson, Cliff (Merchant Marine)
Serling, Rod (Army, wounded in action)
Steiger, Rod (USN)
Stewart, Jimmy (USAAF, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Croix de Guerre)
Williams, Ted (USMC)

References

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/bushlib/president/bio/bio.html

http://geocities.datacellar.net/Hollywood/Palace/5904/Biography3.html

http://www.onlinenj.com/tony/mixed/tonybio.html

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Jimmy/jimmy-bio.htm

http://www.yogi-berra.com/about.html

World War II 4,139 Strange and Fascinating Facts; McCombs, Don and Worth, Fred; Wing Books; 1996

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