Film Stars in Military History
Norma Jeane Baker
We all know her as Marilyn Monroe.
She was not in the military (My Dad wished she would have been) but the photos taken of her working in the Radioplane Munitions Factory in LA were published in the WW2 magazine Yank & others.
There were many photos taken of her to be used by the US Government for the War Drive.
She actually started her career working in an aircraft factory building military aircraft, etc. during the end of the war.
She was not in the military (My Dad wished she would have been) but the photos taken of her working in the Radioplane Munitions Factory in LA were published in the WW2 magazine Yank & others.
There were many photos taken of her to be used by the US Government for the War Drive.
She actually started her career working in an aircraft factory building military aircraft, etc. during the end of the war.
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Dirk Bogarde: Captain in the Intelligence Corps, served after D-Day through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany then onto the Far East.
Ballard Berkley (The Major in Fawlty Towers) was a Special Constable in London and had a part as the Engineer onboard HMS Torrin, 'In Which We Serve'. He recalled that when the Cafe de Paris was bombed, and among many others the bandleader Snakehips Johnson was killed, looters had got there before the police and had removed fingers (and presumably rings) from the corpses, gold teeth had been knocked out and the dead generally robbed.
Ballard Berkley (The Major in Fawlty Towers) was a Special Constable in London and had a part as the Engineer onboard HMS Torrin, 'In Which We Serve'. He recalled that when the Cafe de Paris was bombed, and among many others the bandleader Snakehips Johnson was killed, looters had got there before the police and had removed fingers (and presumably rings) from the corpses, gold teeth had been knocked out and the dead generally robbed.
The King of Cool, Steve McQueen, served in the USMC from 1947 to 1950.
It was the exposure to asbestos from stripping pipe-lagging on punishment duty in the USMC (as well as other asbestos exposure in early life) that is atributable to his Mesothelioma that eventually killed him at age 50.
It was the exposure to asbestos from stripping pipe-lagging on punishment duty in the USMC (as well as other asbestos exposure in early life) that is atributable to his Mesothelioma that eventually killed him at age 50.
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Christopher Lee was an RAF Intelligence Officer in Tunisia in WWII.
Why has nobody mentioned Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe!!!
Why has nobody mentioned Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe!!!
As for Spike and Harry, well now you've mentioned them.
We shouldn't forget Jimmy Edwards.
He served in the RAF during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
His Dakota was shot down at Arnhem in 1944, resulting in his sustaining facial injuries requiring plastic surgery — he disguised the traces with the huge handlebar moustache that later became his trademark.
He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club.
And as mentioned elsewhere:
PS - British Pathe has a clip of him in procession at Aberdeen here:
"PROF." JIMMY NOW RECTOR - British Pathe
He served in the RAF during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
His Dakota was shot down at Arnhem in 1944, resulting in his sustaining facial injuries requiring plastic surgery — he disguised the traces with the huge handlebar moustache that later became his trademark.
He was a member of the Guinea Pig Club.
And as mentioned elsewhere:
Few men write an interim autobiography at the age of thirty-two [Take it from Me]. But then few men have done enough by that age to justify such an act. “Professor” Jimmy Edwards is one of them.
A Master of Arts at Cambridge University, where he won a Choral Scholarship, distinguished war service with the R.A.F. (he won the D.F.C. for his gallantry in flying operations over Arnhem), starting his post-war professional career as leading comedian at the Windmill Theatre, teaming up with Joy Nichols first in Navy Mixture and then with her and Dick Bentley in the fabulous Take It From Here and finally being elected Rector of Aberdeen University where his inaugural address was justly praised by the whole Press - Jimmy Edwards has packed into a few short years successful events that would take most men a lifetime to achieve - if ever.
A Master of Arts at Cambridge University, where he won a Choral Scholarship, distinguished war service with the R.A.F. (he won the D.F.C. for his gallantry in flying operations over Arnhem), starting his post-war professional career as leading comedian at the Windmill Theatre, teaming up with Joy Nichols first in Navy Mixture and then with her and Dick Bentley in the fabulous Take It From Here and finally being elected Rector of Aberdeen University where his inaugural address was justly praised by the whole Press - Jimmy Edwards has packed into a few short years successful events that would take most men a lifetime to achieve - if ever.
"PROF." JIMMY NOW RECTOR - British Pathe
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Leslie Howard served in the Royal Army in WW.I, suffered from "shell shock" in 1916.
Starred in several WW.II films.
Killed by a German JU88 while flying as a civilian passenger on KLM/BOAC flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay in 1943.
Starred in several WW.II films.
Killed by a German JU88 while flying as a civilian passenger on KLM/BOAC flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay in 1943.
He managed to avoid being crushed...
...and became a gunner on Liberators in WWII winning the DFC.
Sabu Dastagir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...and became a gunner on Liberators in WWII winning the DFC.
After becoming an American citizen in 1944, Sabu joined the United States Army Air Forces and served as a tail gunner and ball turret gunner on B-24 Liberators. He flew several dozen missions with the 370th Bomb Squadron of the 307th Bomb Group in the Pacific, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor and bravery.[2]
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Jimmy Stewart flew Liberators out of Tibenham, Norfolk where he was either the base commander or similar. When I lived nearby in the '70's there were still murals painted inside various rooms under the old tower from that era. Have heard that these buildings are long gone, alas.
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Hedy Lamarr is reputed to have invented the 'frequency hopping' concept for torpedo guidance.
IEEE Xplore - Further Notes and Anecdotes on Spread-Spectrum Origins
This is the patent of which she is a co-author
Patent US2292387 - SECRET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Google Patents
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson was a US Army Helicopter Pilot during the 1960's, stationed also in Germany.
Country & Western singer & composer. Also actor in movies & TV.
Mixed among the best & famous of the film & music world.
Country & Western singer & composer. Also actor in movies & TV.
Mixed among the best & famous of the film & music world.
