HOLLYWOOD & THE STARS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
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Werner Klemperer 

Special Service Unit
US Army 

Don Knotts 

Special Service Unit
US Army

Burt Lancaster
A former circus and vaudeville acrobat, he performed in army shows

 US Army

Burgess Meredith

US Army Air Corps

Robert Montgomery 

 US Navy Reserve

MAE WEST

During World War II, the inflatable yellow life vests used by American and British pilots were nicknamed Mae Wests, in honor of the chesty comedienne. The vest, which used inflation hoses, straps and cylinders of CO2 to puff up into flotation devices, saved many pilots who had to bail out over water.

ANTHONY QUAYLE

Royal Artillery

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JASON ROBARDS JR.

 US Navy.  
He was a radioman on duty at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. He wrote about his experiences in A Hell of a War.

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