HOLLYWOOD & THE STARS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
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Yogi Berra

Participated in the D-Day Invasion.

The 5 Sullivan Brothers

William Holden

US Army 

Kirk Douglas 

US Navy

Jackie Coogan

 US Army Air Corps. Enlisted in Army March 1941. After Pearl Harbor, requested transfer to Air Corps as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. After graduating from Glider School, he was made a Flight Officer and  volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In Dec. 1943, the unit was sent to India where, by using CG-4A gliders, it airlifted crack British troops under Gen. Orde Wingate during the night aerial invasion of Burma (Mar. 5, 1944), landing them in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines.

Jack Lemmon

served as communications officer on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain.

 Richard Burton

Royal Navy.

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