Here's where they were during the war.
 Hope you find this as informative as I did .

This page lists but a few, but from this group of only 18 men came over 70 
medals in honor of their valor, spanning from Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, 
Distinguish Service Cross', Purple Hearts and one Congressional Medal of 
Honor.
So remember; while the "Entertainers of 2004" have been in all of the news 
media lately I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of 
1943 were doing, (61 years ago).
 

                   Real Hollywood Heroes

Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on 
D-Day.

James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the 
U. S. Army on D-Day.

Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who was 
shot down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.

David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British 
Commandos in Normandy.

James Stewart Entered the Army Air Force as a private and worked his way to 
the rank of Colonel. During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber pilot, his service record crediting him with leading more than 20 missions over Germany, and taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his tour of duty.
Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, France's Croix 
de Guerre, and 7 Battle Stars during World War II.
In peace time, Stewart continued to be an active member of the Air Force as 
a reservist, reaching the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in the 
late 1950s.

Clark Gable (Mega-Movie Star when war broke out) Although he was beyond the 
draft age at the time the U.S. entered WW II, he enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles.
He attended the Officers' CandidateSchool at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated 
as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943 he was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook where flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s.
Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved from active 
duty as a major on Jun. 12, 1944 at his own request, since he was over-age 
for combat.

Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

Earnest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.

Charles Durning was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a Silver Star 
and awarded the Purple Heart.

Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more specifically 
on B-29s in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan.

George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine.

Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic 
action as a U. S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the 
island of Tarawa in the Pacific Nov. 1943.

Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against 
the Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.

Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he 
was wounded earning the Purple Heart.

John Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a 
battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at 
Guadalcanal.

Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia.

Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined 
the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out 
of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Audie Murphy, little 5'5" tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy 
parts? The most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned: Medal of Honor, Distinguished  Service Cross, 2 Silver Star Medals, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medals  with "V", 2 Purple Hearts, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Distinguished Unit Emblems, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France) World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar, Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar, French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre, French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier, French Croix de Guerre With 
Silver Star, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Medal of Liberated France, 
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm.

So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted when compared 
to the hollywonks today who spray out anti-American drivel as they bite the 
hand that feeds them? Can you imagine these stars of yester-year saying they 
hate our flag, making anti-war speeches, marching in anti-American parades 
and saying they hate our president?
I thought not, neither did I!