The lives of movie stars are often more closely followed than those of political leaders, sports figures, or sometimes one's own relatives, but even the most avid film buffs might be surprised to learn their favorite actors served in one of this country's sea services and distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. In this book, filled with fascinating and revealing profiles of more than fifty celebrities, many readers will discover for the first time the patriotic contributions and sacrifices actors have made in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard from World War I to Vietnam.
 Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Montgomery, and Ernest Borgnine are among many stars who have portrayed naval personnel on film, but do their fans know that Fonda won a Bronze Star for his actions during Pacific naval encounters, that Bogart dropped a fleeing prisoner with his .45, that Montgomery was awarded a Bronze Star for his courageous performance of duty during the Normandy invasion, or that Borgnine hunted U-boats off America's East Coast? A virtual Who's Who, this entertaining yet historically accurate and complete account brings to life these and dozens of other stars' naval and coast guard service backgrounds and film careers, drawn from interviews, diaries, letters, and official military and film industry archives.
 Find out how John Howard won a Navy Cross, how Navy Hellcat ace Wayne Morris downed seven Japanese planes, how UDT frogman Aldo Ray reconned the Okinawa landing beaches, how Eddie Albert saved more than a dozen wounded marines on the bloody reefs of Tarawa, and how Hedy Lamarr patented World War II communications anti-jamming technology still in use today. Rarely have movie stars' real lives been portrayed in such detail, including interesting anecdotes from their Hollywood careers and never before published photographs from their military careers, including Paul Newman as a Navy radioman/gunner who flew in torpedo bombers during World War II.

Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services

Biographies & Memoirs

Rehill, Anne Collier

Wise Jr., James E.

Arts & Literature

Naval_Institute_Press

A unique illustrated celebration of the relationship between Hollywood and the U.S. Marine Corps features the military histories of Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, Ed McMahon, Sterling Hayden, and Lee Marvin, among others.

Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines

Wise, James E.

Naval Inst Pr

Most moviegoers remember the classic Navy roles played by Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Montgomery, and Ernest Borgnine, but not many know that Fonda and Montgomery won Bronze Stars for their real heroic deeds, or that Borgnine hunted U-boats off the East Coast.
 This book offers fascinating details about the lives of more than fifty movie stars who served in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard from World War I to Vietnam. Drawn variously from interviews, letters, and archives, this virtual Who's Who of Navy stars brims with interesting anecdotes and some never-before-published photographs from the stars military careers. Readers learn how Eddie Albert saved more than a dozen wounded Marines on the bloody reefs of Tarawa, and ace pilot Wayne Morris downed seven Japanese planes in his Hellcat. UDT frogman Aldo Ray reconned the Okinawa landing beaches; John Howard was awarded the Navy Cross. Entertaining as well as historically accurate, these revealing profiles provide hours of enjoyment as readers discover some of the patriotic contributions and sacrifices that actors have made.

Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services (Bluejacket Books)

History

Military

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