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poliphilo, I went over to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com, for those of you who have yet to discover this lovely reference) and found this entry:
[Jimmy Stewart] was the first movie star to enter the service for World War II, joining a year before Pearl Harbor was bombed. He was initially refused entry into the Air Force because he weighed 5 pounds less than the required 148 pounds, but he talked the recruitment officer into ignoring the test. He eventually became a Colonel, and earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Croix de Guerre and 7 battle stars. In 1959, he served in the Air Force Reserve, before retiring as a brigadier general.
Aspoliphilo pointed out: Stand Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne next to each other, or screen their movies side-by-side, and who would you cast as a warrior for your own film? Most people would pick John Wayne every time. But which of them had the actual experience of battle? Which of them actually put his life on the line?
There are all kinds of warriors.
poliphilo, I went over to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com, for those of you who have yet to discover this lovely reference) and found this entry:[Jimmy Stewart] was the first movie star to enter the service for World War II, joining a year before Pearl Harbor was bombed. He was initially refused entry into the Air Force because he weighed 5 pounds less than the required 148 pounds, but he talked the recruitment officer into ignoring the test. He eventually became a Colonel, and earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Croix de Guerre and 7 battle stars. In 1959, he served in the Air Force Reserve, before retiring as a brigadier general.
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poliphilo pointed out: Stand Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne next to each other, or screen their movies side-by-side, and who would you cast as a warrior for your own film? Most people would pick John Wayne every time. But which of them had the actual experience of battle? Which of them actually put his life on the line?There are all kinds of warriors.
