What did they do - Actors & Presidents in WW 2

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) What did they do - Actors &... 05-01-05, 10:08

Hanno Spoelstra George Bush 05-01-05, 11:26

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Presidents & Actors 05-01-05, 12:04

Tony Smith Australian Prime Ministers 05-01-05, 12:52

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Fighting PM:s 05-01-05, 13:13

gordon Gable... 05-01-05, 13:20

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Actors 05-01-05, 13:35

gordon Re: Actors 05-01-05, 14:09

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Another actor 05-01-05, 14:20

Keith Burke What did they do? 05-01-05, 16:46

Phil Waterman What about the Actor... 05-01-05, 19:17

Guest Movie Actors 05-01-05, 23:06

cletrac (RIP) Clark Gable was a gunner on a... 05-01-05, 23:16

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Interesting! 06-01-05, 10:15

Rob Fast What about Canadian PM's and... 06-01-05, 13:44

Guest Lester B 07-01-05, 02:41

Guest Canadian Actors 07-01-05, 07:14

Guest Walter Pidgeon 07-01-05, 07:19

Guest Post War stars 07-01-05, 07:32

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Dr Kildare 07-01-05, 07:47

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Re: What about the Actor... 07-01-05, 08:05

Guest "Relic" 07-01-05, 14:34

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Some more actors in WW 2 07-01-05, 15:21

Garry Shipton (RIP) Re:David Niven 07-01-05, 23:18

Guest Canadian Stars 08-01-05, 00:15

Jon Skagfeld Re: Fighting PM:s 08-01-05, 06:20

Jon Skagfeld Re: Canadian Actors 08-01-05, 06:37

Guest Massey Harris 08-01-05, 06:49

Guest Re: What did they do - Actors... 08-01-05, 08:26

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) Re: Re: What did they do -... 08-01-05, 15:36

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) A few more 08-01-05, 15:50

John McGillivray Beam Me Up, Scotty 09-01-05, 03:20

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Star Trek & Kojak 09-01-05, 09:17

Alex Blair (RIP) Audie Murphy....... 09-01-05, 13:43

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Murphy 09-01-05, 16:06

Jon Skagfeld Re: Audie Murphy....... 10-01-05, 03:25

Rod Diery Johnson 10-01-05, 12:02

Tony Smith Aussie actors 10-01-05, 13:14

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) Another woman 10-01-05, 13:42

Guest Another Canadian Star 11-01-05, 05:54

Tony Smith I believe that Leslie Neilsen... 11-01-05, 06:11

Garry Shipton (RIP) Rene Levesque-Premier of... 11-01-05, 18:09

Keith Webb Glenn Ford 11-01-05, 21:04

Garry Shipton (RIP) Glenn Ford?? 11-01-05, 23:07

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) Peter Ford 12-01-05, 00:27

Keith Webb Info 12-01-05, 02:31

Jon Skagfeld So, is "our" Peter J. Ford,... 12-01-05, 03:36

Keith Webb No 12-01-05, 04:45

Bob Potter Neville Brand 12-01-05, 22:06

Bob Potter Dirk Bogarde ?? 12-01-05, 22:11

John McGillivray Dirk Bogarde 12-01-05, 23:03

Al Nickolson "Relic" from the... 13-01-05, 00:10

John McGillivray Senator Robert Dole 13-01-05, 00:26

Garry Shipton (RIP) Sterling Hayden 17-01-05, 05:12

Guest Re: Canadian Actors 17-01-05, 14:59

Mark W. Tonner Re: Re: Canadian Actors 17-01-05, 15:07

Guest Re: Re: Re: Canadian Actors 17-01-05, 17:09

Garry Shipton (RIP) Sports related veterans!! 19-01-05, 18:48

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05-01-05, 23:06

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Movie Actors

Victor Mature recieving his discharge certificate.

Mature enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1942 after trying to enlist in the Navy. The Navy told the actor he was color blind and wouldn’t enlist him, but the Coast Guard took more interest in the actor and had him re tested and enlisted him immediately. Mature enlisted as a seaman recruit and immediately reported to the Cutter Storis in Boston Harbor. Known in Hollywood as "beautiful hunk of man", his Coast Guard shipmates, who took an immediate liking to the unpretentious actor, dubbed him "hunk of junk". Mature worked hard, eventually working his way up to Chief Boatswain Mate. Between tours sea duty, Mature appeared at Bond rallies for the Coast Guard eventually starring in the Coast Guard show "Tars and Spars", a morale show which toured the country during WWII. After the war he returned to acting but made his mark in real estate. Always proud of his Coast Guard service the actor died of cancer in 1999.
For the names of more stars in the USCG:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/faqs/celeb.html