Hollywood at War: Stars Who Served (Part III)
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy led a surprise military strike against the American naval base stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The following day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war against Japan, which fully plunged the United States into World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of American men enlisted in the various branches of the armed forces to help their country in the fight against the Axis Powers. Some of these men were established Hollywood actors, while others became recognizable movie stars in the post-war period. Here are five male actors who served in World War II before they were famous. Paul Newman (1925-2008) | U.S. Navy, 1943-1946 After graduating from high school in June 1943, Newman volunteered for the U.S. Navy and enrolled in the V-12 pilot training programme at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. When his colourblindess was discovered, he was sent to a traditional boot camp in Newport, Rhode Island, a...