April 26, 20188 yr 49 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Thanks, Stick. no problem... it was Oliver that posted that...
April 26, 20188 yr the thing about Niven was that he'd moved to Hollywood prior to the war, and moved back to Britain to re-enlist. I think most of the others were still living in Great Britain(?). Some Canadians... Lorne Greene, Raymond Massey, and Walter Pidgeon.
April 26, 20188 yr the list goes on... https://www.pinterest.com/hisgracegift/famous-people-who-served-our-country/
April 26, 20188 yr More... Post WWII: (The Brits still had National Service, so basically pretty much all the men served) Michael Caine - Royal Fusiliers, Sean Connery , Royal Navy, Alan Bates , Royal Air Force
April 27, 20188 yr 23 hours ago, John Morris said: they either join because they want to serve their nation, they want to learn a skill, they want the college assistance, or they just need a way out of town and away from the trouble they keep getting into That may be true, John, but when the time came, all those different reasons didn't matter. They did what they came to do, and honorably.
April 27, 20188 yr 32 minutes ago, PostalTom said: That may be true, John, but when the time came, all those different reasons didn't matter. They did what they came to do, and honorably. Most definitely! The reasons I gave were not to belittle the intentions, in my own case, the latter was my reason. I was pushing back on the inference made by hat that our youth are not joining because of the politics of the current wars, when in reality they are joining up, and they have politics furthest from their minds but more than likely the reasons they join are the ones I gave above.
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