April 26, 20188 yr comment_147715 49 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Thanks, Stick. no problem... it was Oliver that posted that... Report
April 26, 20188 yr comment_147717 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. Report
April 26, 20188 yr comment_147718 the list goes on... https://www.pinterest.com/hisgracegift/famous-people-who-served-our-country/ Report
April 26, 20188 yr comment_147722 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 Report
April 27, 20188 yr comment_147737 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. Report
April 27, 20188 yr comment_147738 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. Report
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