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Article: The wartime hero and film great Jimmy Stewart.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 19, 2006
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Byline: Robert M. Smalley, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When World War II came to the United States, the American film industry was quick and generous in urging film actors to do their part. No one heard the call more quickly or clearly than James Stewart, who in fact had already enlisted in the Air Corps when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. At the actual time of the raid on Pearl Harbor, Jimmy Stewart was doing guard duty at Moffit Field, south of San Francisco.
Jimmy Stewart was an actor who appeared in some 80 films during a great career, and went on to become a celebrated, highly-decorated pilot of American Liberator bombers before returning to ...