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Lieutenant Henry Fonda, former Hollywood movie star, relaxes in a South Pacific area, July 10, 1944 where he is now on active duty on the staff of Vice Adm. J.H. Hoover, U.S. Navy commander of the forward area, Central Pacific. Fonda joined the navy as an ordinary seaman. (AP Photo)
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Jimmy Stewart became the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II. He had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. (AP Photo) ** FILE **
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Lee Marvin left school to enlist in the United States Marine Corps August 1942, serving with the 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater. He was wounded in action during the World War II Battle of Saipan, in the assault on Mount Tapochau, during which most of his unit ("I" Company, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division) were killed. His injury was from machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve. Marvin was awarded the Purple Heart and was given a medical discharge with the rank of Private First Class in 1945 at Philadelphia. Marvin's awards were the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Contrary to rumors, Marvin did not serve with producer and actor Bob Keeshan (later best known as Captain Kangaroo) during World War II. Marvin left school to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, serving with the 4th Marine Division in the Pacific Theater. He was wounded in action during the World War II Battle of Saipan, in the assault on Mount Tapochau, during which most of his unit ("I" Company, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division) were killed. His injury was from machine gun fire, which severed his sciatic nerve. Marvin was awarded the Purple Heart and was given a medical discharge with the rank of Private First Class in 1945 at Philadelphia. Marvin's awards were the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Contrary to rumors, Marvin did not serve with producer and actor Bob Keeshan (later best known as Captain Kangaroo) during World War II. Lee Marvin, the academy award winning actor during filming of "The Big Red One" July 1978. In the film which is directed by Samuel Fuller, Marvin plays the roll of a Sgt. In the U.S.Army's 1st infantry division, nicknamed the "Big Red One." The movie is being filmed in Natanya, Israel. (AP Photo/Max Nash)
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Actor, director and comedian Mel Brooks attended the Army Specialized Training Program conducted at the Virginia Military Institute, and served in the United States Army as a corporal in the 1104 Engineer Combat Battalion, 78th Infantry Division defusing land mines during World War II. Golden Globes nominee Mel Brooks arrives for the NBC Universal/Focus Features after-party following the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Comedian and TV host Johnny Carson joined the Naval Air Corps on June 8, 1943, received V-12 officer training at Columbia University and Millsaps College. Commissioned an ensign late in the war, Carson was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific. While in the Navy, Carson posted a 10–0 amateur boxing record, with most of his bouts fought on board the USS Pennsylvania. He was en route to the combat zone aboard a troop ship when the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. Carson served as a communications officer in charge of decoding encrypted messages and he said that the high point of his military career was performing a magic trick for United States Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal. Carson's most important military experience was a conversation with James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, who asked Carson if he planned to stay in the navy after the war. In response, Carson said no and told him he wanted to be a magician. Forrestal asked him to perform, in which Carson did with a card trick. Although, Carson created more than just magic that day, more like a promise for the future. The most important thing that Carson experienced that day was his discovery that he could entertain and amuse someone as cranky and sophisticated as Forrestal. This undated family handout photo shows Johnny Carson during his days as an ensign in the U.S. navy during World War II. Carson, the quick-witted "Tonight Show" host who became a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm, died Sunday Jan. 23, 2005. He was 79. (AP Photo)
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Gene Hackman left home and joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of sixteen, where he served four-and-a-half years as a field radio operator. After his discharge, he moved to New York, working in several minor jobs. Gene Hackman holds his Cecil B. DeMille award at the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jan. 19, 2003. Hackman will turn 80 years on Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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A poster for the movie "The Interview" is carried away by a worker after being pulled from a display case at a Carmike Cinemas movie theater, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. Georgia-based Carmike Cinemas has decided to cancel its planned showings of "The Interview" in the wake of threats against theatergoers by the Sony hackers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Pop star Elton John, right, and his longtime partner David Furnish, share a laugh after their civil ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor, England on Dec. 21, 2005. (Associated Press)
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A young woman in D.C. is raising money to help get toys to underprivileged children. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)
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If Jeb Bush — the younger son of the 41st president and the brother of the 43rd commander in chief — is to blaze his own path to the nomination, it may have to follow the script of another famous Republican who fell from conservative grace yet captured the GOP's seal of approval: the 2012 version of Mitt Romney. (Associated Press)
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Activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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This image released by Columbia Pictures shows James Franco (left) and Seth Rogen in a scene from "The Interview." An email Tuesday from hackers calling themselves the Guardians of Peace hints that there will be attacks at theaters timed to the release of the Sony comedy opening Dec. 25 that depicts two bumbling journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Associated Press)
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Chris Redd, with Maria Randazzo of the touring Second City troupe, said, "We don't hold back any punches. That's what I like. [The audience] can definitely expect the unexpected. It's a fun Christmas show." (Eric Althoff/The Washington Times)
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This Dec. 2, 2014, file photo shows Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Al Sharpton on Monday blasted Hollywood for being too white, after a series of leaked emails revealed racially insensitive dialogue between Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal and movie producer Scott Rudin. (TMZ)
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Republican Dallas Woodhouse and his Democratic brother Brad Woodhouse, two pundits, were arguing on a recent Washington Journal television broadcast when their mother called in. (Screengrab from C-SPAN/YouTube)
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Omar Mahmood was fired from the University of Michigan's campus newspaper for a piece of satire that targeted liberalism. (Image: The College Fix screenshot)
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This June 12, 2013, photo shows a person posing with an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. (Associated Press/Tim Ireland, PA) **FILE**
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Talk to some of Brazil's residents, and you get a sense that they feel the worst might be over. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - This is a Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 file photo of the mascots of the Rio 2016 Olympics, left, and Paralympic Games make their first official appearance at a public school in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mascot for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has been named as Vinicius, left, and the Paralympics mascot will go by the name of Tom it was announced Monday Dec. 15, 2014. The names honor Brazilian musicians and partners Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim. They were exponents of Bossa Nova music and creators of the famous song "The Girl from Ipanema." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
