num_pages: 242
description: With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the lives of all the men profiled in this book changed. The attack brought the country together in a way it had never seen before, or since. Recruiting offices were swamped with volunteers enlisting to avenge the sneak attack that had occurred that Sunday morning. The enlistees included farm boys from Texas, college students from Massachusetts, laborers from Detroit, professional men from New York and movie stars from Hollywood. It included men and women from every walk of life in every state and territory. Some of the biggest movie stars of the time answered the call and they answered it not to serve as entertainers or be actors in Signal Corps training films, they sought out and found hazardous duty flying combat missions in bombers and fighters, sailing the waters of the North Atlantic and the South Pacific. They jumped out of planes behind enemy lines on D-Day. They were at the Battle of the Bulge; they ran supplies
language: English
title: Reel Heroes to Real Heroes & Real Heroes to Reel Heroes by Williams, Richard, Williams, S. Joy (2006) Paperback
titlecomplete: Reel Heroes to Real Heroes & Real Heroes to Reel Heroes by Williams, Richard, Williams, S. Joy (2006) Paperback
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Trafford Publishing