Charles Bronson
There aren’t many actors in Hollywood who are cooler than Charles Bronson, but it’s not the silver screen alone that has made him who he is. He contributed his best during WWII when he enlisted in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron. After 25 successful battle missions that he flew, he received the “Purple Heart” award as he was wounded during one of the missions.
Charles Bronson
Paul Newman
After being told that his color-blindness prevented him from becoming a pilot during WWII, Paul Newman did anything but give up. He pushed to become a turret gunner on an Avenger torpedo bomber – one of the Axis’ worst nightmares. He narrowly escaped a terrifying death when during the Battle of Okinawa, kamikaze planes attacked the USS Bunker Hill where he was supposed to be on board. Newman wasn’t on the ship, simply because his pilot was suffering from an ear infection.
Paul Newman
