Stars in Khaki

Air Classics, Mar 2001

James E. Wise, Jr., and Paul W. Wilderson III STARS IN KHAKI Naval Institute Press (800) 233-8746 A companion to the successful volumes on the US Navy and US Marine Corps (Stars in Blue and Stars in the Corps), this book is filled with celebrity profiles of motion picture stars who served the US Army and air services from World War One through the Vietnam War. Many readers will discover for the first time details of the contributions made by Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, and many others. Most remarkable is the large number of celebrities - especially during World War Two - instead of continuing their lives of luxury in Hollywood. With the previous two books, this work completes the picture of the military experience of movie stars in the United States.

Readers can find out about Ronald Reagan producing training films for pilots as an officer in the Army Air Corps Reserve, Sgt. Elvis Presley's expertise in jeep maintenance, and how Clark Gable almost became a casualty while flying on a bombing mission over Germany.

Encyclopedic in scope, these portraits draw on interviews with the stars and their families, and on official reports and documents to assure authenticity.