Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness was piloting infantry landing craft in the Mediterranean. He join the Royal Navy in 1939. He landed about 200 British soldiers on the beaches of Sicily during the July 1943 invasion of Italy, and went on to ferry arms to partisan fighters in Yugoslavia. During one trip in 1944, his boat was caught in a hurricane off the coast of Italy. He only barely managed to guide the ship into a harbor before it was thrown onto a rocky shoreline and damaged beyond repair. 35 years later he starred as Obi Wan Kenobi in the famous Star Wars movies.
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Sir Alec Guinness was piloting infantry landing craft in the Mediterranean. He join the Royal Navy in 1939. He landed about 200 British soldiers on the beaches of Sicily during the July 1943 invasion of Italy, and went on to ferry arms to partisan fighters in Yugoslavia. During one trip in 1944, his boat was caught in a hurricane off the coast of Italy. He only barely managed to guide the ship into a harbor before it was thrown onto a rocky shoreline and damaged beyond repair. 35 years later he starred as Obi Wan Kenobi in the famous Star Wars movies.
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Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy was the most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II. When returned home, he was a hero and became an actor, starring in his own story called "To Hell and Back". When he was only 21 years old at the end of the war, he had killed 240 German soldiers, had been wounded three times, and had earned 33 awards and medals
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Audie Murphy was the most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II. When returned home, he was a hero and became an actor, starring in his own story called "To Hell and Back". When he was only 21 years old at the end of the war, he had killed 240 German soldiers, had been wounded three times, and had earned 33 awards and medals
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