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| Crew Dawg ![]() | From wikipedia: --------------------------- Carl Albert, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, Speaker of the House (1971-1977) Edward Anhalt, novelist and screenwriter Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the USAAF, and the only general officer to hold two five-star ranks (General of the Army and General of the Air Force) Xavier Atencio, Hollywood animator Gene Autrey, film actor, singer, and owner of the California Angels Sy Bartlett, Hollywood screenwriter and producer, co-author of Twelve O'Clock High Chuck Bednarik, professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. Senator, Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1988 presidential election, Secretary of the Treasury John Birch, East China missionary, volunteered for service after aiding the Doolittle raiders Esther Blake, first female member of the United States Air Force Michael Brezas, Hispanic fighter ace with the 14th Fighter Group, shot down 12 planes within two months.[77] Charles Bronson, Hollywood actor Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., Tuskegee Airman, educator, and TV personality Dann Cahn, film editor Robert L. Cardenas, pilot of the B-29 launch aircraft for the X-1 experimental rocket plane flown by Charles E. Yeager, and retired Brigadier General.[78] Merian C. Cooper, adventurer and Hollywood film producer Clyde Cowan, discoverer of the neutrino James Gould Cozzens, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., first African-American USAF general, commander of the 332nd Fighter Group Jules Engel, filmmaker and animator Tennessee Ernie Ford, television comedian and recording artist Nathan Bedford Forrest III, great-grandson of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest Arthur Franz, film actor Major Clark Gable and Gen. Ira Eaker meet at RAF Polebrook in 1943. Clark Gable, film actor Theodor Geisel, author of children's books ("Dr. Seuss") Mihiel "Mike" Gilormini, founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard and retired Brigadier General.[79] Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator, Republican nominee in the 1972 presidential election Peter Graves, film and television actor William Wister Haines, author, screenwriter, and playwright Van Heflin, film actor Charlton Heston, film actor, National Rifle Association president Arthur Harvey, oil pioneer, author, World War I veteran Don Herbert, television personality as "Mr. Wizard" William Holden, film actor Tim Holt, film actor John Hope, television meteorologist and hurricane forecaster Bobby Jones, champion amateur golfer, attorney, and founder of Augusta National Nicholas Katzenbach, 65th United States Attorney General DeForest Kelley, actor Arthur Kennedy, film actor Algene and Frederick Key - brothers and aviation pioneers Alan Ladd, film actor Beirne Lay, Jr., Hollywood screenwriter, co-author of Twelve O'Clock High Norman Lear, Television and motion picture producer Curtis LeMay, USAAF and USAF General, commander Strategic Air Command, 1968 Vice Presidential candidate Donald S. Lopez, Sr., ace with the Flying Tigers.[80] John Lee Mahin, Hollywood screenwriter and producer Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt pilot Joseph C. McConnell, leading U.S. ace of the Korean War Gordon MacRae, Broadway and Hollywood actor Walter Matthau, actor George McGovern, U.S. Senator, Democratic nominee in the 1972 presidential election Major Glenn Miller. Glenn Miller, popular musician and director of the Band of the USAAF Training Command Walter M. Miller, Jr., science fiction author Cameron Mitchell, film actor George Montgomery, film and television actor Richard Murphy, Hollywood screenwriter Jack Palance, film actor Oscar Francis Perdomo, the last "Ace in a Day" for the United States in World War II.[81] Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada, aerial pioneer, Air Force lieutenant general Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States George Reeves, film and television actor William Rehnquist, jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Roy Riegels, All-American football player for the California Golden Bears (Berkeley) Gene Roddenberry. American television producer, Star Trek creator Dan Rowan, comedian and television actor Carl Spaatz, second USAAF commanding general, first Chief of Staff of the Air Force Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, test pilot, Mercury Seven astronaut Aaron Spelling, film and television producer Colonel James Stewart being awarded the Croix de guerre with palm. James Stewart, brigadier general, film actor Bert Stiles, author Paul Tibbets, pilot whose B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior (1961-1969) Joseph A. Walker, military test pilot Harris Wofford, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Kenneth N. Walker, brigadier general, Medal of Honor recipient, airpower visionary George Wallace, governor of Alabama, four-time presidential candidate Jack L. Warner, Hollywood film executive Jack Webb, film and television actor, director, and producer David Westheimer, novelist Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, sportsman and financier John Hay Whitney, newspaper publisher and Ambassador to Great Britain James C. "Jim" Wright, Jr., U.S. Representative from Texas, Speaker of the House (1987-1989) William Wyler, film director Coleman Young, mayor of Detroit (1974-1994) Chuck Yeager, USAF test pilot and general officer
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