Reply to post: As is Charlton Heston

As is Charlton Heston

Who, according to a biography heroically defended the Aleutian[0] Islands as a gunner on a B-25 during 1944 and '45, facing "extreme weather" that "was as dangerous as enemy aircraft." He also "slipped on a patch of ice and was run over by an ambulance."

[0] Japan actually invaded the Aleutian islands Attu and Kiska in June 1942, but they were recaptured in 1943, before Heston enlisted.