Duty, Honor, Applause: America's Entertainers in World War II

From the backlots of Hollywood to the radio studios of New York, America's entertainers, like so many American men and women, made the abrupt transition from show business to the lifeand- death realities of war.

Painstakingly researched and profusely illustrated, DUTY, HONOR, APPLAUSE tells the stories of the entertainers whose public exploits brought another type of fame, but whose battlefield duty has long been overlooked. Here are the stories of Jimmy Stewart, risking one of the most important careers in film to fly bombers; Ronald Reagan, enlisting in 1937, and called up in 1942 to assist in the production of training films; and Glenn Miller, joining the army in 1942, and dying in a plane crash toward the close of the war.

Also includes stories of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Martha Raye, Robert Stack, Tyrone Power, Gene Hackman, Sid Ceasar, and many more.

DUTY, HONOR, APPLAUSE covers World War II from the origins of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in the 1930s through their defeats in 1945. It is an uplifting account of talented and famous Americans making the ultimate sacrifice for their homeland.