95 - Jimmy Stewart

Published: July 15, 2019, 4:30 a.m.

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For a long time I\\u2019ve been fascinated by movie stars who chose to join the military and saw combat in World War Two. And one star in particular has always interested me, \\u2018Jimmy Stewart\\u2019. \\xa0A big star in the 1930\\u2019s, in 1940 he would win the Oscar for best man in The Philadelphia Story\\u2019 and was nominated for one for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, yet when war came he was insistent on not avoiding it and joined the United States Army Airforce flying combat missions over Europe.

Joining me to discuss Jimmy Stewart\\u2019s military career is Robert Matzen, author of Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight For Europe.

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