James Stewart was the first major movie star to join the military in World War II, enlisting a full year before Pearl Harbor. Although initially rejected from the Air Force for being five pounds under the minimum weight, he convinced the recruiter to let him in and soon proved his courage. Stewart served as a bomber pilot, rising to colonel on active duty and later brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. He earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the French Croix de Guerre, and
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284K views · 7.6K reactions | This is the moment James Stewart broke character and channeled his real World War II trauma on camera, which occurred during an emotional scene in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. During the bar prayer scene, Stewart began genuinely crying and sobbing uncontrollably, a raw, unscripted display of PTSD that director Frank Capra ultimately kept in the final film. Credit: Paramount Pictures | History In Pictures | Facebook
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