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How Acting Legend Eddie Albert Served Our Country in WWII

How Acting Legend Eddie Albert Served Our Country in WWII

Update: 2025-11-24
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On this episode of Our American Stories, before audiences knew him from Green AcresRoman Holiday, or The Heartbreak Kid, Eddie Albert had already survived one of the most brutal battles of World War Two. Historian and Our American Stories regular contributor, Roger McGrath, shares the story of the young actor who paused his rising Hollywood career, joined the Navy, and found himself piloting a landing craft at Tarawa, where thousands of Marines were killed or wounded in only a few days.

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How Acting Legend Eddie Albert Served Our Country in WWII

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