A few days after the 1941 Academy Award dinner where Jimmy Stewart was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story.  Civilian Stewart was sworn into the Army with 18 other inductees.  About 100 loyal fans, mostly women, gathered to give him a send-off.  His arrival at the draft board produced two characteristic lines:  "Hullo" - and then, with a sleepy grin, "Uh, it's a little early in the morning."

Actor Jimmy Stewart - Army Air Force

Lieutenant Jimmy Stewart of the Army Air Force as he looked in 1942 after a year and a half of military service.  Gone are the klieg lights and make-up of the movie lot; in their place, there appears fierce sunlight of the upper air and a face that bespeaks a fighting man's determination.  When Jimmy Stewart went to war, he went the whole way.

A 10th Combat engineer works his bulldozer clearing a road at Montelimar. The cleanup effort was left to the 15th Regiment and the 10th Engineers.(rudeerude)