Robert Montgomery, in 1940 a volunteer ambulance driver in France with the American Field Service, won a Navy commission, rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, saw action in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean.  After six months at Guadalcanal, he fought in the Kula Gulf Battle, commanded a destroyer during the invasion of France.

Actor Robert Montgomery - US Navy

USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) (listed from left to right)nested together at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943 after completion of repairs.The USS New Orleans had her bow ripped off from the second turret forward in the Battle of Tassafaronga.Note radar antennas, gun directors and eight-inch guns on these three heavy cruisers.

Heavy cruisers

With three other Navy pilots, Wayne Morris (second from Left) poses for a picture aboard their carrier after a strike against Formosa in 1944.  Morris entered the Naval Reserve in 1942, was commissioned a lieutenant, won the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944 for destroying seven Japanese planes, six on the ground and one in the air.