Of his unit, the Telegraph reported he was first to jump. Irish-born actor Richard Todd spent June 6, 1944, jumping out of a plane over Normandy, one of the men charged with securing the east side of the beach landing ears. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Richard Todd You see some of these Army men, what they went through, that's the one I felt for," Berra said.Īfter the war, he received a medal from the French government for his military efforts.īritish actors Anthony Daniels, Alec Guinness and American Mark Hamill on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope written, directed and produced by Georges Lucas. "I sit and I thank the good lord I was in the Navy. Only one man from his boat, who ventured on to the beach, was killed. Given that he'd never seen so many planes in his life, he had a feeling the Allied troops would win. His boat was charged with protecting the troops and firing rockets if the troops ran into trouble. "And I was looking out and my officer said, 'you better get your head down in here, if you want it on.'" I said, 'Boy, it looks pretty, all the planes coming over,'" Berra told NBC News in 2004. "Well, being a young guy, I thought it was like the Fourth of July, to tell you the truth. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Yogi BerraĪt only 19 years old, Yogi Berra, then known as Seaman 1 st Class Lawrence Berra, was aboard a craft preparing to land on the beaches of Normandy.
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In a letter to filmmaker Steven Spielberg, Doohan praised his film Saving Private Ryan, noting that he landed at Juno, which he called "nothing as horrid as the Omaha disaster."Ĭanadian actor James Doohan (1920 - 2005) as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott in the US TV science fiction series 'Star Trek', circa 1967. Four hit him in the leg, one took off his right middle finger and one hit him in the chest but a cigarette case stopped the bullet. Later in the evening, a Canadian sentry accidentally shot him six times. "I don't know if they were killed or wounded but it shut them up," Doohan told the New York Times in 1998. On D-Day, he landed on Juno beach, according to Snopes, and shot two German snipers. James Doohan, known for his role as "Scott" in the original Star Trek, was a commissioned lieutenant with the 14 th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3 rd Canadian Infantry Division. However, they pressed on despite heavy fire and large casualties and less than a year later, Germany surrendered. Those invading Normandy faced disheartening odds, so much so, that then-General Dwight Eisenhower noted it would not be an easy task in his message to troops. Among those who risked their lives for the world's freedom were a number of famous faces, including actors, activists and athletes.
D-Day was a turning point in World War II and an estimated 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy 75 years ago.
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