James Stewart at War- His Career in the USAAF

James Stewart was already a Hollywood star when the United States went to war in December 1941. Having received an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1940 for his role in The Philadelphia Story, he had become a familiar face to movie goers by the time that the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor. By that time ‘Jimmy’ had already received his private pilot’s licence and when his name was drawn by the Drafting Commission on 29 October 1940, he applied to join the US Army Air Corps. He continued his pilot training and just twelve days before he received his draft, he had obtained his commercial pilot’s licence. It was on 18 January 1942, that the Hollywood star was called into active duty. In this book author, Pavel Turk, explores the life and career of this Hollywood star in the United States Army Air Forces.