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<v Speaker 1>You can't flip through the channels without coming across a

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<v Speaker 1>little movie called It's a Wonderful Life. We actually just

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<v Speaker 1>watched it on Amazon Prime for the first time in

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<v Speaker 1>my life. I watched it in color. This movie stars

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<v Speaker 1>a guy by the name of Jimmy Stewart. Now here's

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<v Speaker 1>the wonderful story that you might not know about It's

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<v Speaker 1>a Wonderful Life. Just a few months after winning his

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen forty one Academy Award for Best Actor in a

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<v Speaker 1>movie called The Philadelphia Story, Jimmy Stewart, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best known actors of the day, left Hollywood and he

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<v Speaker 1>joined the US Army. He was the first big name

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<v Speaker 1>movie star to enlist in World War Two. Now he

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<v Speaker 1>was an accomplished private pilot. He was thirty three years

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<v Speaker 1>old at the time, and he became a US Army

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<v Speaker 1>Air Force aviator. He earned his second lieutenant commission in

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<v Speaker 1>early nineteen forty two. With his huge celebrity status and

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<v Speaker 1>huge popularity with the American public, he was assigned to

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<v Speaker 1>star in recruitment films and go out on AT ten

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<v Speaker 1>rallies and train younger pilots. But Jimmy Stewart didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. He wanted to fly combat missions in Europe,

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<v Speaker 1>not spend his time stateside.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town off

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<v Speaker 2>my feet, and I'm going to see the world.

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<v Speaker 1>By nineteen forty four, frustrated and feeling the war was

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<v Speaker 1>passing him by, he asked his commanding officer to transfer

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<v Speaker 1>him to a unit deployed to Europe. His request was granted, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that's pretty good. Stuart, now a captain, was sent to England,

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<v Speaker 1>where he spent the next eighteen months flying B twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four Liberator bombers over Germany. Throughout his time overseas, the

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<v Speaker 1>US Air Corps top brass tried to keep the popular

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<v Speaker 1>movie star from flying over enemy territory, but Stuart would

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<v Speaker 1>hear nothing of it. Determined to lead by example, he

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<v Speaker 1>bucked the system and assigned himself to every combat mission

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<v Speaker 1>he could. By the end of the war, he was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most respected and most decorated pilots in

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<v Speaker 1>his but his wartime service came at a high personal price.

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<v Speaker 1>In the final months of World War II, he was

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<v Speaker 1>grounded for being what's called flack happy. Today we call

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<v Speaker 1>it post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. So when he

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<v Speaker 1>returned to the United States in August of nineteen forty five,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Stewart was a changed man. He'd lost so much weight,

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<v Speaker 1>he looked sickly. He rarely slept, and when he did,

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<v Speaker 1>he had nightmares of planes exploding and men falling through

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<v Speaker 1>the air screaming. In one mission alone, he'd lost thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>planes and one hundred and thirty men, most of whom

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<v Speaker 1>he knew. Personally, Jimmy Stewart was depressed. He couldn't focus.

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<v Speaker 1>He refused to talk to anyone about his experiences in

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<v Speaker 1>the war. His acting career was all but over. One

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<v Speaker 1>of Stewart's biographers put it this way. Every decision he

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<v Speaker 1>made during the war was going to preserve life or

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<v Speaker 1>cost life. He took back to Hollywood all the stresses

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<v Speaker 1>he had built up, so in nineteen forty six, he

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<v Speaker 1>got his big break. He took the role as George Bailey,

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<v Speaker 1>the suicidal father in a little movie called It's a

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful Life. The rest, as they say, is history.

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<v Speaker 2>Alone.

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<v Speaker 1>But what you may not know is actors and crew

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<v Speaker 1>on the set realized that in many of the disturbing

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<v Speaker 1>scenes George Bailey unraveling in front of his family or

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<v Speaker 1>at the bar, Stuart wasn't acting. His PTSD was captured

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<v Speaker 1>on film I'm not a man if europe player and

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<v Speaker 1>you can hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>Going at the end of my rope.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite Stuart's inner turmoil, making the movie was therapeutic for

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<v Speaker 1>the combat veteran. He would go on to become one

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<v Speaker 1>of the most accomplished and loved actors in American history.

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<v Speaker 1>When asked in nineteen forty one why he wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>leave his acting career to fly combat missions over Nazi Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, this country's conscious is bigger than all of

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<v Speaker 1>the studios in Hollywood put together, and the time will

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<v Speaker 1>come when we'll have to fight while fighting in Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuart's Oscar statue was proudly displayed in his father's Pennsylvania

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<v Speaker 1>hardware store. Throughout his life, the beloved actor always said

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<v Speaker 1>his father, a World War One veteran, was the person

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<v Speaker 1>who had made the biggest impact on him.

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<v Speaker 2>To my big brother George, the richest man in town.

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Stewart was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty five, and sadly, we lost Jimmy Stewart in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety seven at the age of eighty nine. So

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<v Speaker 1>as you flipped through the channels this long holiday weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll probably see a little movie called It's a Wonderful Life.

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<v Speaker 2>I dun run. That's right, whether.

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<v Speaker 1>You watch it or not. That's right, in black and

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<v Speaker 2>In color a white clay.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you'll remember the wonderful man who made a sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Stewart, and all of the men and women who

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<v Speaker 1>gave up so much to serve their country, many of

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<v Speaker 1>whom are serving right now, and they're missing Christmas with

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<v Speaker 1>their family. To each and every one of them, and

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<v Speaker 1>to you, Merry Christmas from Sunny RADI.

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