I saw this movie and the quote on FMC . Inspiring words;
"If we don't try, we don't do. And if we don't do, why are we here on this Earth?"
— Actor Jimmy Stewart as Charlie Anderson, 'Shenandoah'
Stewart was promoted to major following a mission to Ludwigshafen, Germany, on January 7, 1944.[119][b] He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions as deputy commander of the 2nd Bombardment Wing,[121] the French Croix de Guerre with palm, and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.[122] Stewart was promoted to full colonel on March 29, 1945,[123] becoming one of the few Americans to ever rise from private to colonel in only four years.[124] At the beginning of June 1945, Stewart was the presiding officer of the court martial of a pilot and navigator who accidentally bombed Zurich, Switzerland.[125]
Stewart returned to the United States in early fall 1945.[126] He continued to play a role in reserve of the Army after the war[127] and was also one of the 12 founders of the Air Force Association in October 1945.[128] Stewart eventually transferred to the reserves of the United States Air Force ...
more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart
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