Yes, and he (Sterling Hayden) got some pretty good decorations for that. Parachuted behind the lines.
He also "kidnapped" his children and sailed them to some south sea island (Tahiti?) on his boat. Got in trouble for that.
I'm sometimes amazed at some of the military history our favorite actors had.
I was interested that Bob Cummings was taught to fly by
one of the Wright brothers his Godfather, Orville Wright, and was the first officially-certified (with certificate #1) flight instructor. Instructor for the Army Air Force, big civil aviation booster. Has a small airport in California named after him. Or a runway, maybe, I'm not sure which. Owned and flew an autocar, among other aircraft. One, called Spinach, was a green Cessna C-37 Airmaster, NC18550.
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings with his Autocar
sans trailer with wings and empennage:
Terry, 230RN