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And we continue with our American stories, and it's time for another Hollywood Goes to War story from Roger McGrath.

Tim McCoy was a major film star most noted for his roles in American westerns.

He was so popular with youngsters as a cowboy star that he appeared on the cover of Wheaties cereal boxes.

Roger McGrath is the author of Gunfighters, Houndvin, and Vigilantees, Violence on the Frontier,

a U.S. Marine and former history professor at UCLA.

Dr. McGrath has appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries, and he's a regular

contributor for us here in our American stories.

Here's McGrath with the story of Tim McCoy.

From the late 1920s and through the 1930s,

Tim McCoy was not only one of the top cowboy actors,

he actually was a cowboy.

He appeared in his first movie, The Thundering Herd in 1925,

and his last Requiem for a Gunfighter in 1965.

All together, he appeared in 93 movies.

In 1973, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame

at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

It was also in 1973 that he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

What is less known about Tim McCoy is a service in the U.S. Army in both World War I and World War II.

Timothy John McCoy is born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1891.

His parents are Gaelic-speaking Irish immigrants.

At 16 years old, the father enlists in the Union Army when the Civil War erupts.

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