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In a career spanning more than four decades and appearing in 149 movies, Western star Tim

Holt could be seen on the big screen in films such as Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine,

and Swiss Family Robinson. Here to tell another Hollywood Goes to War's story is Roger McGrath.

McGrath is the author of gunfighters,

Highwomen 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 is a regular

contributor here at Our American Stories.

Here's McGrath.

One of the most handsome and recognizable faces from the movies,

especially westerns, of the late 1930s through the early 1950s,

was Tim Holb.

He appeared in more than 70 movies.

Several of them considered classics, including stagecoach in 1939, Swiss Family Robinson in 1940, the magnificent Ambersons in 1942, my darling Clementine in 1946,

and the treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1948.

Audiences loved him in his supporting roles in these major productions,

but also in his leading man roles in dozens of B-Westerns.

What is generally forgotten about Tim Holt was his World War II service as a B-Westerns. What is generally forgotten about Tim Holt

was his World War II service as a B-29 B-29 B-Ommadier,

for which he was awarded,

the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart,

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