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Audie Murphy becomes a captain of infantry in the Texas National Guard.
■ Unless the war in Korea should suddenly be called off. a lot of Hollywood actors, both young and not so young, may be wearing the uniforms of Uncle Sam by the time you read this, or very shortly after.
Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Dick Long. Bob Patten, Johnny Sands. Vic Damone. Carleton Carpenter, all the unmarrieds under the age of 26 are sure to be headed for the various training camps. They're 1A. Audie Murphy has already been sworn in as a captain of infantry in the Texas National Guard.
Nor will these boys mentioned be the first. Chances are that members of the various service Reserves of which Hollywood boasts plenty may get there before them.
Macdonald Carey, for example, who was a Marine Corps flyer for four-and-a-half years in World War II. received his standby notice in August.
So, too. did Robert Taylor. Gene Kelly, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford. Tyrone Power, and Gordon MacRae.
These men did yeoman service for the Navy and Marines in the last war. and their outfits would like to have them back for this one. Ditto Victor Mature of the Coast Guard Reserve.
The Army Air Forces have already notified Gene Autry and Bill Holden to keep in touch, and Dan Dailey as this article went to press, was telling people in the 20th Century-Fox commissary, "Next month this time, and I'll be driving a tank. I'm in the Army Reserves." .
Jane Powell's husband. Geary Steffen is in the same position. Geary is a member of an Armored Division and will undoubtedly be training troops as you read this very line.
Married or not. most young men under 30 are almost certain to be drafted, regardless of previous military duty.
Nicky Hilton. 23. Elizabeth Taylor's young husband, may be called up even though he served in the Navy once before.
Montgomery Gift. 29. declared 4F because of a tropical disease he picked up in Mexico, will in all probability be no 4F this time.
John Derek who served with the airborne troops in the Pacific five years ago. is not yet 25, and if. the war goes on for any length of time, he, too. is liable to be called even though he's the father of a baby.
Howard Duff is hitting 35 and even though he's single will probably remain at Universal rather than an Army camp for some time to come.
John Agar, legally single in another month and now in his late twenties, is another potential bit of draft bait.
The Selective Service rules change almost evenfew weeks as the war progresses, and it is virtually impossible to determine exactly who will be taken by the services and when.
Certainly all single Hollywood stars under the age of thirty will be called. ( Continued on page 96)