🇺🇸 Henry Fonda ~ born May 16, 1905 in Grand Island, Nebraska
Fonda served in the military during World War II for the United States Navy during the height of his career. He was 37.
He joined as an enlisted man (Quartermaster Third Class) on the destroyer USS Satterlee, providing fire support for the Allied troops during the Normandy invasion.
In the Pacific Theater he applied to become an officer and was commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He served as an Air Combat Intelligence Officer in the Central Pacific, helping plan operations for the Marianas, Western Carolines, and Iwo Jima campaigns.
He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a Navy Presidential Unit Citation for his meritorious service.
Conflicts: World War II, Pacific War, Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, Truk Lagoon, and the Battle of Iwo Jima (d; August 12, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, aged 77)