Although Tom Hanks has never served in the military, in 2006 he was the first actor inducted as an honorary member of the US Armys Ranger Hall of Fame—for a part he played in a film! In the movie Saving Private Ryan, Hanks plays Cpt. Miller, a WWII Army Ranger company commander opposite Matt Damon, a young soldier that Hanks character is tasked with bringing home from war. The induction was partially awarded because of Hanks dedication to honoring war heroes through his work as a national spokesman for the WWII Memorial Campaign and as a chairman of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign. He was also one of the writers and producers on Band of Brothers, an Emmy-award winning miniseries about the Western front. Its difficult to get inducted to the Ranger Hall of Fame without being a career soldier. Most inductees, aside from the honorary ones, must have served in a Ranger unit or be graduates of the prestigious Ranger School located in Fort Benning, GA. Read more at omgfacts/Interesting/You-dont-have-to-be-an-Army-Ranger-to-ge/60482#gIdIm4R3SDluuohF.99
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:59:58 +0000
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