After first being turned down because he was 5 pounds under the weight minimum, this Oscar-winning actor enlisted in the Air Force and became the first movie star to join the armed forces during World War II. Who is he?

Amongst several other honors, Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service during the Second World War, where he was a brigadier general and once counted Walter Matthau amongst his sergeants. Stewart won Best Actor for 1940's "The Philadelphia Story."

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