{"id":19088,"date":"2026-05-25T21:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/how-hollywood-honors-the-servicemen-and-women-who-have-sacrificed-it-all-movieguide\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:54:32","slug":"how-hollywood-honors-the-servicemen-and-women-who-have-sacrificed-it-all-movieguide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/how-hollywood-honors-the-servicemen-and-women-who-have-sacrificed-it-all-movieguide\/","title":{"rendered":"How Hollywood Honors The Servicemen and Women Who Have Sacrificed It All &#8211; Movieguide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Movieguide\u00ae Staff<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Memorial Day, many in Hollywood will take a moment to honor the men and women who&#8217;ve given their lives for this country.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It has become a personal life mission to honor and remember those who selflessly serve and sacrifice so much,&#8221; Emmy Award winner Gary Sinise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/memorial-day-gary-sinise-america-military\">said<\/a> previously \u2014 a sentence that doubles as a mission statement for a small Hollywood roster.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are Christian actors whose love for the troops isn&#8217;t a press-release gesture but something stitched into their families, their service records and their faith.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/\">hosts<\/a> the 37th annual National Memorial Day Concert on PBS this Sunday alongside Tony Award winner Joe Mantegna. The broadcast falls on the country&#8217;s 250th anniversary, and Sinise has been clear about what powers his decades-long campaign for veterans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/news-articles\/gary-sinise-builds-smart-home-for-wounded-iraqi-vet.html\" class=\"mg_related_link\">Related: Gary Sinise Builds Smart Home for Wounded Iraqi Vet<\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His personal stake runs through the family tree. His grandfather drove an ambulance in World War I, an uncle navigated a B-17 in World War II and his father served in the Navy during Korea \u2014 so when the Lt. Dan character in FORREST GUMP became a calling card, Sinise turned it into the Lt. Dan Band and a foundation that has built 94 specially adapted smart homes for wounded vets and served more than a million meals to troops.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Memorial Day also marks the first since Chuck Norris&#8217;s death on March 19. The Air Force veteran and WALKER, TEXAS RANGER star enlisted in 1958, served four years including a stretch at Osan Air Base in South Korea and lost his younger brother Wieland in Vietnam.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;He lived his life with faith, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to the people he loved,&#8221; Norris&#8217;s family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/news-articles\/chuck-norris-dies-at-86-lived-his-life-with-faith.html\">said<\/a> in a statement after his passing. Norris won the Movieguide\u00ae Grace Prize\u00ae in 1999 for WALKER, TEXAS RANGER.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You have to go with your faith,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/news-articles\/chuck-norris-dies-at-86-lived-his-life-with-faith.html\">told<\/a> Movieguide\u00ae at the 17th Annual Movieguide\u00ae Awards about navigating Hollywood. He never went quiet about the airmen he served with or the Savior he served after.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. T \u2014 born Laurence Tureaud \u2014 held a similar two-fold posture for decades. The A-TEAM star joined the U.S. Army in 1975, made squad leader at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, and earned a letter of recommendation from his drill sergeant before Hollywood ever called.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am a Christian who just happens to be an actor. I am not an actor who happens to be a Christian,&#8221; he has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrT\/status\/1480761854142005251\">said<\/a>. He&#8217;s used that order of operations to defend the Gospel publicly through three decades of fame, including donating his 1979 Toughest Bouncer in America winnings to his Chicago church.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor Kevin Sorbo doesn&#8217;t have a service record of his own, but his younger brother spent 21 years in the Army and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/38034\/kevin_sorbo_sends_message_to_the_troops\">retired<\/a> as a lieutenant colonel. That long-table conversation has shaped Sorbo&#8217;s public thanks to troops in the Letters from Hollywood project and at events alongside wounded vets \u2014 the gratitude of a man whose family has paid the bill.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The newest name on the roster might be Army veteran Vincent &#8220;Rocco&#8221; Vargas, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pureflix.com\/insider\/u.s.-army-vet-vincent-vargas\">deployed<\/a> to Iraq and Afghanistan before pivoting into faith-based projects like LUCY SHIMMERS AND THE PRINCE OF PEACE. His work in Christian movies grew straight out of carrying both a rifle and a Bible.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor Dennis Quaid rounds out the list this week through a different door. The veteran star \u2014 whose father served in the Merchant Marines during World War II \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/biz\/news\/dennis-quaid-mv-awards-patriot-ally-military-1236705736\/\">receives<\/a> the Patriot Ally Award at the Military and Veteran Entertainment Awards on May 23, presented by the American Legion&#8217;s National Commander.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Those guys deserve the whole year for what they do for us,&#8221; Quaid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/veterans-day-dennis-quaid-trace-atkins-among-hollywood-stars-honoring-military\">told<\/a> Fox News Digital last Veterans Day. That&#8217;s the kind of off-the-cuff line that lands when somebody actually means it.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memorial Day isn&#8217;t a thank-you to the living \u2014 it&#8217;s remembrance for the dead. 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