Norman Lear

Legendary television producer

Norman Lear was just 20 when

he enlisted in the Army Air

Force, shortly after the attack

on Pearl Harbor. Lear served in

the Mediterranean theater as a

radio operator and gunner on

B-17 Flying Fortress bombers

with the 463rd Bomb Group in

Italy, flying 52 combat missions

over continetnal Europe. "I

wasn't a hero, I was just doing

my job," said Lear shortly before

passing.