American actor Jackie Coogan was born on October 26, 1914 in Los Angeles, California.
During WWII Jackie, who was with the 1st Air Commando Group, flew a glider combat mission transporting British Indian special forces into Japanese territory during the Burma Campaign.
Image of Jackie in the early 1920s via Wikimedia Commons, public domain
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