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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:29:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Jimi Hendrix was in the Army. 101st Airborne. But wasn't much of a soldier from what I've heard.  101st Airborne. I believe he received a medical discharge for breaking his leg or foot on a jump. Chronic masturbation. Paperwork is out on the 'net...when i was at Campbell that rumor was a broken leg. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:31:25 PM EDT
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Jesse Ventura was NOT a SEAL. He was in the UDT's. After his discharge from the Navy, the UDT and SEAL community merged. I know a few SEAL's as well as one or two very high profile, well known SEAL's, they don't consider Jesse a SEAL. seal schmeal, he still did combat in Nam. Never said he didn't. He is the one claiming he is a SEAL when he isn't. There was a very convincing article recently that says he did not serve in Vietnam. It's a thread from a few weeks/months back. I saw that as well. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:31:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:38:22 PM EDT
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Actor Jack Palance Few people know that veteran movie actor Jack Palance was a professional heavyweight boxer in the early 1940s. Fighting under the name Jack Brazzo, Palance a product of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, won his first 15 fights, 12 by knockout before losing a 4th round decision to future heavyweight contender Joe Baksi on Dec. 17, 1940. With the outbreak of World War II, Jack Palance's boxing career ended and his military career began. Wounded in combat, he received the purple heart, good conduct medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. After the war he began his long and famous motion picture career.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:38:24 PM EDT
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Jesse Ventura was NOT a SEAL. He was in the UDT's. After his discharge from the Navy, the UDT and SEAL community merged. I know a few SEAL's as well as one or two very high profile, well known SEAL's, they don't consider Jesse a SEAL. seal schmeal, he still did combat in Nam. Never said he didn't. He is the one claiming he is a SEAL when he isn't. There was a very convincing article recently that says he did not serve in Vietnam. It's a thread from a few weeks/months back. I saw that as well. Interesting that they describe his service as during the "Vietnam Era." http://www.militaryhub.com/military-people.cfm?id=42 ETA: and he's mum on whether or not he served IN Vietnam: http://web.archive.org/web/20020203035901/http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/1130195.html |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:40:42 PM EDT
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Well, let's not forget me... Fuckos. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:42:55 PM EDT
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Montel Williams
USMC and US Navy. Annapolis grad. left the navy as Lt. Commander. I think he turned big-time lib. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:43:08 PM EDT
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Ed McMahon, USMC
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:45:18 PM EDT
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Ernest Borgnine. Got out of the Navy after 10 years as a GM1. Oh yeah and he served during WWII.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:50:17 PM EDT
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Ed McMahon served in Korea.
George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees was in the Air Force. Bill Cosby - Navy Veteran Don Knotts - US Army, served as entertainer during WWII David Niven - officer British Army Ernest Borgnine - served on a destroyer in WWII. In 2004 given ceremonial rank of Chief Petty Officer James Doohan (Sotty on Star Trek) - Canadian Army. Injured during the Normandy invasion and lost his finger. Johnny Carson - US Navy Bob Hope - never in the military - voted by both houses of congress as an honorary veteran. Here's a whole list I pulled off the net. I checked the ones above but haven't checked every instance below. Actors Alan Alda –– US Army Andy Rooney –– US Army Art Carney –– US Army Audie Murphy –– US Army (Most decorated serviceman in WWII) Bill Cosby –– US Navy Bob Keeshan –– (Captain Kangaroo) US Marines Brian Keith –– US Marine Burgess Meredith - US Army Air Corps Burt Lancaster –– US Army Carl Reiner –– US Army Caroll O`Connor –– Merchant Marines Charles Bronson –– US Army Charles Durning - US Army, three Purple Hearts, and the Silver Star Charlton Heston –– US Army Chuck Norris –– US Air Force Clark Gable –– US Air Force Clint Eastwood –– US Army Clu Gulager –– US Marine David Eigenberg –– US Marine Don Adams –– US Marine Don Knotts –– Don Rickles –– US Navy Douglas Fairbanks Jr. –– US Navy Drew Carry –– US Marines Earnest Borgnine –– US Navy Eddie Albert –– US Navy (Bronze Star) Eli Wallach –– US Army Ernest Borgnine –– US Navy Frank Gorshin - US Army Gene Autry –– Air Transport Command Gene Hackman –– US Marine George C Scott –– US Marine George Kennedy –– US Army George Peppard –– US Marine Glen Ford –– US Marine Harvey Keitel –– US Marine Henry Fonda –– US Navy, Bronze Star Humphrey Bogart - US Navy Jack Lemmon –– US Navy Reserve Jack Palance –– US Army (severely wounded) Jack Warden –– 101 Airborne Jackie Coogan –– US Army Jackie Cooper –– US Navy James Arness –– US Army, purple heart James Earl Jones –– US Army James Franciscus –– US Marine James Whitmore Jason Robards Jr –– US Navy Jimmy Stewart –– US Army John Russell –– US Marine Johnny Carson –– US Navy Joseph Cotton –– US Air Force Josh Gracin –– US Marine Kirk Douglas –– US Navy Lee Marvin –– US Marine (Purple Heart) Maurice Evans –– Special Entertainment Unit Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky) –– combat engineer Mickey Rooney –– US Army Mike Connors –– US Marine Mike Farrell –– US Marine Montel Williams –– US Navy Norman Fell –– US Army Ossie Davis –– US Army Richard Boone –– US Navy Robert Duval –– US Army Robert Montgomery –– US Navy Reserve Robert Ryan –– US Marine Robert Stack –– US Navy Robert Wagner –– US Marine Rod Serling –– US Army Rod Stieger –– US Navy Ronald Reagan –– US Army Scott Glenn –– US Marine Shecky Greene - US Navy Sterling Hayden USMC Steve McQueen –– US Marine Tom Selleck –– National Guard Tony Curtis –– US Navy Tyrone Power –– US Marine Clint Walker –– Merchant Marines Werner Kemperer –– US Army William Holden - US Army William Conrad –– US Navy Actors (women) Bea Arthur –– US Marine Corps Julia Child –– Office of Strategic Services Audrey Hepburn, helped WWII resistance fighters Singers Buddy Rich –– U S Marine Don and Phil Everly –– US Marine Elvis –– US Army George Jones –– US Marine Glen Miller –– US Army Josh Gracin –– US Marine Shaggy –– US Marine Tony Bennett –– US Army Sports Abner Doubleday (Yankee founder) –– US Army Art Donovan (football) –– US Marine Buster Drayton (boxing) –– US Marine George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees) –– US Air Force Hank Bauer (Baseball) –– US Marine Jackie Robinson –– US Army Jessie Ventura –– Navy Seal Lee travino (Golf) –– US Marine Leon Spinks (boxing) –– US Marine Mike Anderson (NFL) –– US Marine Patty Berg (golf) –– US Marine Roberto Clemente (Baseball) –– US Marine Rocky Blier –– US Army Rocky Marciano (Heavyweight boxing champion) –– US Army Ted Williams –– US Marine Tom Seaver (Baseball) –– US Marine Yogi Berra –– US Navy Astronauts (men) Alan Bean –– Capt US Navy Alan Shepard –– Rear Admiral, US Navy Buz Aldrin –– Co. US Air Force Charles Duke –– Brig. Gen. US Air Force Cjarles Conrad –– Capt. Navy David Scott –– Col. US Air Force Ed White –– US Air Force Edgar Mitchell –– Capt. US Navy James Irwin –– US Air Force James Lovell –– Capt. US Navy John Glenn –– Col. Marine Corps Mike Collins –– Brig. Gen. US Air Force Rick Gordon –– Capt. US Navy Rick Husband –– Col. US Air Force Tom Mattingly II –– Read Admiral, US Navy Tom Stafford –– Lt. Gen. US Air Force Wally Schirra –– US Navy Astronauts (women) Col. Eileen Collins –– US Air Force Col. Susan Helms –– US Air Force Col. Nancy Jane Currie –– US Army Col. Wendy Lawrence –– US Navy Col. Yvonne Cagle –– US Air Force Cmdr.Susan Kilrain –– US Navy Cmdr. K Hire US Navel Reserve Lt. Col. Pam Melroy –– US Air Force Lt. Comd. Sunita Williams –– US Navy LT. Col. Catherine Colman –– US Air Force Cmdr. Laurel Clark –– US Navy Cmdr. Lisa Nowak –– US Navy Cmdr. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper –– US Navy Other Arthur Godfrey –– Coast Guard Charles Schultz (cartoonist) - US Army Charles Walgreen (Founder of Walgreen`s Pharmacies) –– Spanish-American War Dave Thomas (Founder of Wendy`s) –– US Army Ed McMahon –– Johnny Carson`s sidekick –– US Marine Edgar Allen Poe (poet)–– US Army Ernest Hemmingway Evil Kinevil –– US Army F Scott Fitzgerald Fred W. Smith (CEO FedEx) –– US Marines Gene Siskel (movie critic) –– US Army George Westinghouse (Inventor, Westinghouse founder) –– Navy, Civil War Judge Wapner –– US Army Lee Harvey Oswald –– Assassin of President John F. Kennedy Malcom Forbes (Publisher) –– US Army Oliver Stone - Director Pat Sajak –– game show host –– US Army R. Buckminister Fuller (Inventor) –– US Navy Theodore "Dr Seuss" Geisel Wally Amos "Famous Amos" –– US Air Force War Cavalry William Procter –– Founder of Procter and Gamble –– US Marine |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:52:20 PM EDT
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By all counts I've ever read, Elvis Presley was a pretty good soldier.
IIRC, he shot expert with a Garand. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:53:58 PM EDT
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Pat Tilman
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:55:35 PM EDT
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Read an interview with Don Rickles in this month's Men's Journal; says he served on PT boats in the Philippines during WW2.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:57:21 PM EDT
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Axl Rose - Army Bill Cosby - Navy Bob Keeshan - USMC George Steinbrenner Alan Alda You sure about that one? Has there ever been a definitive answer? There's lots of rumors surrounding it. Yes I am positive. Stationed at Ft. Hood, TX. One of the local tattoo parlors had (at least they used to have) pics of him coming back to get more ink after he made it big. Hm, interesting. I have always understood him to be in 1st Cav, but he could have been in 2AD. Wiki has him listed as a Tanker in 2/32, 3rd Armored Division as well. Thats a myth He was never in the army Everyone believes that because he has the 32nd Armor regiment shield tattoo " Victory or Death" |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 4:59:46 PM EDT
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By all counts I've ever read, Elvis Presley was a pretty good soldier. IIRC, he shot expert with a Garand. I had an Uncle who was in the same battalion as Elvis in Germany. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:00:05 PM EDT
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Doubletap.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:00:58 PM EDT
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dont forget Army vet Maynard
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:02:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:04:17 PM EDT
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Alex Haley - Chief Petty Officer in the USCG. Was a writer, who wrote among other things, Roots.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:06:07 PM EDT
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Jimi Hendrix was in the Army. 101st Airborne. But wasn't much of a soldier from what I've heard.
101st Airborne. I believe he received a medical discharge for breaking his leg or foot on a jump. Chronic masturbation. Paperwork is out on the 'net...when i was at Campbell that rumor was a broken leg. That. He got kicked out of boot camp. Take him off the list. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:10:23 PM EDT
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Beau Bridges - USCG Reserve 1959 - Served 8 years. Arnold Palmer - USCG 1950 Humphrey DeForest Bogard - USCG Reserve 1943 (He was also prior Navy in WWI) Sid Caesar 1939 - 1945 USCG Reserve Jack Dempsey - Commander, USCGR - In 1945 he was on the attack transport USS Arthur Middleton for the invasion of Okinawa Buddy Ebsen - Ebsen applied for a commission in the Coast Guard. He was accepted and commissioned a Lieutenant (jg) in the Coast Guard. He served on the Navy frigate USS Pocatello, a weather ship that served on Station Able. He was honorably discharged a Lieutenant in 1946 Otto Everett Graham, Jr - In 1959 he was commissioned a commander in the Coast Guard and became the head football coach and athletic director at the Coast Guard Academy, positions he held for seven years. In 1963 Commander Graham produced the first undefeated, untied team in the Academy's history. In 1966 he became coach and general manager of the Washington Redskins. He was promoted to captain in the Coast Guard Reserve at that time. He returned to the Coast Guard as athletic director in 1970 and retired in 1985 with the rank of captain. Captain Graham was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1965, his first year of eligibility and is consistently ranked as one of the top passers of all time. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:12:41 PM EDT
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I didn't notice James Garner listed yet.
Later, he joined the National Guard serving seven months in the USA. He then went to Korea for 14 months in the United States Army, serving in the 24th Infantry Division in the Korean War. He was wounded twice, first in the face and hand from shrapnel fire from a mortar round, and second in the buttocks from friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dove headfirst into a foxhole on April 23, 1951. Garner was awarded the Purple Heart in Korea for the first injury. For the second wound, he received a second Purple Heart (eligibility requirement: "As the result of friendly fire while actively engaging the enemy"), although Garner received the medal in 1983, 32 years after his injury.[6][9][10][11] Garner was a self-described "scrounger" for his company in Korea, a role he would later play in the The Great Escape[12] and The Americanization of Emily. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:18:16 PM EDT
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Jay North - He played the original Dennis the Menace
US Navy My father was his Company Commander during bootcamp |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:19:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:20:00 PM EDT
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Bob Ross was in the Air Force. I think he did 20 years.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:21:33 PM EDT
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Jesse Ventura was NOT a SEAL. He was in the UDT's. After his discharge from the Navy, the UDT and SEAL community merged. I know a few SEAL's as well as one or two very high profile, well known SEAL's, they don't consider Jesse a SEAL. Ouch. 
He hasn't exactly been a role model for them, Governorship notwithstanding. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:21:50 PM EDT
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The author that wrote "The French Connection" and "The Green Berets" (Robin Moore?) was a B17 gunner. Wasn't Captain Kangaroo a combat vet?
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:23:05 PM EDT
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R. Lee Ermey
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:23:13 PM EDT
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Jesse Ventura was NOT a SEAL. He was in the UDT's. After his discharge from the Navy, the UDT and SEAL community merged. I know a few SEAL's as well as one or two very high profile, well known SEAL's, they don't consider Jesse a SEAL. When the merge happened, he was authorized to wear the Budweiser. I have heard the same thing that others do not consider him a SEAL. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:25:23 PM EDT
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Charles Durning - US Army, three Purple Hearts, and the Silver Star He was on Omaha Beach that terrible morning... |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:33:34 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I read Chuck Norris was in the Army. Air Force. Security Police he was stationed in Korea when he started taking interest in Martial Arts |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:34:15 PM EDT
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Thats Brigider General Jimmy Stewart, tyvm!
 Lets also not forget Maj. Clark Gable!   |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:35:38 PM EDT
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Michael Caine, British Royal Fusiliers & saw combat in Korea.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:37:26 PM EDT
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EdSr.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:37:54 PM EDT
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George Carlin and Hunter S. Thompson were both in the Air Force. Go figure
(I remember Carlin mentioning that he was once court martialed for "inciting Federal troops to riot", and was later "asked to leave" the service. Julia Childs was actually a weapons researcher for the OSS during World War II. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:48:09 PM EDT
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Heres one i didnt know until i went searching for celebrity Marines.
Pat Robertson In 1948, the draft was reinstated and Robertson was given the option of joining the Marine Corps or being drafted into the army. He opted for the first, which allowed him to finish college under the condition that he attend Officer Candidates School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia during the summer.[citation needed] He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Artsdegree and was the first person to be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at a graduation ceremony at Washington and Lee.[citation needed] In January 1951, Robertson served four months in Japan, "doing rehabilitation training for Marines wounded in Korea".[citation needed] In his words, "We did long, grueling marches to toughen the men, plus refresher training in firearms and bayonet combat." In the same year, he transferred to Korea, "I ended up at the headquarters command of the First Marine Division," says Robertson. "The Division was in combat in the hot and dusty, then bitterly cold portion of North Korea just above the 38th Parallel later identified as the 'Punchbowl' and 'Heartbreak Ridge.' For that service in the Korean War, the Marine Corps awarded me three battle stars for 'action against the enemy.'"  |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 5:54:56 PM EDT
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James Doohan ( Scotty of Star Trek fame) was a bonafide war hero. An enlisted man who rose to captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery, he was with the Royal Canadian Artillery on Juno Beach on D-Day. He was shot seven times, with an eighth bullet lodging in his metal cigarette case. Three bullets shredded the middle finger of his right hand. Eventually, the finger was amputated, which is occasionally noticeable in Star Trek episodes and movies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Doohan Charles Durning was a 21-year-old Army Ranger on Omaha Beach, June 6th, 1944. Wounded, he was the only soldier in his outfit to survive the initial assault. He was wounded in Belgium, stabbed by a German teenager wielding a bayonet. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944, and survived the infamous machine-gun massacre of over 100 US POWs at Malmady. He returned to the site of the crime to help identify the bodies. Finally, as the war wound down and he helped to liberate the Nazi death camps, Charles Durning took a bullet to the chest, effectively ending his tour of duty. He was awarded three Purple Hearts and the Silver Star. And he spent the ensuing four years in and out of hospitals. http://www.nndb.com/people/939/000022873/ Alec Guinness served in the Royal Navy throughout World War II, serving first as a seaman in 1941 and being commissioned the following year. While in the military Guinness for awhile planned on becoming an Anglican priest. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/ Lee Marvin,a private first class in the Marines received a Purple Heart for wounds received during the battle for Saipan in June 1944? He was wounded in his buttocks by fire which severed his sciatic nerve. His real name was Marvin Lee. When asked about the change he said that the Marine Corps did that and he got so used to answering to it, he kept it that way in civilian life. Marvin is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Marvin Eddie Albert was awarded the Bronze Star as a Naval Landing Officer. He heroically evacuated wounded Marines during the invasion of Tarawa, NOV 1943. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000734/ Charles Bronson was a tail gunner. He completed 25 missions and was awarded the Purple Heart. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bronson James Arness (Gunsmoke) As a private in the famed Third Infantry Division he earned a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Because of his stature, he was chosen to be first off the landing craft (to test the depth of the water) when his division landed at Anzio, Italy. He was subsequently wounded by enemy machine gun fire and spent eighteen months recovering in overseas and stateside hospitals. http://www.jamesarness.com/ Rod Steiger joined the Navy at age 16 to get away from home and served as a Torpedoman aboard a destroyer escorting the U.S.S. Hornet as part of Task Force 18 on the Doolittle Raid. Surprise was crucial and it was feared that the Task Force had been spotted by a Japanese fishing boats. Steiger was credited in sinking one of these vessels with machine gun fire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Steiger |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:01:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:06:00 PM EDT
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Ken Curtis US Army 1943-1945 |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:08:30 PM EDT
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As DV8 listed, Eddie Arnold saw action at Tarawa. I saw a show on TV where he described his role there.
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:16:32 PM EDT
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tag,pretty interesting thread
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:18:29 PM EDT
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Ed McMahon served in Korea. George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees was in the Air Force. Bill Cosby - Navy Veteran Don Knotts - US Army, served as entertainer during WWII David Niven - officer British Army Ernest Borgnine - served on a destroyer in WWII. In 2004 given ceremonial rank of Chief Petty Officer James Doohan (Sotty on Star Trek) - Canadian Army. Injured during the Normandy invasion and lost his finger. Johnny Carson - US Navy Bob Hope - never in the military - voted by both houses of congress as an honorary veteran. Here's a whole list I pulled off the net. I checked the ones above but haven't checked every instance below. Actors Alan Alda –– US Army Andy Rooney –– US Army Art Carney –– US Army Audie Murphy –– US Army (Most decorated serviceman in WWII) Bill Cosby –– US Navy Bob Keeshan –– (Captain Kangaroo) US Marines Brian Keith –– US Marine Burgess Meredith - US Army Air Corps Burt Lancaster –– US Army Carl Reiner –– US Army Caroll O`Connor –– Merchant Marines Charles Bronson –– US Army Charles Durning - US Army, three Purple Hearts, and the Silver Star Charlton Heston –– US Army Chuck Norris –– US Air Force Clark Gable –– US Air Force Clint Eastwood –– US Army Clu Gulager –– US Marine David Eigenberg –– US Marine Don Adams –– US Marine Don Knotts –– Don Rickles –– US Navy Douglas Fairbanks Jr. –– US Navy Drew Carry –– US Marines Earnest Borgnine –– US Navy Eddie Albert –– US Navy (Bronze Star) Eli Wallach –– US Army Ernest Borgnine –– US Navy Frank Gorshin - US Army Gene Autry –– Air Transport Command Gene Hackman –– US Marine George C Scott –– US Marine George Kennedy –– US Army George Peppard –– US Marine Glen Ford –– US Marine Harvey Keitel –– US Marine Henry Fonda –– US Navy, Bronze Star Humphrey Bogart - US Navy Jack Lemmon –– US Navy Reserve Jack Palance –– US Army (severely wounded) Jack Warden –– 101 Airborne Jackie Coogan –– US Army Jackie Cooper –– US Navy James Arness –– US Army, purple heart James Earl Jones –– US Army James Franciscus –– US Marine James Whitmore Jason Robards Jr –– US Navy Jimmy Stewart –– US Army John Russell –– US Marine Johnny Carson –– US Navy Joseph Cotton –– US Air Force Josh Gracin –– US Marine Kirk Douglas –– US Navy Lee Marvin –– US Marine (Purple Heart) Maurice Evans –– Special Entertainment Unit Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky) –– combat engineer Mickey Rooney –– US Army Mike Connors –– US Marine Mike Farrell –– US Marine Montel Williams –– US Navy Norman Fell –– US Army Ossie Davis –– US Army Richard Boone –– US Navy Robert Duval –– US Army Robert Montgomery –– US Navy Reserve Robert Ryan –– US Marine Robert Stack –– US Navy Robert Wagner –– US Marine Rod Serling –– US Army Rod Stieger –– US Navy Ronald Reagan –– US Army Scott Glenn –– US Marine Shecky Greene - US Navy Sterling Hayden USMC Steve McQueen –– US Marine Tom Selleck –– National Guard Tony Curtis –– US Navy Tyrone Power –– US Marine Clint Walker –– Merchant Marines Werner Kemperer –– US Army William Holden - US Army William Conrad –– US Navy Actors (women) Bea Arthur –– US Marine Corps Julia Child –– Office of Strategic Services Audrey Hepburn, helped WWII resistance fighters Singers Buddy Rich –– U S Marine Don and Phil Everly –– US Marine Elvis –– US Army George Jones –– US Marine Glen Miller –– US Army Josh Gracin –– US Marine Shaggy –– US Marine Tony Bennett –– US Army Sports Abner Doubleday (Yankee founder) –– US Army Art Donovan (football) –– US Marine Buster Drayton (boxing) –– US Marine George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees) –– US Air Force Hank Bauer (Baseball) –– US Marine Jackie Robinson –– US Army Jessie Ventura –– Navy Seal Lee travino (Golf) –– US Marine Leon Spinks (boxing) –– US Marine Mike Anderson (NFL) –– US Marine Patty Berg (golf) –– US Marine Roberto Clemente (Baseball) –– US Marine Rocky Blier –– US Army Rocky Marciano (Heavyweight boxing champion) –– US Army Ted Williams –– US Marine Tom Seaver (Baseball) –– US Marine Yogi Berra –– US Navy Astronauts (men) Alan Bean –– Capt US Navy Alan Shepard –– Rear Admiral, US Navy Buz Aldrin –– Co. US Air Force Charles Duke –– Brig. Gen. US Air Force Cjarles Conrad –– Capt. Navy David Scott –– Col. US Air Force Ed White –– US Air Force Edgar Mitchell –– Capt. US Navy James Irwin –– US Air Force James Lovell –– Capt. US Navy John Glenn –– Col. Marine Corps Mike Collins –– Brig. Gen. US Air Force Rick Gordon –– Capt. US Navy Rick Husband –– Col. US Air Force Tom Mattingly II –– Read Admiral, US Navy Tom Stafford –– Lt. Gen. US Air Force Wally Schirra –– US Navy Astronauts (women) Col. Eileen Collins –– US Air Force Col. Susan Helms –– US Air Force Col. Nancy Jane Currie –– US Army Col. Wendy Lawrence –– US Navy Col. Yvonne Cagle –– US Air Force Cmdr.Susan Kilrain –– US Navy Cmdr. K Hire US Navel Reserve Lt. Col. Pam Melroy –– US Air Force Lt. Comd. Sunita Williams –– US Navy LT. Col. Catherine Colman –– US Air Force Cmdr. Laurel Clark –– US Navy Cmdr. Lisa Nowak –– US Navy Cmdr. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper –– US Navy Other Arthur Godfrey –– Coast Guard Charles Schultz (cartoonist) - US Army Charles Walgreen (Founder of Walgreen`s Pharmacies) –– Spanish-American War Dave Thomas (Founder of Wendy`s) –– US Army Ed McMahon –– Johnny Carson`s sidekick –– US Marine Edgar Allen Poe (poet)–– US Army Ernest Hemmingway Evil Kinevil –– US Army F Scott Fitzgerald Fred W. Smith (CEO FedEx) –– US Marines Gene Siskel (movie critic) –– US Army George Westinghouse (Inventor, Westinghouse founder) –– Navy, Civil War Judge Wapner –– US Army Lee Harvey Oswald –– Assassin of President John F. Kennedy Malcom Forbes (Publisher) –– US Army Oliver Stone - Director Pat Sajak –– game show host –– US Army R. Buckminister Fuller (Inventor) –– US Navy Theodore "Dr Seuss" Geisel Wally Amos "Famous Amos" –– US Air Force War Cavalry William Procter –– Founder of Procter and Gamble –– US Marine Neil Armstrong was a Naval Aviator, but was not in the Navy in 1969. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:22:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood fame was a Navy SEAL DeltaSniper in Korea and Nam...................... ive heard that many times |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:25:19 PM EDT
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Gene Hackman was a Marine
Dan Blocker (aka Hoss Cartwright) was an NCO in the the 179th Infantry, 45th ID in Korea. Same regiment as my father. James Garner (aka Maverick and Jim Rockford) Merchant Marine, also served in the Army in Korea, 24th Infantry division. He was wounded in the ass. Tom Monaghan - founder of Domino's Pizza and former owner of The Detroit Tigers was a Marine. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:33:11 PM EDT
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George Kennedy needs more props. I remember reading somewhere that when the Captain in Cool Hand Luke reads off Luke's service record, it was actually George Kennedy's.
I think Robert L. Howard is actually the most decorated Soldier. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:43:09 PM EDT
[#46]
ice t was in the army
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:43:24 PM EDT
[#47]
Quoted:
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I read Chuck Norris was in the Army. Air Force. Served in Korea when he studied Korean martial arts before beginning a career in full contact karate, teaching and acting. |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 6:46:52 PM EDT
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interesting stemming from this thread: New Trier High School alumni
ETA How about Johnny Cash? |
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Posted: 5/29/2010 8:40:30 PM EDT
[#49]
White was in the navy |
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Posted: 5/30/2010 1:10:11 PM EDT
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My Dad said he went through Army bootcamp with singer Eddie Fisher in the same company during the Korean War. He said Fisher then went on a singing tour for the rest of his service.
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