Five Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Veterans
When an enlisted man or women takes off the uniform it's hard to tell weather or not they served their country. When that person goes on to become a celebrity it's even harder to tell especially if they played one on TV or in a Movie.
So today in honor of Veterans Day here are five very famous people that actually served this country.
(FYI, Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr. from the featured image of this story never served in the Military)
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Getty Images 1Willie Nelson
He actually enlisted in 1950 and wanted to be a pilot. But he was medically discharged nine months later because of a bad back.
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Getty Images 2MC Hammer
He served in the Navy for three years. He was an aviation storekeeper at a base near San Francisco.
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getty images 3Pat Sajak
He served in Vietnam, but he didn't see much action . . . he was a DJ on Armed Forces Radio.
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Getty Images 4Bea Arthur
The Golden Girls star was in the Marines during World War Two. She was a truck driver and typist in the Women's Reserve from 1943 to 1945.
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amazon images 5Chuck Norris
No surprise here, Chuck is basically a one man army. He actually served in the Air Force, and was first introduced to Martial Arts while he was stationed in Korea.
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