20 People you didnt know were once Marines...

Famous People You Didn't Know Were Marines | Marine Corps Association



Drew Carey for example...

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Glenn Ford

The man hisself...


Adam Driver...

 

Glenn Ford was USN in WW2.

 

Glen Ford joined the Navy Reserve in 1958. During WWII he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on 13 December 1942. He was given a medical discharge due to duodenal ulcers in December 1944 when he was preparing to enter OCS.

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He (Ford) was stationed at San Diego with another actor, the number one male movie star of the time, Tyrone Power. Power served as a Marine Corps pilot. He enlisted in August 1942, attended boot camp at San Diego, went to OCS at Quantico, VA. Then he went to flight training at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant. His age, almost 30 prevented him from being a fighter pilot so he was assigned to fly R5C's (C-46). He joined VMR-343 in the Marshalls, then flew in cargo and flew out wounded at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Released from active duty in January 1946 he went into the Marine Reserves and served until his death in 1958.

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Steve McQueen was an amphibious tractor crewman. Here is a young McQueen in his trac circa 1948.

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Rob Riggle was a surprise:


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Some more:

Before George C Scott became General Patton, he served as a US Marine from 1945 to 1949. He was stationed at Marine Barracks Eigth and I.

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Gene Hackman lied about his age and joined the Marine Corps at age 16, in 1947. He served until 1951, including duty in China.

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10 of these famous Marines I never heard of...

 

Before he was a famous German WWI fighter ace and winner of the Blue Max, or led that famous commando unit known as the "A Team", George Peppard served in the 2d Marine Divisions artillery regiment, 10th Marines. Enlisting in 1946 he rose to the rank of corporal.

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Sterling Hayden, Hollywood film star, pictured here with Peter Sellers from "Dr. Strangelove". Left Hollywood in November 1941 to join the Marine Corps. Selected for OCS while at Parris Island. Trained to be an OSS agent. Jumped behind German lines into Croatia to assist Tito's Partisans, ran weapons and supplies across the Adriatic from Italy in a sailboat, rescued downed airmen, was awarded the Silver Star and a Bronze Arrowhead device for his European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal for his combat jump behind enemy lines. Discharged in December 1945.

 

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Harvey Keitel...