To mark the Army’s milestone 250th birthday, a list of celebrity veterans’ jobs and accomplishments around the world.
June 14 is the birthday of the U.S. Army. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History’s website – at history.army.mil – it was on June 14, 1775, that “the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of expert riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year.” This year we celebrate its 250th birthday – and take a look at some of its famous veterans.
The most famous may be Elvis Presley (truck driver in Germany), but other famous figures served in a variety of roles and locations.
Gene Wilder, actor: paramedic in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Valley Forge Army Hospital in Pennsylvania.
Mr. T, actor/professional wrestler: Military Police Corps.
Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball player: athletics coach at Camp Breckinridge in Kentucky.
Clint Eastwood, actor/director: swimming instructor at Fort Ord in California.
Ice-T, actor/rapper: squad leader at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
James Earl Jones, actor: established a cold-weather-training command at Camp Hale in Colorado.
Tony Bennett, singer: In 1945, his 63rd Infantry Division liberated a concentration camp in Germany near Dachau.
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