Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel, the famous US actor who is very well known for his role as the Wolf in “Pulp Fiction,” also served in the Marine Corps. He join the Marines when he was only 17 and was still afraid of the dark. He went on to serve in Lebanon during operation Blue Bat which was a military intervention by the United States during the period of conflict. (The US wanted to support the pro-Western Lebanese government that was in power the time.) He left the military after this for a series for jobs before making it big on stage. He has since gone on to have many more roles in film and television.
Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman was a famous American comedy actor who worked for many years in the American television industry. He was also a United States Navy Reserve Seaman First Class. He originally signed up during the very end of World War II, serving between 1945 and 1946 before being dismissed and making his way to study drama in Chicago. He later went on to be nominated for six Emmy awards and won four. He also picked up a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2002.
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was a famous American baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1955 to 1972. But what many people don’t know is that he was also a Marine. Back in the 1950s, many baseball players would spend the winter in Puerto Rico practising and honing their skills, but Roberto actually enlisted the United States Marine Corps Reserves as an infantryman. He found that his Marine service rigorously prepared his body and kept him much more fit than he would’ve been had he just trained. He had to leave the military 1964 when his team was preparing to win the World Series.
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore, a famous American TV star known to his role in the Sopranos, actually served as a sailor in the U.S. Navy before he was discovered. After he graduated high school he decided to enlist in the Navy and stay there from many years before leaving in 1967. He got into acting after being encouraged by his friends Matt and Kevin Dillon. Apart from acting and sailing, he also had a very long career operating and owning nightclubs. Vincent Pastore’s most recent acting appearances have been in animated films such as Disney’s “Zootopia” and Dreamworks’ “Penguins of Madagascar.”
Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy definitely belongs that on this list, as he was not only a very famous Hollywood actor but also very famous war hero. He served in nine World War II campaigns in the US Army. Before his 20th birthday, he had received every single army combat award for valour that was available at the time. He is widely considered to be America’s most decorated World War II soldier and was the epitome of a war hero when he returned to the States at the end of World War II. He geared up in 1950 to return to the battlefield in the Korean War, but at the same time his acting career started to heat up. The army decided to keep him as a recruitment tool and use his fame to recruit more soldiers. He would retire with the rank of major.