Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Sean Connery

Sean Connery was a member of the Royal Navy in Scotland. While serving, he got two tattoos that he has claimed were "not frivolous." One is for Scotland and the other is for his mother, which he considers his two lifelong commitments. He was medically discharged from the military due to an ulcer that affected males in his family for several generations. 

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The More You Know

  • The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • A Scarlet Macaw can live up to 80 years.
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