Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Henry Fonda

Though he had already made some minor success as an actor, Henry Fonda chose to enlist in the US Navy during World War II, saying. "I don't want to be in a fake war in a studio." He served for three years, starting as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the USS Satterlee. Then he became a Luitenent Junior Class for Air Combat Intelligence in the Central Pacific. He received a Bronze medal. 

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