Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett is one of the best singers of all time, but did you know he was also in the military? In fact, Tony Bennett first started singing in a band he formed with other soldiers during their time in war! His army band was known as “Blood and Fire” and they played in Germany and France. Tony Bennett was only demoted once from his rank when he invited a black soldier to eat with him. 

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The More You Know

  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
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  • The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
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