Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Mickey Rooney

Rooney was one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. Rooney was drafted into World War II where he surprisingly thrived.  He found a useful place in the infantry as entertainment for the troops. He went on to have appeared in over 300 films during his lifetime and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent movie star generation. 

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