More On Famous Veterans

Mentored by comic legend Red Skelton, Jamie Farr was drafted into the Army during the 1950s before gaining fame on the TV...

Rabble-rousing film director Oliver Stone joined the Army during Vietnam as a "rite of passage," and it ended up shaping the...

Talk-show host Montel Williams was the first Black enlisted Marine to complete and graduate both the Academy Prep School and...

One of the most memorable actors ever almost gave it up to be an Air Force pilot.

The man behind Forbes magazine was an Army staff sergeant in World War II, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple...

Leonard Nimoy, who died on Feb. 27, 2015, may be widely known for playing Spock, but he also served in the Army Reserve.

The king of late-night TV for more than three decades, Johnny Carson enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943.

Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart's 27-year military career included stints in the Army and Air Force.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders served in the Army Medical Specialist Corps.