13 Celebrities Who Served in Military Before Fame
February 28, 2026·5 minutes ago·via AOL.com
Elvis Presley drafts into the Army in 1958, serves two years, and turns down cushy offers to train like every GI. Johnny Cash joins the Air Force out of high school during the Korean War, spending years in Germany as an intercept operator. Humphrey Bogart mans signals on the USS Leviathan, shuttling troops across the Atlantic at World War I's end. Jimi Hendrix parachutes with the 101st Airborne before an injury cuts his 1961 stint short.
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