Montel Williams
Actor and television talk show host, Montel Williams had an extremely impressive career in the US military. Montel served from 1974-1996. He was the first black enlisted Marine to graduate from both the Academy Prep School and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. While at Annapolis he earned his degree in general engineering with a minor in International Security Affairs. He also studied Mandarin Chinese. He went on to be a lieutenant and was honorably discharged after 22 years of service from both the US Marine Corps and the US Navy
Johnny Carson
The famous Tonight Show Host enlisted in the United States Navy as an apprentice seaman enrolled in the V-5 program. At the height of World War II, he felt he needed to serve his country and be a part of the American front. He was assigned as a member of the crew on the USS Pennsylvania. He had hoped to be trained as a Navy Pilot but was instead sent for midshipman training at Columbia University. Always an entertainer, he preformed magic for his classmates on the side.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway wanted to enlist in the Army during World War I, but his vision was too poor. The future Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner was, however, accepted as a volunteer ambulance driver for the Red Cross and sailed for Europe in May 1918. Hemingway ended up in Italy, where he drove ambulances and gave out candy and cigarettes to Italian soldiers on the front lines. A few weeks after his arrival in Italy, a mortar shell exploded near the eighteen-year-old Hemingway, gravely wounding him. Many of his stories were based on his experiences in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II.