Famous Veterans

Actor Jeff Bridges served seven years in the Coast Guard Reserve.

While serving in the Coast Guard, Sid Caesar noted a lack of morale on the base and thought a weekly Friday dance would lift...

Hugh Hefner is known today as the swingingest guy on the planet and the man behind Playboy magazine, but first, he was an...

Gregg Charles Popovich, the NBA's all-time winningest coach, credits his Air Force service for helping him succeed in the...

In a life that spanned nearly a century, Ernest Borgnine was known as a consummate character actor -- and also was part of U...

Elvis Presley was the rebellious King of Rock 'n' Roll, but he didn't shirk his duty when he was drafted by the U.S. Army and...

While serving in the Army, future Emmy Award-winning actor Dennis Franz was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and served...

Long before he was pumping bullets at baddies on celluloid, Charles Bronson pumped bullets at baddies in the skies as an Army...

"The Little Shop of Horrors" director Roger Corman served two years in the Navy.