** FLIP WILSON
First name is actually Clerow, but received nickname "Flip" from fellow airmen in Air Force.
** BOB BARKER
Former host of "The Price Is Right" trained as a fighter pilot. He left college in 1943 for flight training with the Naval Reserve, but World War II ended before he was given an active-duty assignment.
** ALEC GUINESS
The original Obi-Wan Kenobi joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941. He would later serve as the commander on a landing craft during the Normandy Invasion on D-Day.
** PAT SAJAC
The "Wheel of Fortune" host joined the Army in 1968. He worked as a deejay for the Armed Forces Radio. "Gooooood Morning, Vietnam!!"
** CHARLES BRONSON
Joined the Army in 1943 and served as an aircraft gunner. Awarded a Purple Heart before leaving the military in 1946.
--Cooter
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