30. Bea Arthur

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Is it any surprise that staunch and sturdy “Golden Girls” actress Bea Arthur was once a member of the Marine Corps.? She volunteered and served during WWII as a truck driver and a typist–though later flat out denied that it ever happened.

29. Jimi Hendrix

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It might be hard to imagine the guitar god in uniform, but he was sent to the Army after he was caught breaking into cars as a kid.

28. Clint Eastwood

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Clint Eastwood’s biggest adventures aren’t all necessarily onscreen. The Western star served time in the Korean War, and was even aboard a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, Eastwood made it to shore. “I thought I might [not] live. But then I thought, other people have made it through these things before,” Eastwood said. “I kept my eyes on the lights on shore and kept swimming.”