Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Hugh Hefner

It's hard to imagine Hugh Hefner as anything other than a rich old man, but once upon a time, he was just a wide-eyed kid in the military. The owner and operator of Playboy enlisted in the army only a short time after graduating from high school. While there, he was an infantry clerk and created cartoons for the Army newspaper. This led him to pursue publishing after serving...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.