Celebrities That Served In the Military Before Hollywood Fame

Walt Disney

Walt Disney entered World War I at age sixteen. Eager to enlist, Walt forged the paperwork required to join. He chose the Army and partook in the American Ambulance Corps which is a division of the Red Cross. On the side of his ambulance, he often drew cartoons. In World War II he served again as a propaganda cartoonist. Back then, the unit was called the Walt Disney Training Films Unit. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.