Here ’s a video - Holic testimonial to some familiar human face who do their country . well-chosen Veterans Day to all our men and women in uniform , then and now !
1. Bill Cosby
Cosby Showfans will see a lot of Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable in Bill Cosby ’s biography . In 1956 , Cosby unload out of high school and join the Navy . While he prepare as a aesculapian corpsman , he also earned his high school sheepskin via a proportionateness course . He was assigned for a time at Bethesda Naval Hospital , helping rehabilitate wound Korean War vet . He also excelled in basketball and track , and toured nationally with the Navy teams . When he left the Navy , it was with a scholarship to Temple University in hand .
2. James Doohan
James Doohan , Star Trek ’s Scotty , was just 19 twelvemonth previous when he enlisted as a artilleryman in the Royal Canadian Artillery . He studied diligently and had work his mode up to the rank of Command Post Officer by the fourth dimension he was sent to Normandy as part of the D - Day intrusion .
In command of 120 men in the tertiary Canadian Infantry Division , Doohan sustained machine gun wounds to his thorax ( a metal cigarette case saved his life history ) , ramification and hand . The hand lesion resulted in a partial amputation of his correct middle finger , an hurt that was seeable ( despite his endeavour to conceal it ) in several instalment ofStar Trek .
3. Ernest Borgnine
4. Brian Keith
The good-hearted ( and wealthy ! ) uncle any kid wanted to call their own in the late 1960s wasFamily Affair ’s Uncle Bill , fiddle by Brian Keith . Keith joined the Marines after graduating from high school day , and encounter an Air Medal after serving as a rear machine gunner in several actions on Rabal in the Pacific Theater during World War II .
5. Dennis Weaver
6. Ed McMahon
