"Just A Few Famous Sailors"

While some famous names are well-known for their stint in the military, others on this list might surprise you. Many entertainers and future celebrities answered their country's call and donned US Navy uniforms while serving at sea during the war. Here are a few famous people who served in the US Navy in some capacity starting with some Commanders-In-Chief …

(John F. Kennedy)

(Lyndon B. Johnson)

(Richard Nixon)

(Gerald Ford)

(Jimmy Carter)

(George H.W. Bush)

(Jack Lemmon)

(Robert Stack)

(Johnny Carson)

(Henry Fonda)

(Bob Barker)

(Eddie Albert)

(Ernest Borgnine)

(Humphrey Bogart)

(Kirk Douglas)

(Paul Newman)

(Fred Gwynne better known as Herman Munster)

(Harvey Korman)

(Lee Van Cleef)

(Rock Hudson)

(Don Rickles)

(Soupy Sales)

(Douglas Fairbanks)

(Harry Bellafonte)

(Peter Boyle)

(Harry Dean Stanton)

There were many more to be certain, but I can only fit so many on a list of great names …

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