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Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood

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U.S. Army

National Defense Service Medal
American film actor, director, producer, and composer.  Eastwood starred as the laconic Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti westerns (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) in the 1960s, and as San Francisco Police Department Inspector Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool of the 1970s and 1980s.  Eastwood has received five Academy Awards including the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, five Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, two Cannes Film Festival awards, and five People's Choice Awards, among other accolades.  He won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture and received nominations for Best Actor for his work in the films Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). 

In 1950 he was drafted during the Korean War.
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards

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U.S. Coast Guard

WW2 Victory Medal
American film director, screenwriter and producer.  Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures.  He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses.  His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.  In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen.

Served in WW2.  His service led to a severe back injury, which left Edwards in pain for years afterward.
Richard Egan
Richard Egan

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U.S. Army

American Campaign Medal
WW2 Victory Medal
American actor whose talent, rugged physique and good looks made him a favorite and respected leading man.  He performed well in such action films as "Flame of Araby" (1951), "The Battle of Apache Pass" (1952), "Blackbeard the Pirate" (1952), "Khyber Patrol" (1954), "Seven Cities of Gold" (1955), and the Elvis Presley film, "Love Me Tender" (1957).

Served in WW2, joining in 1942.  He taught Judo and bayonet & knife fighting while stationed in the U.S.  Was discharged as a Captain.
R Lee Emery
R. Lee Emery

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U.S. Marine Corps

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
American actor who often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films.  He has hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focused on the development of different types of weapons.

Enlisted in 1961.  Ermey was a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California, and Parris Island, South Carolina from 1965 to 1967.  In 1968, Ermey arrived in Vietnam where he served for 14 months with the Marine Wing Support Group 17.  He then served two tours of duty in Okinawa, Japan, during which he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was medically discharged in 1972 for several injuries incurred during his tours.
Buddy Epson
Buddy Epson

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U.S. Coast Guard

WW2 Victory Medal
American character actor and dancer.  A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones.

In 1941, he applied several times for a commission in the Navy, but was repeatedly turned down.  Applied for a Coast Guard commission, was accepted, and promptly given the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade. Served as damage control officer and later as executive officer on the Coast Guard-manned Navy frigate USS Pocatello.
Don Everly
Don Everly

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U.S. Marine Corps

National Defense Service Medal
The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil) are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The brothers are the most successful U.S. rock and roll duo on the Hot 100.

Enlisted in November 1961 with his brother Phil.  One of their few performances during their Marines stint was an on-leave appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Jezebel" and "Crying In The Rain".
Phil Everly
Phil Everly

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U.S. Marine Corps

National Defense Service Medal
The Everly Brothers (Don and Phil) are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The brothers are the most successful U.S. rock and roll duo on the Hot 100.

Enlisted in November 1961 with his brother Don.  One of their few performances during their Marines stint was an on-leave appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Jezebel" and "Crying In The Rain".

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