Famous Veterans

World-class crooner Tony Bennett got his musical start while he was in the Army, studying music on the GI Bill.

Bobby Osborne remained a player at the Grand Ole Opry with his band, the Rocky Top X-Press, right up until his death. He was...

Doubleday's name resonates today widely as the supposed inventor of baseball. While that contention has been largely debunked...

Van Dyke has never been ashamed to admit that cowardice led to his entertainment career.

Before becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Cormac McCarthy joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953 after dropping out of...

"Well, the time has come," Vietnam veteran and "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak wrote on Twitter.

It should come as no surprise that many service members and veterans have gone on to success in martial arts, particularly...

You might say that Tim Wilkins was born for comedy. Even while he was earning the title of U.S. Marine, he “had the cockiness...

Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra is a Navy veteran who worked on a rocket-launching boat and served on D-Day during...

After Willie Nelson left high school in 1950, he enrolled in the Air Force and was medically discharged after about nine...