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Retired Navy Chief, Command Investigator and Naval base Detective is now a tech advisor for NCIS
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Retired Navy Chief, Command Investigator and Naval base Detective is now a tech advisor for NCIS

By Joel Searls

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 29: Tom Selleck visits the Build Series to discuss his show "Blue Bloods at Build Studio on September 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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Tom Selleck, iconic actor and military veteran, turns 80

By Joel Searls

Photo collage Gene Hackman
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Nearly 80 years ago, Gene Hackman lied about his age to enlist

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officers yelling in backwards megaphone
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Paul Maslansky, Army veteran and ‘Police Academy’ creator, dies at 91

By Joel Searls

TOPSHOT - A firefighter monitors the spread of the Auto Fire in Oxnard, North West of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025. US officials warned "dangerous and strong" winds were set to push deadly wildfires further through Los Angeles residential areas January 12 as firefighters struggled to make progress against the flames. At least 24 people have been confirmed dead from blazes that have ripped through the city, reducing whole neighborhoods to ashes and leaving thousands without homes. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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USMC Vietnam Veteran and PXG Founder, Bob Parsons, issues $1 million matching challenge for California Wildfire Relief Efforts

By Joel Searls

MILWAUKEE, WI - APRIL 03: Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker stands in the dugout prior to the game between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Monday, April 3, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
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Bob Uecker: Army veteran, Major League Baseball pro, broadcaster and actor dies at 90

By Joel Searls

US actress Tatiana Lia Zappardino attends the Season 1 premiere of Paramount+ series "Tulsa King" in New York on November 9, 2022. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Before Tatiana Zappardino’s was on ‘Tulsa King,’ she served in the USMC

By Joel Searls

Long Beach, CA - July 06: Larry Wood, a Hot Wheels toy designer for 50 years, is being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit on July 20. His garage is practically a living history of Hot Wheels and all things automotive, from classic cars to classic gas pumps, in Long Beach on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Wood worked for Mattel Toys in El Segundo and has been a resident of Redondo Beach for over 5 decades. He still plays with cars, big and small, at the age of 81. (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images)
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World War II veteran responsible for Mattel, Barbie, Hot Wheels, He-Man, Polly Pocket and more

By Joel Searls

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend the NYC premiere of "Wicked" at Museum of Modern Art on November 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
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Wicked’s World War II veteran connection

By Joel Searls

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - DECEMBER 1: Pat Jones II #91 of the Minnesota Vikings looks on in the first quarter of the game against the Arizona Cardinals at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 1, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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Minnesota Vikings Defensive End Pat Jones II collabs with Polaris and Call of Duty

By Joel Searls

Woodbury, N.Y.: Charles Dolan, founder and chairman of Cablevision, with monitors showing some of the services being offered to Cablevision subscribers including News 12 in at Cablevision's headquarters in Woodbury, New York on Sept. 21, 1995. (Photo by Dick Kraus/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
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Charles Dolan, WWII veteran and founder of HBO, AMC dies

By Joel Searls

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Dick Van Dyke wins Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series for "Days of our Lives" at the 51st Annual Daytime Emmys Awards on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stewart Cook/Getty Images for NATAS)
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Dick Van Dyke, World War II Army Air Corps veteran and Hollywood icon, turns 99!

By Joel Searls

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1956: Comedian Jonathan Winters poses for a portrait circa 1956 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Jonathan Winters, top-level comedian and voice actor, served as a US Marine in WWII

By Joel Searls

LOS ANGELES - MARCH 23: Voice over artist Don La Fontaine poses for a portrait on March 23, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan Tuffs/Getty Images)
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Don LaFontaine, aka ‘Movie Trailer Guy,’ was an Army veteran

By Joel Searls

Taylor (center) discusses the fin er points o f the gam e with University o f Illinois basketball star Dike Eddleman (left) and Ed Sadowski, a form er player at Seton Hall University, at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, circa 1945.
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Before Chuck Taylor was making Converse, he was a WWII military basketball coach

By Joel Searls

NEW YORK - MARCH 11: Game show host Chuck Woolery appears at a programming event at the W Hotel March 11, 2003 in New York City. Game Show Network advertisers had the opportunity to play the game Lingo as hosted by Chuck Woolery. (Photo by Game Show Network via Getty Images)
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Chuck Woolery, game show icon and Navy veteran dies at 83

By Joel Searls

Billionaire Donald J. Hall, former Chairman of Hallmark Cards and US Army veteran, dies at 96
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Billionaire Donald J. Hall, former Chairman of Hallmark Cards and US Army veteran, dies at 96

By Joel Searls

Dennis Franz at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California (Photo by Chris Weeks/WireImage)
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Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue actor and Army airborne Vietnam Veteran, turns 80

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Actors Veronica Cartwright and Sigourney Weaver in a scene from the movie 'Alien', 1979. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)
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Gordon Carroll, producer of ‘Alien’ films, was also an Army veteran

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WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA - OCTOBER 18: A NIKE football is seen on the field in the game between the Oregon Ducks and the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium on October 18, 2024 in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
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Nike was co-founded by these two Army veterans

By Joel Searls