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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)
Entertainment

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)
Entertainment

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)
Entertainment

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.
Entertainment

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)
Entertainment

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)
Entertainment

Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue actor and Army airborne Vietnam Veteran, turns 80

By Joel Searls

Actors Veronica Cartwright and Sigourney Weaver in a scene from the movie 'Alien', 1979. (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images)
Entertainment

Gordon Carroll, producer of ‘Alien’ films, was also an Army veteran

By Joel Searls

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)
Entertainment

Nike was co-founded by these two Army veterans

By Joel Searls

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - NOVEMBER 06: Don Shula on the field at the start of the game between the NY Jets and Miami Dolphins on November 6, 2016, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.(Photo by Michele Sandberg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Don Shula, winningest coach in NFL history, was also a US Army National Guard veteran

By Joel Searls

PARSIPPANY, NJ - APRIL 26: John Amos attends the 2013 Chiller Theatre Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on April 26, 2013 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)
Army

John Amos, prolific actor and Army veteran from Roots, The West Wing, dead at 84

By Joel Searls

Jimmy Carter delivers his Fireside Chat from the library in the White House. ca. 1 February 1978. (Photo by: Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
History

Happy 100th birthday, Jimmy Carter! President, humanitarian and US Navy veteran

By Joel Searls

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 26: Tom Skerritt speaks at a panel during the C2E2 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo at McCormick Place on April 26, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)
Entertainment

91-year-old Hollywood legend Tom Skerritt is a USAF veteran

By Joel Searls

NASHVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 28: Musician Tommy Cash attends the Johnny Cash Birthday Celebration 2014 at The Johnny Cash Museum on February 28, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images)
Entertainment

Tommy Cash: Army veteran, country singer and brother of Johnny Cash, dies at 84

By Joel Searls