Marines you may know

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Famous Marines

Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b.1921)


U.S. Senator(D) from Ohio for four terms starting in 1974; He became the oldest person to travel into space in 1998.


Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Robb


U.S. Senator(D) from Virginia, In 1991, he was the sole member of the Democratic leadership to actively support a Resolution giving President Bush authority to wage Operation Desert Storm. Served 34 years of active and reserve time in the Corps before retiring in 1991. Awarded Bronze Star with Combat V and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star.

Colonel Ed McMahon


Marine fighter pilot in World War II and Korea (85 combat missions). Test pilot for the Corsair. Co-hosted The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson for 30 years from 1962 to 1992, then hosted Star Search for 12 years where he "discovered" budding artists such as Rosie, Sinbad, Drew Carey, Dennis Miller, Le Ann Rimes, Lara Flyn Boyle, Jenny Jones and others. American Family Publishers Sweepstakes spokesperson. He has appeared in numerous other commercials, television shows, Broadway productions and movies. One of the most recognized people in America and possibly the world.


Staff Sergeant Dale Bumpers


24 years as U.S. Senator(D) from Arkansas, 2 terms as Arkansas Governor


Corporal Conrad Burns


U.S. Senator(R) from Montana

Lieutenant John H. Chaffee


U.S. Senator(R) from Rhode Island

Captain Pat Roberts


U.S. Senator(R) from Kansas

Captain Craig Thomas


U.S. Senator(R) from Wyoming

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North


Became well-known during the Iran-Contra hearings, but has since made a name for himself as a radio talk show host

Corporal Gene Hackman (b.1931)


Served six years from 1946-1952 in China, Japan and Hawaii; 2-time Oscar-winning actor for his roles in The French Connection and Unforgiven. He has appeared in more than 70 films including Superman IV, Hoosiers, and Crimson Tide.

John Warner (USMCR)


U.S. Senator(R) from Virginia

F. Lee Bailey (b.1933)


Marine pilot; well-known lawyer


Pete Wilson


Governor of California

David N. Dinkins (b.1927)


First African-American Mayor of New York City (1990-1993)


Dan Rather (b.1931)

(Wannabee...didn't complete Recruit Training)
60 Minutes (1975-1981); CBS Evening News (1981-Present)


Bernard Shaw


CNN Evening News


Donald Regan


Youngest President of Merrill Lynch, Reagan administration official.

Frederick W. Smith


Founder and CEO of Federal Express


George Pratt Schultz (b.1920)


Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949; taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1946–57) and the Univ. of Chicago (1957–68). Under President Nixon, he served as Secretary of Labor (1969–70), Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1970–72), and Secretary of the Treasury (1972–74); Secretary of State from 1982-1989



Lieutenant James Addison Baker III (b.1930)


Born in Houston, TX; served 1952-1954; expert marksman and member of the Camp Lejeune rifle and pistol team; appointed Undersecretary of Commerce in 1975; campaign manager for Gerald Ford in his unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1976 and for George Bush in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and his successful election in 1988; Under Ronald Reagan, Baker served first as chief of staff and then as Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of State from 1989-1992



Rod Carew (b.1945)


Baseball Hall of Famer; led AL in batting 7 times (1969,72-75,77-78) with Minnesota; MVP in 1977; had 3,053 career hits.



Theodore (Ted) Samuel Williams (b.1918)


Marine pilot served (1943–45) in World War II and again (1952–53) in the Korean War; Baseball Hall of Famer; lifetime batting average of .344 and hit a total of 521 home runs


Roberto Walker Clemente (1934-1972)


Baseball Hall of Famer; lifetime batting average of .317 and hit 240 home runs. He died in an airplane crash while attempting to take food and medicine to earthquake victims in Nicaragua in Dec., 1972.


Keith Jackson


the "Voice of the NCAA" (College Football Announcer)


Ken Norton


former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Three-time All-Marine Boxing Champion


Leon Spinks (b.1953)


won heavyweight crown in split decision over Muhammad Ali in Feb.1978; won gold medal in light heavyweight division at 1976 Olympics


Harvey Keitel


Served in Lebanon; He first appeared in a movie in 1968 and has since been in more than 70 films. His movie credits include, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction. He has also produced or co-produced a few films and appeared on TV.


Montel Williams


Emmy award-winning talk show host (see also our Noteworthy Marines page)


George Campbell Scott (1927-1999)


served for four years starting in 1945 (8th & I); actor, best known for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Gen. George S. Patton in the film Patton. He won an Emmy Award for his part in 12 Angry Men, a remake of the film for Showtime. The actor refused to accept his 1971 Oscar, calling the ceremony a "meat parade" and condemning the Oscars in general as "offensive, barbarous, and innately corrupt". He refused to attend or even watch the ceremony. He also turned down an Emmy for his performance in Arthur Miller's The Price. Scott, who also received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in 1962 for his role in Robert Rossen's The Hustler and for Best Actor in 1972 for Arthur Hiller's The Hospital. He died of an anuerysm.



Tyrone Power (1914-1958)

Served in Europe as a Marine member of the OSS (Prior to the CIA)
Film and stage actor known for his roles as a romantic swashbuckler. His films include Mark of Zorro (1940), The Razor's Edge (1946), Nightmare Alley (1947), The Sun Also Rises (1957), and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).



Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (1930-1980)


Enlisted and served as a mechanic/tank driver for three years. Television and film actor known for his roles as a cool loner; In 1955 he and Martin Landau were the only two people chosen out of a group of 2000 that auditioned to get into Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio, a prestigious training center whose graduates include Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. He appeared in the television series Wanted — Dead or Alive (1958–61). His many film credits include The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Bullitt (1968) and Papillon (1973). For a time he was the highest paid actor in the world, making $5 million per film. He died of cancer in Juarez, Mexico three days before the Marine Corps birthday in 1980.


Glenn Ford (b.1916)


A Broadway stage actor, he entered films in 1939 and starred opposite Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946). He was in many other films including Battle of the Midway (1976). He won a Golden Globe for his performance in A Pocketful of Miracles (1962), and appeared in several telefilms throughout the '70s, including Evening in Byzantium (1978) and The Sacketts (1979).


Drew Carey (b.1958)


Served in the USMCR from 1981-1986; actor and comedian appearing on many shows; He has his own show, The Drew Carey Show (1995-Present) and hosts Who's Line is it Anyway?.


Andre Dubus (1936-1999)


served six years in the Corps; short-story writer and novelist with works such as The Lieutenant (1967) and Andromache (1977), which is considered to be his best of many stories about the Corps.


David Douglas Duncan (b.1916)


served during WWII photographing Marine Corps aviation in the Pacific; he became a staff photographer for Life magazine in 1946 and covered the Korean War in 1950; his photos are featured in the book This is War (1951).

I. Michael Heyman (b.1930)


served as a Marine Corps officer during the Korean War; former editor of the Yale Law Journal; former chief law clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren; former chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley; inducted as the CEO of The Smithsonian Institution in 1994.


Robert Lutz


former Marine fighter pilot; as vice-chairman and president of Chrysler he is largely credited with their revitalization during the company's second turnaround in the 1990's; he retired from Chrysler in 1998 to take over Exide.

Jefferey P. Papows


former Marine officer; earned a Ph.D; CEO and President of Lotus Development Corporation until February 2000; authored the book Enterprise.com; he has also been a keynote speaker at COMDEX



Captain Dale Dye (b. 8 Oct 1944)


this mustang officer served his enlisted time as a combat correspondent in Vietnam in 1965 and 1967-1970. He earned numerous decorations including 3 Purple Hearts. He rose to the rank of Master Sergeant during his 13 years as an enlisted Marine before going to OCS and being commissioned as a Captain. He retired in 1984. He has been the military technical advisor on numerous movies including Starship Troopers, Platoon, JFK, Forrest Gump and Born on the Fourth of July.


Charles (Chuck) R. Swindoll (b.1934)


President of Dallas Theological Seminary and chairman of Insight for Living, his radio Bible teaching ministry. It airs on more than 1900 radio stations worldwide in thirteen languages. www.insight.org


Mills Lane


served three years in the Marine Corps from 1956-1959 as an infantry rifle instructor and earned the Welterweight Boxing Championship while stationed on Okinawa. NCAA Welterweight Champion in 1960. He became a boxing referee in 1964 and became most well-known for his decision against Mike Tyson during the Holyfield fight when Tyson bit Holyfield's ear. He graduated law school in 1970; became a trial prosecutor in 1971; worked as chief deputy sheriff and special prosecutor from 1979-1982; District Attorney from 1982-1990; District Judge from 1990-1998. Since 1998 he has appeared in his own courtroom television series, Judge Mills Lane.



Robert Bork


served 1945-1946, then was called back during the Korean War; earned his law degree and practiced law in the Chicago area until the 1960's; taught constitutional law at Yale Law School as the Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Public Law - two of his students were Bill and Hillary Clinton; during the Nixon presidency he served as Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General; President Reagan appointed his Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) in 1981; author of The Antitrust Paradox (1978) and The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law (1990)


Jesse Brown


served 1963-1966; his right arm was partially paralyzed by sniper fire in Vietnam 1965; served on the staff of the Disabled American Veterans for 26 years; President Clinton appointed him United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 1993



Lieutenant Colonel Robin Higgins


her final assignments during her 20 years of service were the chief spokesman for the Commandant and head of the Public Affairs Division's media branch. She became an internationally-known speaker and author after the capture of her husband, Colonel William R. Higgins, by Lebanese terrorists in 1988. He was later murdered by the terrorists in 1990. A destroyer, the USS Higgins (DDG76), is named after him. She served as Executive Director of Florida's Department of Veteran's Affairs and was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Under Secretary of the Department of Veteran's Affairs for Memorial Affairs. She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in March 2001.


Captain Arthur Sulzberger


served as a Corporal in World War II and as a Lieutenant in Korea. Publisher of the New York Times for 26 years.


Donald James Yarmy "Don Adams" (b.1926)


after enlisting, he was shot on Guadalcanal in World War II and was med-evac'd to New Zealand in 1943 suffering from blackwater fever, which was fatal in 90% of all cases. Don says that God answered his prayers and saved his life. He was the voice of Tennesse Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget in the cartoons, but he is most well-known for his role as bumbling Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, in the TV spy-showGet Smart! He won three Emmy Awards for that role. which was an Emmy record until Kelsey Grammer beat it in the 1990's. He also won a Clio award for a commercial that he directed in 1971. He is currently performing as the voice of Principal Hickey on ABC/Disney's PepperAnn.

Bob Keeshan (b.1927)


served during World War II. He played Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody show for six years, but is best known as Captain Kangaroo, a role that he played for 50 years. His career as the Captain spanned nine U.S. presidencies and his show had over 200 million viewers. His numerous awards include Ohio State Broadcaster of the Year, a Golden Globe, 2 Peabodies, 6 Emmy awards, and in 1982 he was awarded the National Education Association's Award for the Advancement of Learning through Television. In 1987, he co-founded Corporate Family Solutions, a developmental child-care for corporate employees.


Bernice Frankel "Bea Arthur" (b.1923)


served during World War II. Best known for her roles in Maude, All in the Family, and The Golden Girls.



Brian Dennehy


served five years in the Corps. Contrary to some stories, he did not see combat and was not wounded. He has starred in over 40 feature films and numerous TV movies. He has also become a writer, producer, and director.


James Lee Barrett


screenwriter for a large number of films, including The D.I. (1957), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Shenandoah (1965), The Green Berets (1968), and Smokey and the Bandit (1977). He wrote the screenplays for several TV movies including Stagecoach (1986) and Warden of Red Rock (2001). He also is a producer. One of his productions was Streets of Laredo, a TV mini-series.



Gunnery Sergeant Ronald Lee Ermey (b. 24 Mar 1944)


served 11 years in the Corps including 1.5 tours in Vietnam. He was medically retired from injuries received. He has since appeared in nearly 40 movies including Apocalypse Now, The Boys in Company C, Mississippi Burning, and Full Metal Jacket. He has also done voiceovers for movies and television including Toy Story, Toy Story 2, The Simpsons, and Toy Soldiers. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and the Boston Society of Film Critics gave him the award for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role as the D.I. in Full Metal Jacket.


Corporal Gustav Hasford (28 Nov 1947 - 29 Jan 1993)


served as a Marine combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam from 1966-1968. While still in Vietnam he began writing about the experiences he had. The finished novel was finally published in 1979 as The Short-Timers. This book became the basis for the movie, Full Metal Jacket (1987). He also wrote the screenplay for the movie with Stanley Kubrick and Michael Hess. This resulted in an Academy Award nomination. This book has been highly acclaimed by the critics, with one of them even calling it, "The best work of fiction about the Vietnam war." He died of complications from diabetes.


Private Lee Marvin (19 Feb 1924 - 28 Aug 1987)


Popular character actor from Broadway to television to the big screen. He was in numerous movies including, The Dirty Dozen, and an Academy Award winning performance in Cat Ballou. He served in the Pacific during World War II. He was wounded in the buttocks during the battle of Saipan and received a Purple Heart. He died from a heart attack the year following the release of his final movie, The Delta Force. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetary.


Colonel John Kline

elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 as one of the representatives from Minnesota; re-elected in 2004; he retired after 25 years in the Marine Corps where he flew helicopters in the Vietnam conflict, commanded all of the aviation forces during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, flew Marine One, and served as military aide to Presidents Carter and Reagan; his responsibilities included carrying and protecting the nuclear launch codes in a package known as the "nuclear football"

[sparkie]

Sorry, format changed at posting. Tried to fix, but got timed out.

Most o you younguns won't remember these Marines anyhow.

[Sgt Leprechaun]

Fixed it for ya Sparkie!

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Thanks, Brother.