Famous Marines...

Was looking at famous Marine quotes then came across famous people who have been in the Marines.

Bob Bell- Bozo the Clown

Glen Bell- Founder of Taco Bell ( he was a hungry Marine obviously!)

Drew Carey- (This one really surprised me!)Click Here for Picture of Carey in Uniform!

Roberto Clemente- Baseball hall of fame

Paul Douglas- United States Senator and the oldest Marine recruit to have completed recruit training

R. Lee Ermy- (Full Metal Jacket, Mail Call, Lock 'N' Load etc.)

John Glenn- astronaut, first American to orbit Earth, oldest man in space, U.S. Senator

Mike Ilitch-founder of Little Caesars Pizza, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings (another hungry Marine )

George Jones- Country Music Artist

Tom Monaghan- founder of Domino's Pizza
In 1956 Monaghan enlisted in the United States Marine Corps by mistake; he had meant to join the Army.[3] He received an honorable discharge in 1959. Whoops!

Oliver Sipple- saved President Gerald Ford's life during an assassination attempt

Anthony Swofford-author of the memoir Jarhead (love his page on Wikipedia it says "Swofford's father was against his joining, and the first of two recruiters to visit were escorted from the house. Swofford's father had said "I know some things about the military that they don't show you in the brochures".)


Something like 12 guys were Marines that are now or were with NASA!


There is your useless information for the day

There's a bunch more too. I knew about Drew Carey. That's why he still wears those glasses. BCC's!!!

I love R. Lee Ermy. He's like my hero.

Bill Cosby....no wait....I thi nk he was a corpsman, nevermind. I get my Sailor/ Marine info mixed up all the time. It kind of blends together for me.

On a side note, how sick is it that I know all the words to the Marines Hym, but don;t remember Anchors Aweigh. Sick.

Your just SICK Liz

Ol' Paul Douglas joined the Marines at 50 what was HE thinking!? Went in as a E-1 and got out after two purple hearts and a bronze star a Lieutenant Colonel!

I didn't know Drew Carey was a Marine!