FORMER MARINES OF REPUTE Compiled by 1stLt. Robert Johnson Jr. 1. Lee Travino, professional golfer 2. Bo Svenson, actor, radio technician USMC 1959-1965, LCpl 3. Lee Marvin, actor, infantryman USMC 1942-1944, PFC 4. George C. Scott, actor, USMC, Cpl 5. Steve McQueen, actor, tanker USMC 1947-1950 6. George Peppard, actor, artillery USMC, Cpl 7. Glenn Ford, actor, USMC 1942-1944, Sgt 8. David Douglas Duncan, photojournalist, USMC 2ndLt. 1943-1946; retired Lt. Col. USMCR 9. Leon Uris, novelist, infantryman USMC, WWII, PFC 10. Anton Myer, novelist, infantryman USMC, WWII 11. Richard Brooks, director, USMC 12. George Roy Hill, producer and director, USMC pilot, WWII, Maj. 13. William Styron, novelist, USMC WWII, Lt. 14. Larry Wilcox, actor, infantryman USMC, Vietnam, Sgt. 15. William Manchester, author, infantryman USMC, Vietnam, Sgt. 16. Tyrone Power, actor, pilot USMC, WWII, Capt. 17. Sterling Hayden, actor and author, USMC, WWII, Pvt., 1942 real name: John Hamilton 18. Jonathan Winters, comedian, USMC, 1943-1946 19. Louis Hayward, actor, infantryman USMC, WWII, Pvt. to Capt. 20. Gerald B. O’Loughlin, actor, engineer officer USMC, WWII and Korea, Pvt. to 1stLt. 21. Art Buchwald, syndicated columnist, author and humorist, USMC, WWII 22. James Whitmore, actor, USMC, WWII 23. Ray Heatherton, singer, band leader and TV personality, pilot USMC, 1943-1945 24. Ted Williams, baseball player, pilot USMC, 2ndLt. 1944-1946, WWII, Capt in Korea 1952-1953 25. MacDonald Carey, actor, USMC 26. James Brady, columnist, USMC 27. Earl Wilson, columnist, USMC 28. Mickay Herakowitz, columnist, USMC 29. Philip Caputo, novelist, infantry officer USMC, Vietnam, 1stLt 30. Loudon Wainwright III, author, columnist and songwriter, USMC, WWII 31. James H. Webb Jr., novelist and Secretary of the Navy, infantry officer, USMC, Vietnam, Capt. 32. Steve Reeves, actor and bodybuilder, USMC 33. Hank Bauer, baseball player, USMC 34. F. Lee Bailey, lawyer, USMC 35. Ken Norton, former Heavyweight champ, Supplyman USMC, 1974-1978, Cpl 36. Vincent Sardi, restaurateur, USMC 37. Fritz Manes, producer, USMC, Korea 38. Wilford Brimley, actor, infantryman USMC, Korea 39. Brian Keith, actor, infantryman (machine gunner) USMC, WWII 40. Harvey Keitel, actor, USMC 41. Robert Ryan, actor, infantryman USMC, WWII 42. Robert Webber, actor, USMC 43. Sam Peckinpah, director, USMC, WWII 44. Freddie Fender, singer, tanker USMC 45. George Carlin, comedian, USMC 46. Pat Roberson, founder/president of CBN, host of the 700 Club, infantry officer USMC, Korea, 1stLt. 47. Gene Hackman, actor, USMC 48. Lloyd Haines, actor, USMC 49. John Glenn, Ohio Senator and astronaut, pilot USMC, Korea, Lt.Col 50. Ed McMahon, TV personality, pilot USMC, WWII, retired Colonel 51. Don and Phil Everly, singers, USMC 52. Bum Phillips, football coach, USMC 53. Donald Yarmy a.k.a. Don Adams, actor, USMC 54. Adlai E. Stevenson III, politician, USMC 55. Mike Mansfield, former senator and ambassador to Japan, USMC 1920 56. Gene Tunney, former Heavyweight champ, USMC 57. Hugh O’Brien, actor, infantryman USMC, WWII 58. Donald Regan, former White House Chief of Staff, WWII, USMC, 1stLt. 59. Billy Mills, Olympic Gold Medal winner (track), USMC, 1stLt. 60. Bill Vaack, baseball team owner, USMC, WWII 61. George Shultz, Secretary of State, USMC officer 62. William “Bud” McFarland, former National Security Advisor, USMC officer 63. Charles S. Robb, Virginia governor, USMC officer, Vietnam 64. John Warner, former senator of Virginia and husband of Elizabeth Taylor, USMC 2ndLt. to Capt Korea. 65. William Broyles, former Newsweek editor and Texas Monthly editor, infantry USMC officer, Vietnam. 66. Robert Wagner, actor, USMC 67. Walt Cunningham, astronaut, pilot USMC 68. Max Gail, actor, USMC 69. Barney Ross, former Middleweight champ, infantryman USMC, WWII 70. Mike Weaver, former Heavyweight champ, USMC, Cpl 71. George Jones, singer, USMC, Cpl 72. James Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, USMC officer, WWII 73. George McMillan, author, USMC WWII 74. John Gavin, actor and ambassador to Mexico, USMC 75. Frank “Tug” McGraw, baseball player, USMC, Cpl. 76. John Russell, actor, USMC WWII 77. Scott Glenn, actor, drill instructor USMC, SSgt. 78. Joseph Wambaugh, novelist, USMC 79. Brian Dennehy, actor, USMC 80. Buford Pusser, Tennessee sheriff of McNary County and of “Walking Tall” fame, USMC Cpl. 81. Robert Ludlum, novelist, USMC WWII 82. Warren Oates, actor, USMC 83. Eddie LeBaron, football player, USMC 84. Arthur O. Sulzberger, owner/publisher of the New York Times, Pvt.-Cpl. USMC 1944-1946, 2ndLt.-Capt. 1951-1952, Korea 85. J. Richard Munro, chairman and CEO Time magazine, USMC Korea 86. John A. Meyers, Chairman Time Magazine Group, USMC 87. Bradford Dillman, actor, USMC 88. Clu Galagher, actor, USMC 89. Eddie Egan, actor and former New York City narcotics detective, “The French Connection” was based on his life, USMC 90. Bob Crosby, bandleader, singer, TV star and brother of Bing Crosby, USMC 91. Don Cornelius, host of TV’s “Soul Train”, USMC 92. Mike Connors, actor, USMC 93. Jim Bouton, former baseball player and author, USMC 94. John H. Chafee, former Secretary of the Navy, Pvt. to Pfc. USMC WWII 1942-1945, 2ndLt. to Capt. Korea 1951-1953 95. Robert “Woody” Woodbury, pianist, TV and night club entertainer and comedian, pilot USMC WWII 1944-1946; 2ndLt. to Capt. Korea 1952-1953, honorably released in 1962 96. Christopher George, actor, USMC 97. Carmen Basilio, former Middleweight Champ, USMC 98. Wes Santee, track star, USMC 99. Dave Tork, track star, USMC 100. Jerry Hildebrand, track star, USMC 101. Jack Lewis, journalist and publisher, Public Affairs USMC, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Pvt. to Lt. Col. 102. Orville Freeman, former Minnesota governor, USMC 103. Jack Hood Vaughn, fmr director of the Peace Corps and ambassador to Panama, infantry USMC, WWII, Pvt. to Capt. 1943-1946 104. Rowland Evans, syndicated columnist, USMC 105. Smith Hempstone, columnist, USMC 106. Walter Murphy, novelist and lawyer, USMC Korea 107. Dan Rather, news anchorman, was medically discharged after 7 weeks of Boot Camp at San Diego 108. Hodding Carter II, former assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and newspaper editor, USMC 109. Bob Keeshan, actor, of “Captain Kangaroo” fame, USMC 110. William McMillan, Olympic Gold Medal winner (marksmanship), USMC 111. Jack Watson, former White House Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter, replacing Hamilton Jordan, USMC 112. Mel Jones, journalist with “Navy Times” USMC, retired MSgt 113. Joseph Foss, former South Dakota governor, pilot USMC, WWII, Medal of Honor recipient. 114. Martin Milner, actor, USMC 115. Al Matthews, actor of Aliens fame, USMC, First black Marine to be meritoriously promoted to Sergeant 116.Patty Berg, professional golfer, woman USMC 117. Bea Arthur, actress, woman USMC 118. Samia Ellyson-Pope, Public Relations officer for billionaire Howard Hughes, woman USMC 119. Lola Leibrand, mother of Ginger Rogers, woman USMC
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