Pat Tillman
Pat Tillman was a famous Pro-american football player for the Arizona Cardinals, who joined the army rangers after the September 11th attacks. He served with distinguishment in both tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. His unit came under fire in a canyon from enemy forces, and he was unfortunately killed in a friendly fire incident. His funeral was surrounded by controversy as the army did not reveal the incident until after the televised event as to not tarnish his reputation as a war hero. He was posthumously awarded a promotion to corporal, a purple heart, and the silver star
John Glenn
John Glenn is most famous for being the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth, having ultimately completed three orbits in 1962. As a US Marine pilot, Glenn was selected in 1959 for Project Mercury Astronaut Training. He was initially the backup pilot for Alan Shepard and Virgil “Gus” Grissom, who both made the first orbital flights. Glenn completed his three orbital flights around the Earth aboard the Friendship 7. After serving both the Marines and Nasa, Glenn ran for the US Senate and served as a Senator from the state of Ohio.
Kirk Douglas
Izzy Demsky took the name Kirk Douglas just before he joined the Navy in 1941, shortly after the U.S. entered World War II. He served in anti-submarine warfare as a gunnery and communications officer. Douglas suffered abdominal injuries as the result of the dropping of an accidental depth charge, and he was subsequently medically discharged in 1944.