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Celebrities’ Courageous Stories About How They Served in the Army

Bea Arthus – U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve

Bea Arthur was a woman of mystery. Arthur was one of the most recognizable faces on television for decades. She never admitted to serving in the U.S. Army, but after some research and digging, it turns out that she served for 30 months as a truck driver with the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

Bea was just 21 at that time and served under her original name Bernice Frankel. Though her time there was short-lived due to venereal disease treatment, something Bea didn’t want to be revealed, this is still an interesting fact about someone who left behind such memorably iconic roles.

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