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Celebrities’ Courageous Stories About How They Served in the Army

Hugh Hefner – U.S. Infantry

The last man you’d expect to wear an Army uniform actually did! Hugh Hefner, the late Playboy Megamind who just finished studying in Steinmetz High School, joined up with the U.S. Army in 1944. Instead of fighting on a battlefield like he probably expected, he served as infantry clerk for four more months before being honorably discharged after only two years in 1946.

His time in the infantry helped him develop drawing and publishing skills as it was an interactive job for the young Hefner. He returned back home and created the Playboy empire as we know of now.

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