Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall was destined for a life in the military. As a child, he was a military brat, moved around with his family for the service. His father was a U.S Navy rear admiral and Robert is a descendant of the infamous American General Robert E. Lee. Before pursuing acting, he decided to try his hand at the family business and enlisted in the US army. He admits he wasn't very good, saying "Hell, I barely qualified with the M-1 rifle in basic training."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The prolific writer behind The Great Gatsby didn't spend his whole life as a novelist. He had started his career as a second lieutenant in the U.S Army, dropping out of college in order to enlist. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to fulfill his literary dreams before dying at war, so he quickly The Romantic Egotist only weeks before reporting for duty, but the work was rejected from publishers.