Who was ~not~ a U.S. military veteran?

[Craig]

Just for fun...

Who was NOT in the military??

a. Senator Ted Kennedy - U.S. Senator from Massachuscetts. (original "Cash for Clunkers")

b, Jimi Hendrix - Greatest guitarists of all time

c. Johnny Carson - The Tonight show host

d. Shirley Temple Black - Actress, singer, and tap dancer, who is best known for being the American child actress of the 1930's. (On the good ship lollipop)

e. William Frederick "Fred" Durst - American musician, director and actor. Know primarily as the front man of the Nu Metal band Limp Bizkit

 

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Senator Ted Kennedy – U.S. senator from Massachusetts
Kennedy earned C grades at the private Milton Academy, but was admitted to Harvard as a "legacy" -- his father and older brothers had attended there, so the younger and dimmer Kennedy's admission was virtually assured. While attending, he was expelled twice, once for cheating on a test, and once for paying a classmate to cheat for him.

While expelled, Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Army, but mistakenly signed up for four years instead of two. His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to England, pulled the necessary strings to have his enlistment shortened to two years, and to ensure that he served in Europe, not Korea, where a war was raging. Kennedy was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe) headquarters in Paris. He never advanced beyond the rank of Private, and returned to Harvard upon being discharged.
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Jimi Hendrix – Greatest guitarists of all time
Private James Marshall Hendrix (Jimi to his friends) was officially drummed out of the military, Army brass delivered withering assessments of the 19-year-old soldier. He served a messy 13 months in the Army, beginning with his May 1961 three-year enlistment. 

Sergeant Louis Hoekstra noted that Hendrix was a "habitual offender" when it came to missing midnight bed checks and that the Seattle teenager was unable to "carry on an intelligent conversation." Hoekstra added that Hendrix, who was once suspected of "taking dope," played a musical instrument while off-duty, "or so he says. This is one of his faults, because his mind apparently cannot function while performing duties and thinking about his guitar."
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Johnny Carson – The Tonight show host.
The king of late-night TV for over three decades, Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa, on October 23, 1925. He was working as a theater usher when World War II began. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 8, 1943, as an apprentice seaman enrolled in the V-5 program, which trained Navy and Marine pilots.

He hoped to train as a pilot, but was sent instead to Columbia University for midshipman training. He performed magic for classmates on the side.

Commissioned an ensign late in the war, Carson was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania, a battleship on station in the Pacific. He was en route to the combat zone aboard a troopship when the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the war to a close.

The Pennsylvania was torpedoed on August 12, 1945 and Carson reported for duty on the 14th — the last day of the war. Although he arrived too late for combat, he got a firsthand education in the consequences of war. The damaged warship sailed to Guam for repairs, and as the newest and most junior officer, Carson was assigned to supervise the removal of 20 dead Sailors.

He later served as a communications officer in charge of decoding encrypted messages. He recalls that the high point of his military career was performing a magic trick for Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

After serving in the Navy, Carson attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska. After college, he worked for various radio and television shows in California. In 1962, Carson became the permanent host of the Tonight Show. He went on to host the show for thirty years, and became one of the most recognizable television personalities.
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Shirley Temple Black - actress, singer, and tap dancer, who is best known for being an American child actress of the 1930's. After her film achievements she began a notable career as a diplomat. She never served in the military.

Shirley Temple Black was the first person who said, on national television, 'I have breast cancer.' It wasn't Betty Ford.

She became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States in 1976, which put her in charge of all State Department ceremonies, visits, gifts to foreign leaders and co-ordination of protocol issues with all U.S. embassies and consulates. She was in office from 1 July 1976 until 21 January 1977. In 1987, she was designated the first Honorary Foreign Service Officer in U.S. history by then U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz.
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William Frederick "Fred" Durst - American musician, director and actor, known primarily as the front man of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit.

During his time in the Navy he married his first wife, Rachel Tergesen, at the age of 20. They moved to California, and had one daughter, Adriana. Fred served for eighteen months before being released on medical discharge from the Navy after he broke his hand skateboarding..

The couple divorced soon after Durst discovered that his wife had an affair. He was incarcerated for a month for assaulting his wife's partner

He has dated all the hot celebrities. Here is a video showing all the hot celebrities girlfriends (all bathing suits, of course)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jddAbPsQjU&feature=player_embe...

 

Amazing stuff huh? 

(Note: After watching that, I must admit, I don't have a Limp Bizkit 

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Congrats to all of those who got this trivia question correct!!!

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[RuthL]

Well I am hooked!  I am an educator and as my kids tell me I am a "geek".  You should write a book!

[FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW]

Too fun Craig! Yeah...you should put it all in a book!