Hollywood’s Hidden Heroes: You Won’t Believe Which Celebrities Served in the Military!
Jerry Garcia – Private, Infantry
Before he was the Grateful Dead’s guitar wizard, Jerry Garcia had an unconventional chapter in the U.S. Army back in 1960. Imagine a young, 17-year-old Garcia, ditching psychedelic threads for army greens at Fort Ord, California. As Private Garcia, he was more of a rebel than a model Jerry.
Secretly bringing his guitar along, he often butted heads with the higher-ups and spent his days strumming rather than standing to attention. His artistic temperament just didn’t jive with military life. Just nine months in, the Army, finding him “immature,” sent him packing with an honorable discharge. Little did they know, they were setting free a future music legend.