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As a seven-time American League batting champion, Rod Carew is considered a baseball legend, but he also served as a combat engineer for six years in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Baseball Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm pitched for 10 Major League Baseball teams from 1952 to 1972 and also served in the Army during World War II, earning a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Battle of the Bulge.
Bob Uecker, actor, philanthropist, radio announcer and baseball star enlisted in the Army in 1954, attaining the rank of corporal.
Rocky Bleier played in four Super Bowl championship games. He also served in the Vietnam War for the U.S. Army.
Patty Berg, a founder and the first president of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, won 15 major titles and set a record that still stands today. Berg also served in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War II.
Willie Davenport had long and successful careers as a soldier and as an athlete — competing in numerous Olympic Games and earning the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles in 1968.
Randy Couture was a champion wrestler, martial artist, actor and soldier. Couture credits his success with the confidence he developed while competing on Army wrestling teams.
Army 1st Lt. Amber English is an American sport shooter who competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, setting a new Olympic record and becoming the second woman in American history to ever win an Olympic skeet shooting gold medal.
Al Bumbry was a center fielder for the Baltimore Orioles from 1972 to 1984 and the San Diego Padres in 1985. He won the World Series with the Orioles in 1983. Bumbry credits his Army service for his baseball success.
Before becoming a linebacker and center for the Philadelphia Eagles and winning two NFL championships, Chuck Bednarik served in the military and flew a total of 30 combat missions.