Military Men who Resemble Celebrities

[Linedoggie]

Then 1SG, now CSM B.co. "Blacksheep" 2/156th infantry, 256th BCT

 

 

 

And he did his waterboy impression for us at NTC in 2004

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Wow you ain't lying Linedoggie

 

 

 

 

 

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I think this Airman on the left in these two photos from the 50s looks a lot like Alan Ladd.

 

 

 

 

[Allan H.]

Here is one that I always thought was uncanny. Union Civil WAR General Benjamin Franklin Butler and actor Dennis Franz.

 

Allan

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While adding another post to the Tobacco Pipes in the Military topic, I was looking again at one of the photos of early Air Corps war hero Boyd D. Wagner, and he reminded me of a celebrity. It came to me who, Tim Curry

 

 

 

 

[BOLO]

Gunny Sgt Lee R Ermey looks like actor Jim Backus "Mr Howell" from Gilligan's Island

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Gunny Sgt Lee R Ermey looks like actor Jim Backus "Mr Howell" from Gilligan's Island

Yes Lovely! :lol:

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I seen this foto for years and years in various books, and now online, I always thought that Ships Detachment Cpl, looks like the Movie Critic Rex Reed, albeit a Young Rex Reed

 

[BOLO]

Lee R Ermey reminds me of tv show host Todd Carmichael from the show Dangerous Grounds

 

something about Todd Carmichael reminds me of Lee Ermey's personality, he seems "Gung Ho" like a Marine and resembles him

[krautpot]

The pic is from the m1917 rifle reference thread.

Guy posing with the rifle. Looks like Josh Hartnett.

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I think Ringo Starr looks a lot like this GI, albeit without the Mop Head of course .

 

 

But on a more serious note to this post, the GI is one John Moss, Jack as he's known (He's still with us at 92), Jack was a Texas National Guardsman with the 2nd Bn 131st Field Artillery, orignially part of the 36th Division, it's detached from the division in November 1941 and sent to out to the Philippines, but is diverted to Java in the Dutch East Indies, where it is ulimatley captured.

 

 

[world war I nerd]

Here's another Brad Pitt look-a-like. It's not spot on like the first one, but it'll do.

[BOLO]

Gunnery Sgt Bob Gray Recon Marine from Camp Pendelton , Ca / actor Bill Paxton.

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I,m thinking like a younger Gary Busey

 

 

[BOLO]

I,m thinking like a younger Gary Busey

 

 

 

the facial expression and teeth do look more like Gary Busey, thats a closer match

[world war I nerd]

This 42nd Division Doughboy from WW I kind of reminded me of the British actor David Suchet who is best known for his portrayal of the fictional detective Hercule Poirot.

[world war I nerd]

Maybe its the moustache, but this 6th Infantry Division Doughboy from WW I looks like a slightly younger, and less weathered version of the American actor Sam Elliott.

 

Doughboy photo courtesy of the John Adam-Graf collection

[world war I nerd]

This Officer from America's 1918 incursion into Northern Russia bears a resemblance to "Goodfellow" Ray Liotta.

[world war I nerd]

This guy looks a bit like a pudgy Leonardo Dicaprio ...

 

Photo courtesy of the John Adam-Graf collection

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BG Micheal Paulick Assistant Division Commander, 7th Inf Div looks like former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly.

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly by the way was a Marine Artillery Officer in Vietnam, 1st Mar Div.

 

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Ray Kelly in Vietnam.

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No it's not Spike Lee in a cameo in his WWII movie Miracle at St. Anna.

 

 

It's Pow in the Ardennes who looks like Spike Lee a bit, right!

 

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Hey I thought Rusty Staub was playing for the Houston Astros in the summer of 1967, not humping it in the RVN!

 

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Hey I thought Rusty Staub was playing for the Houston Astros in the summer of 1967, not humping it in the RVN!

 

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This is Rusty Staub by the way, for those who don't know who he is, you youngsters that IS .

 

[world war I nerd]

A WW I French Piolu who resembles the actor Liev Schreiber

 

Piolu photo courtesy of the John Adam-Graf collection