Brave Celebrities Who Served Their Country In The Army

Published on March 5, 2019 By Jason Albert

Sidney Poitier – US Army

Sidney Poitier takes the honor as the first ever Bahamian-American actor to earn the Best Actor Award at the Academy and Golden Globe Awards. This was due to his superb performance in the movie, Lilies of the Field.

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He had so many economic problems when he was younger and when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in the Second World War, he was forced to lie about how old he actually was. Luckily, he only worked as an aide for mental hospitals. Well, you can be valuable even if you are not on the battlefront!