Ted Williams

While most athletes are all about fame and fortune, Ted Williams was cut from a different cloth. The legendary baseball player put the bat-and-ball aside and joined the Army under the Reserve Aviation Unit in 1942, where he served four years.

Williams rejoined the Army in 1952 during the Korean War, but his military career was cut short after developing pneumonia one year later. The player went on close to 40 missions, earning countless accolades and awards, and his time in baseball was massively successful, too, with Ted considered one of the greatest hitters in history.