Johnny Carson – Navy

Before becoming a television host and comedian, Johnny Carson first joined the United States Navy in 1943. He started off as an apprentice shipman and was eventually promoted to a midshipman. He was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific Ocean. He then served as a communications officer in charge of decoding encrypted messages, while entertaining fellow soldiers with his comedy. Nowadays, he’s won a Presidential Medal of Freedom, while his career in entertainment earned him six Emmys and numerous other awards. He’s mostly famous for his show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which he hosted for exactly three decades.