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Added on: 11th Jun 2015

 

SONG SEUNG HEON

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Song Seung Heon is a South Korean Actor best known for his role in

Endless Love, Autumn in My Heart and Summer Scent. He tried to

avoid the compulsory military service in South Korea but failed. He

served the Korean military for two years and was discharged in 2006

with the Corporal rank, which earned him the attention of the media.

 

 

RAIN

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Jung Ji Hoon, more popularly known as Rain, is a South Korean

superstar who now manages the J. Tune Entertainment Company.

He held off his military service until 2011 to pursue his Masters Degree.

In 2012, he enlisted in the military and served for 21 months at the

Uijeongbu Camp in the province of Gyeonggi-Do. He was also

transferred to the Ministry of national Defence months after.

 

 

HYUN BIN

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Best known for his role in Kim Sam Soon and Secret Garden,

South Korean actor Hyun Bin volunteered to render military service

to the Marine Corps in 2010 as part of the Marine Corps Compulsory

Military Service. He was discharged and received special citation

as an exemplary soldier upon his release on December 6, 2012.

 

 

LEE DONG-GUN

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Born Emmanuel Lee, Lee Dong-Gun is a South Korean actor,

singer, and model who enlisted for 21 months of active duty to

render military service in the South Korean militia. He enlisted in

June 2010 and was immediately appointed Honorary Ambassador

of Military. When he was discharged on March 28, 2012, he was

appointed as the 2012 Korean Formula One Ambassador.

 

 

KIM JI-SEOK

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A rapper in the five-member band Eurodance, Kim Ji-Seok enlisted

in South ChungCheong Province for his mandatory military

service on May 24, 2010. He had most of his army trainings at the

Nonsan Training Centre where he stayed for five weeks. He served

at the Defence Media Agency of the Ministry of National

Defence in Seoul and was discharged March 2012.

 

 

PSY

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Born Park Jae-Sang, Psy is a South Korean singer; rapper and dancer

who popularized the hit single Gangnam Style. He was enlisted in the

South Korean Military in 2003 but was excused from military duty

because of his employment in a government-owned software developing

company. He was released from his duties in 2005 and produced his

fourth album shortly afterwards.

 

 

DALE ROBERTSON

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In 1942, Dale Robertson entered as a Private in the Horse Cavalry

where he served until 1945. He also joined the military as a tank

commander in the 777th Battalion in North Africa and he was

promoted to first Lieutenant with 332ng Combat Engineers in the

third Army of Patton. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in the

television series entitled Dynasty & Dallas.

 

 

ED MCMAHON, JR.

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Ed McMahon has served the military longer than most actors have.

He was the Captain of the United States Marine Corps from

1943 to 1945 and from 1952 to 1953. His career as a military man

reached its peak during World War II and the Korean War, where he

served as a Corsair fighter pilot instructor. He also led missions in

Korea and earned six air medals. Later in his military service, he was

promoted as the Colonel of the California National Guard.

 


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