Actor, writer, director Edward Wood, of such classics as Glen or Glenda, and Plan Nine from Outer Space, was a decorated Marine in World War II. From IMDB...

"Enlisted in the US Marine Corps in May of 1942. In addition to taking part in combat in the Marshall Islands and Naumea, he was one of the 400 US Survivors of the invasion of Tarawa, which killed 3600 other soldiers. During the invasion he had most of his front teeth knocked out in hand-to-hand combat with a Japanese soldier. Wood later served as a G-2 (intelligence agent) in the South Pacific, until he was machine-gunned up one of his legs and caught gangrene. He served out the remainder of his time as an office typist, and was honorably discharged in 1944. He was decorated with the Silver and Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, and Sharpshooter's Medal."

Whether it's true or not he later always claimed to have been wearing a red bra and panties under his Marine uniform.

Just try to get THAT mental image out of your mind while building the new DML M4A2 Tarawa and Generation Two Marines.

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That's hilarious! From what you hear of him later in life you'd have never guessed it! Where exactly did you find that info?