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The Oscar winner joined the Marines in 1946 at age 16, serving four years as a field radio operator and spending time in China, Japan and Hawaii. He got his first taste of showbiz as a DJ on the Armed Forces Network.<br>
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<i>Photo: Gene Hackman in "Behind Enemy Lines."</i>

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The Oscar winner joined the Marines in 1946 at age 16, serving four years as a field radio operator and spending time in China, Japan and Hawaii. He got his first taste of showbiz as a DJ on the Armed Forces Network.

Photo: Gene Hackman in "Behind Enemy Lines."

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