Famous Military Veterans?! How about MR. T!

This post comes from Military.com.  “There are a lot of surprising facts about the life of pop culture icon Mr. T, but for starters, pity the fool that doesn’t know he was a soldier in the U.S. Army.

The man who would be Mr. T started life as part of a large family in a Chicago project with the name Laurence Tureaud. The young Tureaud was a physical beast from an early age, becoming the citywide high school wrestling champion — three times. He also played football, studied martial arts and even earned a football scholarship to Texas’ Prairie View A&M University. Click here to read more about the interesting bio of MR. T! Note: we are an authorized manuafacturer of U.S. Military plaques.

 

 

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