Daniel Ellsburg, who leaked of the Pentagon Papers, served in this branch of the US military.
- Air Force
- Army
- Marine Corps
- Navy
Marine Corps. He enlisted in 1954 and was discharged in 1957 as a first lieutenant. He was a gung-ho Marine, but the Vietnam War changed him from a hawk to a dove.
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