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A GI Bill Success Story

Hi everyone and welcome (or welcome back) to the blog “Soldier to Student”. This blog is going to be dedicated to talking about a GI Bill success story. I was doing a bit of research on famous individuals who used their GI Bill to kick start their success and I found a famous figure who I figured most everyone would know. Clint Eastwood, a very successful actor and director! Born in 1930, Clint Eastwood was drafted in the 1950s during the time of the Korean War. He served his Army contract at Fort Ord in California as a swimming instructor. Clint was honorably discharged in 1953 and shortly after used his GI Bill to attend Los Angeles City College and study drama. This led to him landing his first contract with Universal Studios making $75 a week. His first couple years consisted of him acting in small roles in a string of B-movies. Then in 1959 he was picked up by CBS and cast as cattle driver Rowdy Yates in the long-running series "Rawhide." It was a big enough break that it opened the door for him to get the role that made him an international star. After acting in Sergio Leone's legendary trilogy “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964), “For a Few Dollars More” (1965), and “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (made in Italy in 1966, released in the U.S. in 1967), Eastwood had made a name for himself. Eastwood went on to act in and direct many award winning movies. The next time you put on a Clint Eastwood movie remember, his pathway to success included using his GI Bill to pursue a degree!

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