Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm
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Mia Hamm first started playing soccer while she and her family were living on an Air Force base in Florence, Italy. From there, she quickly excelled at the sport, becoming the youngest player to ever play on the US women’s national soccer team. In 1989, she joined the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. In the four years she played on the team, the Tar Heels only lost a single game and won all four NCAA Division I tournaments. She continued playing until after her appearance in the 2004 Olympics.

Tim Curry

Tim Curry
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Tim Curry, known for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and various comedies, was the son of a chaplain in the Royal Navy. After his father died of pneumonia in 1958, he went to boarding school, which led to his degree in acting. He stumbled into the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and slowly developed it into his own. After its Broadway run ended, he continued with a variety of other plays, television appearances, and films.


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Danny Wuerffel

Danny Wuerffel
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Former NFL football player Danny Wueffel got his start in football playing for the Fort Walton Beach Vikings in Florida, but his father’s career as an Air Force chaplain had sent them all over the world. Once they settled down, Danny led the Vikings to an undefeated season as their quarterback his senior year, which resulted in a number two ranking from “USA Today.” Somehow, he managed to do all that and still be high school valedictorian.

Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes
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Holmes never met his father but was instead raised in San Antonio, Texas by his mother and stepfather, who was an Air Force technician at Kelly Air Force base for twenty years. Holmes, over time, developed his own unique running style, which served him well as a running back. He played for the University of Texas and was named MVP of the Sun Bowl for his junior year. After college, he played in the NFL for eleven years, first for the Ravens, then for the Chiefs.

Trey Songz

Trey Songz
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When he was seven years old, Trey’s mother married a US Army serviceman, which meant that he spent the next seven years traveling around the country to various military bases before the family returned home to Petersburg. His stepfather was able to introduce Trey to producer Troy Taylor, which resulted in Songz releasing his first album in 2004. That album, “I Gotta Make It,” sold 40,000 copies in its first week. Since then, he has sold over twenty-five million records worldwide.

Mykelti Williamson

Mykelti Williamson
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Williamson’s father was an Air Force NCO, but he began working in show business at the age of nine. He’s probably best known for his roles in “Forrest Gump,” “Con Air,” and “Justified,” but he’s appeared in many different films and TV shows, both as the star and as a supporting actor.

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