Country music stars served their country in the military

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Conway Twitty

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Conway Twitty was a man of many talents! He was drafted to play baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies but due to getting drafted for the Korean War, he had to delay his offer to play. It was because of this little bump in the road that Conway improved his musical skills with the country band, Cimarrons. Once his time in the military had come to a close the Phillies offered him contract, but Conway rejected it in order to follow his true passion— music.

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