#OTD in 1951, U.S. Army soldier Clint Eastwood hitched a ride on a Navy AD-1Q Skyraider that ran out of fuel and ditched near the coast of California. He then paddled a raft for two miles to safety. Four years later he made his first credited appearance in FRANCIS IN THE NAVY.
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