Mel Brooks graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, and was a corporal in the combat engineer
Mel Brooks graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, and was a corporal in the combat engineers during WWII, a job that occasionally involved diffusing mines. He fought at the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, and was known for answering the often broadcast German propoganda with “Toot Toot Tootsie Good Bye!" -- source link
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