Jazz great John Coltrane also served. Here, he's photographed at age 18 in mid-1945 following his voluntary enlistment as an apprentice seamen in the U.S. Naval Reserve. (via The Smoking Gun)
John Coltrane - "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
Live 1961 in Baden-Baden, Germany
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