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To name a few:
Walt Disney, under-age ambulance-driver in the US Army. IIRC, his service overseas (in Europe) started post-Armistice.
Charles de Gaulle, career officer in the French army (RI 33), POW near Doaumont in 1916.
Maurice Chevalier, IIRC, served as an officer in the French army
André Maginot, in the French army, later Minister of Defence and originator of a certain "line"
Gustaf Mannerheim, officer in the Russian army, later CinC Finnish army, and post-WW 2 president of Finland for a time, 1944-46
There were a number of other officers in the Russian army, who later played a part in Soviet history
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