Ed was a pilot in WW II, but did not see action. However, he was recalled in Korea where he was an artillery spotter. Have to check my notes but I'm pretty sure Johnny Carson was also in the USAF. That would have been funny:
"ho, ho, ho, those are MiGs, Johnny!"
My mistake: he was in the USMC, trained on the Corsairs, and on the day he got his orders to deploy, August 6, 1945, well, you know. He was discharged from active duty in February 1946, but stayed in the Reserve. Recalled in Korea to fly the Cessna 180 spotter aircraft, earning six air medals. Also volunteered to work as the mess hall officer, and cleaned up a pretty ratty situation, making it ship shape. He was honorably discharged in August 1952. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve a full colonel and was named a brigadier general in the CA National Guard in 1982.
My mistake on Carson: I'm not showing that he had any service.
All info is from James WIse and Anne Rehill, "Stars in the Corps" (Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1999).