Clint Eastwood is a renowned and beloved actor and filmmaker who has been recognized with numerous film awards for his iconic performances. His involvement in politics has also been noteworthy, and he has long been seen as a symbol of masculinity.

Despite his 89 years, this celebrated celebrity maintains a low profile regarding his personal life, but he has had his fair share of relationships and has been married twice, with seven children.

Recently, Eastwood disclosed a previously undisclosed story related to one of his famous films, which he had kept quiet about for many years.

Born in 1930 during the Great Depression in San Francisco, Clint Eastwood, Hollywood’s longest-running movie star, faced numerous family relocations due to his father’s work in the steel industry. He was given the name Samson at birth and weighed an astounding 11 pounds, 6 ounces. He eventually grew to a height of 6 feet 4 inches.

After completing high school, he relocated to Seattle, where he worked as a lifeguard before enlisting in the American Army in 1950.

What many people are unaware of is that at the age of 21, Eastwood was a passenger on a naval plane from World War II that crashed in the Pacific.

In an interview, Eastwood described the incident: “I was catching a free ride from Seattle down to Almeda. It was stormy, and we went down off of Point Reyes, California, in the Pacific. I found myself in the water, swimming a few miles towards the shore. I remember thinking, ‘well, 21 is not as long as a person wants to live.'”