The Man Behind the Memes: Top Photos

Chuck Norris left Hollywood to care for his wife. The memes never knew the man behind them.

F-16 Falcons and A-10 Thunderbolt IIs fly over the Republic of Korea. Airmen from Osan joined Airmen from across the world to participate in Red Flag Alaska 09-03, scheduled for July 23 - Aug. 7. The
F-16s and A-10s fly over the Republic of Korea near Osan Air Base, where a young airman named Carlos Ray Norris was stationed in 1958, picked up the nickname Chuck, and began training in Tang Soo Do. © U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Judd Fancher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

More on this story

Take Quiz Full Article