[Milsurplus] New Mil. Urban Legend Making the Rounds?

Todd Bigelow - PS [email protected]
Tue, 20 May 2003 12:22:12 -0400


David L. Stinson wrote:

>I'm sure most of you have seen the "Captain Kangroo is really 
>Iwo Jima Hero" story that goes around the net.
>
>This is now being tagged on the end:
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>On another note, there was this wimpy little man 
>(who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet.  
>Mr.  Rogers is another one of those you would 
>least suspect of being anything but what 
>he now portrays to our youth.  
>But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, 
>combat proven in Vietnam with over twenty-five
> confirmed kills to his name.  
>He wore a long sleeve sweater to cover the many tattoo's
> on his forearm and biceps. 
> A master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat,
>able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat.
>  He hid that away and won our hearts 
>with his quiet wit and charm. 
>
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>
>Comments?
>

I don't know about Mr. Rogers being a Navy seal. Wasn't he doing his 
program in the 60s? It would be difficult to be in two places at once, 
even for a seal. (o:

However....it is true the TV chef Julia Child was with the OSS in WWII. 
Really!

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ