[Milsurplus] New Mil. Urban Legend Making the Rounds?
Todd Bigelow - PS
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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