Sunday, August 22, 2010

Lee Marvin, Fred Rogers, and Robert Keeshan

A got an email about Captian Kangroos' service in the United States Marine Corp. The Wikipedia article about Robert Keeshan, a.k.a. Captain Kangaroo, says that he enlisted in the USMC reserves too late to see combat action. (I know, true journalists don't quote Wikipedia atricles.)

The email also claims that Fred Rogers served in Vietnam and then went on to seminary, swearing off violence and that the sweaters Rogers wore on his TV show, Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, were to cover up all his tattoos. According to the Presidential Medal of Freedom website, Rogers graduated from seminary in 1963. The site, while providing his biography, makes no mention of Vietnam.

And the point of the email--Lee Marvin was shot in the Battle of Saipan, not Iwo Jima.

The big question is: How do these emails get started? And why? I plan to look into this some more.

Remember, before forwarding that email: When you're not in doubt, you can still check it out!

1 comment:

  1. I did kind of have a difficult time believeing Mr. Rogers was a Navy Seal! Darn. Let us know when you find out how this got started! thanks for quesitoning. Inquiring minds want to get to the source of things!

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