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Topic: Boohbah -- Yet another inane kids' TV show!
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Jim Spohn
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Posts: 95
From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-30-2004 09:42 AM
You guys (and gals) might be amused to know the following;
While a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Johnny Carson said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima ... and that during the course of that action you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."
"Yeah, yeah... I got shot square in the butt and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about half- way up Suribachi ... bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys gettin' shot hauling you down. But Johnny, at Iwo I served under the bravest man I ever knew ... We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. The dumb guy actually stood up on Red Beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach.
That Sergeant and I have been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me lying on my belly on the litter and said, 'Where'd they get you, Lee?' I replied, "Well Bob... if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!" Johnny, I'm not lying... Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew ...Bob Keeshan ... You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo." +++++++++
On another note, there was this wimpy little man (who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quite. 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 US Navy Seal, combat proven in Vietnam with over 25 confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long sleeve sweater to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps.
A master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, he was able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat. He hid that away and won our hearts with his quiet wit and charm. America's real heroes don't flaunt what they did, they quietly go about their day to day lives, doing what they do best. They earned our respect and the freedom's that we all enjoy.
Amazing what we do NOT know about people.
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