[ SHOWGSD-L ] Heroes--Did you Know? OT
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 09:49:11 EDT
I I just thought I would share this with you folks,in the turmoil we seem to
be going through in the world today. I thought you might enjoy and have some
food for thought. I didn't know this.
Subject: Heroes
> >> Silent heros, make the world a better place. If you've read it before,
>> read it again.
>>
>> Captain Kangaroo passed away on January 23, 2004 as age 76 , which is odd,
>> because he always looked to be 76. (DOB: 6/27/27.) It reminded me of the
>> following story.
>>
>> Some people have been a bit offended that the actor, Lee Marvin, is buried
>> in a grave alongside 3 and 4 star generals at Arlington National Cemetery.
>>
>>
>> His marker gives his name, rank (PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else.
>>
>> In a time when many Hollywood stars served their country in the armed
>> forces often in rear-echelon posts where they were carefully protected, only
>> to
>> be trotted out to perform for the cameras in war bond promotions,
>> Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the Navy Cross at Iwo Jima. There is
>> only one higher Naval award... the Medal Of Honor.
>> If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the man, he
>> credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.
>> Dialog from "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson": His guest was Lee
>> Marvin. Johnny 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 bottom and they gave me the Cross
>> for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi. Bad thing about getting
>>
>> shot up on a mountain is guys getting' 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. That dumb guy actually stood up on Red beach and directed his
>> troops to
>> move forward and get the hell off the beach. Bullets flying by, with mortar
>> rounds landing everywhere and he stood there as the main target of gunfire
>> so that he could get his men to safety. He did this on more than one
>> occasion because his men's safety was more important than his own life.
>> 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? "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.
>> The Sergeant's name is 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 quiet. Mr. Rogers is another 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-sleeved sweater on TV, to cover the many
>> tattoos on his forearm and biceps. He was a master in small arms and
>> hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat.
>
>
> After the war Mr. Rogers became an
> >> ordained Presbyterian minister and
>> therefore a pacifist. Vowing to never harm another human and also
>> dedicating the rest of his life to trying to help lead children on the right
>> path in
>> life.
>> He hid away the tattoos and his past life 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 freedoms that we all enjoy.
>
Chris K
"Do Right and Fear No One" --from the Stephanitz Family Crest
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