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Posted: 10/7/2007 10:45:25 AM EDT
www.factropolis.com/2006/11/fred-rogers-better-known-as-mister.html
 I just learned that mr. Fred Rogers is actually a veteran of the US MERCHANT MARINE, and he had several tattoos on his arms from his days as a sea man with the merchant marine thats why he always wore long sleeves to cover his tattoos, he didnt think mentioning his military service would be good for the show. I geuss there are some good people with tattoos after all? 
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:09:06 AM EDT
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You said the secret word!! .jpg)
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:18:05 AM EDT
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off to start Kaptain Kangaroo was a navy seal thread 
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:18:51 AM EDT
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Capitan Kangaroo served in the Marine Corps in WWII. Not sure of his MOS. This is actually true. |
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:19:51 AM EDT
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My uncle has a compass he got from being one of the kids in the audience. Pretty neat. |
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:20:30 AM EDT
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Fred Rogers would do booze runs with Al Capone during prohibition.
I read it on the internet; it must be true. |
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Posted: 10/7/2007 11:21:36 AM EDT
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1626 post, been here over a year, and still a newbie!
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:00:42 AM EDT
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I believe the story about the Merchant Marine
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:03:35 AM EDT
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I thought he was a door gunner on Apollo 11?
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:07:54 AM EDT
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That pinko Mr Greenjeans rode shotgun on Sputnik. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:09:36 AM EDT
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I was always told Mr. Rogers was the one who REALLY killed hitler, you mean to tell me he did all that other stuff too?
 
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:10:07 AM EDT
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VC had a reward of 87 piasters on his head-dead or alive |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:10:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:11:08 AM EDT
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He kept it the only place he could. His ass. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:12:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:14:59 AM EDT
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What exactly does th Merchant Marine have to do with the military, again?
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:19:11 AM EDT
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Mr Rodgers killed my dog!
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:19:36 AM EDT
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The following article appeared in the March 25, 1971 ARTILLERY REVIEW, "an unofficial authorized photo offset newspaper published monthly by the I Field Force Vietnam Artillery Information Office." By SP4 James V. Durkin 6/32nd Arty IO PHAN RANG - A handful of American missionaries and approximately 50,000 Montagnards are a lot happier and a little richer today, thanks to the donations of the men of I Field Force Vietnam. On March 5, at the Evangelical Montagnard Training Center in Phan Rang, Colonel Robert J. Landseadel, Jr. presented Reverend and Mrs. Keith Kaiser with a donation of over 59,900 piasters, or $218. What cost $218 in 1971 would cost $1093.42 in 2006. Ok I can't figure out the math.....But If Mister Rodgers was worth 87 paisters he wasn't worth shit. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:20:15 AM EDT
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In time of war, the merchant marine is an auxiliary to the Navy, and can be called upon to deliver troops and supplies for the military. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:24:03 AM EDT
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Fred Rogers is the only person on the planet to have kickes Chuck Norris' ass.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:25:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:27:51 AM EDT
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I probably worded that poorly - since when is service in the Merchant Marine considered "military service?" |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:27:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:30:18 AM EDT
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Get it right. He was a SEAL/Sniper in Vietnam and had 100s of confirmed kills! The records were destroyed in a fire though.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:33:07 AM EDT
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Actually they called him Long D'Ong - roughly translated, "Dick of Death." |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:34:56 AM EDT
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and people ask me why I think Hil is going to be our next President.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:36:57 AM EDT
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I understand Bozo the Clown was hired by the CIA several times to assassinate Fidel Castro. Obviously it failed. You'd think the CIA would send in someone else after the first failure. 
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:47:48 AM EDT
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Sir, while I haven't been to sea in the Merchant Marine for many years, yes it is true that the .gov can contract with private shipping companies for the transport of goods and troops. However, that in no way implies the seamen that crew such ships have served any military service. There was an instance some years ago that surviving merchant seaman that served in the transport of goods to Europe and Russia during WWII were awarded veterans benefits, but by far that is the exception. Our Navy maintains a rapid deployed cadre of ships and maritime prepositioned ships when in the time of need, such as during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, such ships are activated to deliver their cargos where ever designated. You might think of the crews that man these ships as an auxilliary Navy, but in fact the crews are with some exceptions civilians. When I got my first engineers license the administration and oversight was performed by the USCG however I have no idea if it is still the same since the USCG is now part of the Homeland Security Department. FWIW, my service on various merchant ships during the Viet Nam war delivering supplies and munitions there in no way entitles me to claim any form of military service. BTDT, 7zero1 out. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:56:15 AM EDT
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Are you the guy who offered to buy Dusty's Glock?
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Posted: 10/8/2007 11:58:20 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 1:44:21 PM EDT
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The bad part is, you are absolutely god-damned right. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:34:32 PM EDT
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I thought he sold beef jerkies at gun shows. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:45:48 PM EDT
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My Grandfather was apart of the Naval Armed Guard on a merchant marine ship in WW2 and, as you said, defended supplies being shipped to Russia and supplying Operation Torch, etc. He fought next to the Merchant Marines and many of them died. Look up the number of ships lost making the Murmansk Run. PQ 17 especially. My grandfather went to Russia in PQ 18.I think their service to the country is really overlooked. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:53:18 PM EDT
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There are trains that move equipment all around the US, and trucks too - they are all strategic assets, and can all be targets of enemy fire, but that doesn't make them military. Nobody is downplaying or overlooking anything. I was simply flabbergasted that somebody would call service in the Merchant Marine "military" service. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:54:42 PM EDT
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You are a retard.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 4:39:50 PM EDT
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Mr Roger's always freaked me out when I was little. I NEVER wanted to go to his neighborhood.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 4:43:53 PM EDT
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Mr. Rogers never fired a machinegun.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 8:47:23 PM EDT
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An interesting fact that is true. Fred Rogers' parents were foster parents to a young black man named George. George went on to be an instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII. He also taught Fred to fly.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 8:52:10 PM EDT
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Which, I suppose, might make sense if Fred Rogers had ever served in the Merchant Marine. Have you been paying attention? |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 8:54:50 PM EDT
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Captain Feathersword was in the Australian SAS before a short stint filming in Gay Porn videos.
The latter is where the feathersword came from - it was a movie prop from "Tickle me Timbers" which made the San Francisco Bath House best seller list for three weeks straight in 1997. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 8:56:14 PM EDT
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No! It wasn't Mr. Rodgers, it was Mr. Lodgers, your Asian neighbor He was rooking for good balbeque.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:05:54 PM EDT
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I was told he scored to high on his Military entrance exam for the Marines so they put him in the ARMY Special Forces
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:26:27 PM EDT
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One of the questions had the following answers: A.) TWO B.) TO C.) TOO I wonder which one he picked? |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:29:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:52:18 PM EDT
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Zing!
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Posted: 10/8/2007 9:58:53 PM EDT
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I'd consider any of the Merchant Marine who served on Liberty ships in WWII with sailors of the USN (like my Grandfather) to have served. If you were in the Merchant Marine outside of wartime, no. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:04:02 PM EDT
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There are some who say he was a SEAL.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:13:41 PM EDT
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I just don't understand the mindset that saying someone did not serve in the military is akin to saying they are somehow less important. They simply are not military - simple as that. In a way, this reminds me of the LEO - Civilian threads, where cops act as if the term "civilian" is supposed to be insulting. On that note, the "profession" versus "trade" threads. Since when has being in a "trade" become an insult? A Merchant Marine sailor was not military, any more than a KBR Truck driver in Iraq is today. That doesn't mean their service was not vital, or appreciated, or dangerous - it simply means what it means. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:15:05 PM EDT
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There are some that also thought the world was flat. 
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Posted: 10/8/2007 10:35:46 PM EDT
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That is AWESOME!!! I love the internet (and obscure references to movies like Pulp Fiction) |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 5:39:24 PM EDT
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THE DEPT of DEFENSE has granted all WWII era US MERCHANT MARINE seamen with FULL VETERAN STATUS and THEY ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO THE SAME BENEFITS AS PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, but sadly less than 50% of them lived to see this day.
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