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On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 20:41:18 GMT, Not Me <notme@springmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Jul 2002 16:59:23 GMT, montep@email.com (Monte) wrote:
>
>>Picked up off the Galileo Sci-tech High School(San Francisco)
>>newsletter:
>>
>>Some have been a bit offended that Lee Marvin is buried in a grove of
>>3 and 4 star generals at Arlington. His marker gives his name, rank
>>(PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else.  Here's a guy who was only a
>>famous movie star who served his time, why the heck does he rate
>>burial with these guys?
>>
>>
>>Well, following is the amazing answer:                             
>>
>>I always liked Lee Marvin, but did not know the extent of his Corps
>>experiences. 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 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."  And you know how Lee was ... "Yeah,
>>yeah ... I got shot square in the ass 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 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 bastard 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 asked '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 ... 
>>
>>Bob Keeshan ... You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo.
>>
>Urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/military/keeshan.htm 


Thanks, they, the newsletter got me!  Shoulda checked that one myself.
I knew Lee Marvin was a marine and fought, so my gullibility won the
fight for reason.  :)  helluva good story though!
Monte
"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books,
 and there is some evidence that they can't read them either." ---Gore Vidal