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Mr. Rogers Was a
Sniper In Vietnam-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor Children's television personality Fed
Rogers was a Navy Seal and a sniper in Vietnam with 25 confirmed
kills to his credit.
The Truth
Fred Rogers, the founder and host of
the popular U.S. children's television program Mr. Rogers'
Neighborhood never served in the military.
There have been various false rumors about him including one that
claims he always wore long-sleeved shirts to hide his tattoo.
According to his official biography from Family Communications, the
producers of his show, Fred Rogers went directly from college into
media.
He was first hired as an assistant producer by NBC television in New
York and worked on several classic shows such as The Voice of
Firestone, The Kate Smith Hour, and The NBC Opera Theatre. He was asked to help develop some of the first programming for
WQED in Pittsburgh, the nation's first community-sponsored
educational television station.
Some of what he created was children's programming that eventually
led to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
Rogers' major in college was Music Composition but he later
attended both Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the University of
Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Child Development and was
ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1963.
He died on February 27, 2003 at his home in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
In March, 2008, somebody combined this eRumor with another about
alleged war heroes Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin. CLICK HERE for the eRumor about
Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin.
Updated 3/26/08
A real example of the eRumor as it has
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