2015

Entertainer Martha Raye was a U.S. Army nurse and held the rank of Colonel-Truth! & Fiction!

This is a forward email about Martha Raye who entertained the troops with the USO service organization during World War II and our conflicts in Korea, and Viet Nam. The eRumor tells of an account where she pulled rank on an Air Force Captain to treat the wounded onboard the aircraft while she was on route to military base for a USO show The eRumor also says that when she died she was buried at Fort Bragg and the only woman in the special forces part of the cemetery.

Joshua Bell Plays The Metro Station-Truth!

A forwarded eRumor about concert musician, Joshua Bell, who played six Bach pieces on his violin to commuters at a Metro station in Washington DC on a cold January morning during rush hour. The eRumor claims that this was a social experiment put on by the Washington Post.

The "crabby old man" who died with an inspirational poem in his pocket-Fiction!

Touching Poem Found in the Pocket of a “Crabby Old Man” Who Died in a Hospital-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor includes a poem said to have been found in the pocket of an old man who died in a hospital in Florida.     The Truth: The story about the old man (in some versions …

The "crabby old man" who died with an inspirational poem in his
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