Posted on 04/15/2017 8:58:47 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Don't think his father was rich though, unless ditch-digging involved the Suez Canal.
Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. /ˈræðər/ was born on October 31, 1931, in Wharton County, Texas, the son of Daniel Irvin Rather, Sr., a ditch digger,[2] and the former Byrl Veda Page. The Rathers moved to Houston, where Dan attended Love Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School.
That was Riddick Bowe, who didn’t even make it to Training Day 1. Kicked out of Receiving, that’s something.
I completed 3 years in the Marine Corps and I never had a dress blue uniform. I came out a “slick sleeve” Staff Sargent and earned every one of those stripes, still have my dress green uniform, but never had a set of dress blues. I got discharged in Feb 1954,( probably before Dannie Boy got there)
The only people that didn’t complete boot camp while I was there were in the psycho ward and they had a large platoon of them.
Dan Rather practically invented both fake news and the hashtag #FAKEBUTACCURATE. He’s probably been CIA since the 70s.
Bullshit! son I bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose!
The tactics they use in the media - the half truths, out of context statements, stuff made up out of whole cloth, are so ancient, but every generation coming up is unaware of them and so their game goes on and on and on.
Dan Rather is a pathetic liar and his attempt to rewrite is life story is just one more example of his true character.
Amazingly, he thought that no one would notice!
Dan, your attempt to claim membership in “A Band Of Brothers”, the Corps, is despicable! But, its who and what you are. Go walk the hallowed ground of Arlington and silently wispier; “I’m Sorry, Forgive Me Brave Warriors”
Terry L Walker
CWO5
Marine Gunner
USMC Retired
A friend’s boyfriend had been planning on a career in the USMC. But during boot camp an old injury was aggravated and ended his plans. He had failed to mention the old injury to his recruiter and this got him in some trouble.
He was not only discharged but dishonorably discharged. This was a few years back and he is still really shook up by the discharge.
Boot camp was not a pleasurable experience. But the experience did do me good and made me what I am today.
MCRD San Diego PLT 3014 1982. We were given a thing that looked like a dress blues blouse, but only went down to just below the camera’s view. It wasn’t even a whole blouse. Smiling for any reason was frowned upon, as well. Guys who didn’t graduate but were still with us on photo day got their pics taken.
Parris Island, Class of '89.
Fake but accurate.
Mike Tyson never attempted to join. You may be thinking of Riddick Bowe.
It is still there and if need be the Air Force will use it again one day to disperse the bomber fleet.
I’m astonished that nobody on the thread of the author of the post mentioned the incredible irony that the movie about the attack on W’s service record, stage-managed by Rather, the guy who called himself a Marine when he clearly was not, is called . . . DRUM ROLL . . .
Truth.
Ain’t it somethin?
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