[cripplecreek]

I didn't know that Captain Kangaroo was in the military.

[So Cal Rocket]

And I think that's Mr. Green Jeans on the right.

[beebuster2000]

i guess that makes the other guy Mr. Greenjeans

[jonsie]

Yeah, thems so old soldiers. lol

[dead]

Captain Kangaroo fought alongside Lee Marvin at the Battle of Iwo Jima

Dialog from a Tonight Show... 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 Sgt. and I have been life long friends...When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sgt. and he lit a smoke and passed it to me lying on my belly on the litter..."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...Sgt. Keeshan was the bravest man I ever Knew - Bob Keeshan....

You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo."

[edfrank_1998]

Captain Kangaroo was in the Marine Corps and served on Iwo Jima (at least in a previous life).

[SF Republican]

I didn't know that Captain Kangaroo was in the military. my guess is you are joking but I believe he was a Marine Sgt on Iwo Jima, and a very brave one if I remember correctly per another Marine, Lee Marvin

[beebuster2000]

AP file

[Phsstpok]

I didn't know that Captain Kangaroo was in the military.

Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) has passed away, therefore that's not him.

My bet is that it's Wilford Brimley.

[dozer7]

"I didn't know that Captain Kangaroo was in the military."

I believe Bob Keshan (Captain Kangaroo) was a Marine. I think he graduated from boot camp at the end of WW II.

[El Gato]

I didn't know that Captain Kangaroo was in the military.

You see any rank or branch insignia on those BDUs? I don't. They are likely Department of the Army and Corps of Engineers civilian employees, not soldiers. If not that, they must be reserve or guard. Some of those dudes are pretty old. I was one once and we had this master sergeant who was about 60 I think. (In fact he was the "first shirt", although the Air Force and Air Guard don't use that terminology, but he was the senior enlisted man in the squadron.)

[Liberal Classic]

Captain Kangaroo was a Marine!