Editing Bob Keeshan (section)

==Early life==
Bob Keeshan was born to Irish parents<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/23/obituaries/bob-keeshan-who-played-captain-kangaroo-on-tv-is-dead-at-76.html|title=Bob Keeshan, Who Played Captain Kangaroo on TV, Is Dead |date=January 23, 2004|work=The New York Times|quote= They were Irish on both sides of the family}}</ref> in [[Lynbrook, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Flocker|first1=Michael|title=Vermont: The Green Mountain State|date=2002|publisher=Gareth Stevens|page=41|isbn=9780836851465|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaLwEg-PytsC&pg=PA41|access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref> After an early graduation in 1945 from [[Forest Hills High School (Queens)|Forest Hills High School]] in [[Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]], during [[World War II]], he enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]], but was still in the United States when [[Surrender of Japan|Japan surrendered]]. He attended [[Fordham University]] on the [[GI Bill]]. He received his bachelor's degree in education in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/26211/hall_of_honor/9534/robert_keeshan|title=Robert Keeshan|first=Rahman|last=Fatama|website=www.fordham.edu}}</ref>

An [[urban legend]] claims that actor [[Lee Marvin]] said on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' that he had fought alongside Keeshan at the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] in 1945. Over time, this legend has been published verbatim.<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine |last= Solomon |first=Michael|date=2013-06-24|title=Cereal Liars?: Cap'n Crunch and 9 Other Fake Military Titles|language=en-US |magazine= Time| url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/24/cereal-liars-capn-crunch-and-9-other-fake-military-titles/photo/portrait-of-bob-keeshan-as-captain-kangaroo-2/|access-date=2022-01-04|issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin, War Heroes|publisher= Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122|url= https://ccvva.org/great-stories/captain-kangaroo/|access-date= 2022-01-04|website= ccvva.org|archive-date= January 4, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220104092429/https://ccvva.org/great-stories/captain-kangaroo/|url-status= dead}}</ref> Other legends had compounded on it, such that Keeshan was a trained killer,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-09|title=12 People You Didn't Know Were U.S. Marines|url=https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/03/08/12-people-you-didnt-know-were-u-s-marines|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Naval History Blog|language=en}}</ref> that he was awarded the Navy Cross,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title= Officials Disclaim Myth of Capt. Kangaroos as War Hero |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-02-05-0402050108-story.html|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Sun Sentinel|date=February 5, 2004 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Did Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin Fight at Iwo Jima?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/captain-kangaroo-lee-marvin-iwo-jima/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Snopes.com|date=March 8, 2002 |language=en-US}}</ref> that he was a tough sergeant who saved the lives of dozens of men and women in the war,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-14|title=Quiet Giants and Unsung Heroes|url=http://growingleaders.com/blog/quiet-giants-and-unsung-heroes/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=GrowingLeaders.com|publisher=|language=en-US|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104090930/https://growingleaders.com/blog/quiet-giants-and-unsung-heroes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and that he destroyed a German tank in action in North Africa (an apparent confusion with a similarly named British soldier).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Millar Keenan|url=https://wartimeni.com/person/robert-millar-keenan/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=WartimeNI.com|language=en-GB|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104092430/https://wartimeni.com/person/robert-millar-keenan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Marvin never made the statement (he never served in Iwo Jima, but was wounded during the [[Battle of Saipan]]).<ref>{{cite book| last= Zec| first= Donald| title= Marvin: The Story of Lee Marvin| place= New York| publisher= St. Martin's Press| year= 1980 |isbn= 0-312-51780-7| page= 217}}</ref> Keeshan never saw combat in Europe or Japan, having enlisted too late to serve overseas.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.snopes.com/military/marvin.asp|title=FALSE: Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin |author= |date=February 22, 2016| work= Snopes.com | access-date= }}</ref> The Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C, still receives calls asking for verification of Keeshan's "heroic" war service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Debunker: Was Captain Kangaroo a War Hero?|url= http://www.woot.com/blog/post/the-debunker-was-captain-kangaroo-a-war-hero| website= Woot.com |date= August 28, 2019| publisher= |access-date=2022-01-04}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> Keeshan continuously dispelled the rumors.<ref name="auto1"/>