Quote Originally Posted by Crusty View Post
He was also a Marine sniper, which is why he became a minister (guilty conscience), and has lots of tatoos, which is why he always wore long sleeves.
Consult snopes.com, or your local reference librarian before making a statement like that -- as Dave mentioned, this is a classic urban legend -- a variant has the late John Denver as either a sniper or a Navy SEAL.

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