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StoryCorps: Maj. Bambi: Meet The Marine Who Was Disney’s Famous Fawn : NPR

Donnie Dunagan is a hard-nosed Marine, a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who served for a quarter-century. First drafted in the ’50s and subsequently promoted 13 times in 21 years — a Corps record at the time, he recalls — Dunagan found the Marines a perfect fit. That is, so long as he…

Donnie Dunagan is a hard-nosed Marine, a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who served for a quarter-century. First drafted in the ’50s and subsequently promoted 13 times in 21 years — a Corps record at the time, he recalls — Dunagan found the Marines a perfect fit. That is, so long as he could keep a secret.

A dark reminder of the past Dunagan left behind still lurked unspoken: He was Bambi.

via StoryCorps: Maj. Bambi: Meet The Marine Who Was Disney’s Famous Fawn : NPR.

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  1. Quartermaster

    I imagine he “audited the auditors” too. Couldn’t possibly let that little piece of classified info escape into the “wild.”

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  2. Casey Tompkins

    Gawd, did you see that photo of him as a child actor!? The boots would have gone wild with that one.

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