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11-01-06, 02:11 PM
November 01, 2006
Chuck Norris visits Marines in Iraq
By Beth Zimmerman
Staff writer
“Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.” The lengthy list of “facts” about Chuck Norris circulating the Web — there’s even a Chuck Norris Facts Web site — has made the action-movie actor and television star of “Walker, Texas Ranger” an icon.
When Marine Corps Times asked leathernecks earlier this year which celebrities they wanted to hear from in our “Salute to the Troops” issue, many of them requested Norris.
Norris has since returned the love. The Air Force-vet-turned-martial-arts-champ donned desert camouflage and visited with service members in Iraq this week.
According to Lt. Col. J.J. Dill, with Regimental Combat Team 7 in Iraq, Norris and “Walker” co-star Marshall R. Teague visited service members courtesy of the United Service Organizations.
“The Marines and soldiers lined up to see them wherever they went,” Dill wrote in an e-mail released Wednesday by the Westchester Marine Corps League. “As a matter of background, Chuck Norris has become kind of a Marine Corps ‘legend’ over the past few years,” wrote Dill, who met Norris on Tuesday.
Dill said leathernecks often reference Norris “facts” during briefs in Iraq to lighten the mood.
“Their visit means a great deal to the average Marine, soldier, sailor and airman. It lets them know that America is behind them and supports the mission we have been assigned.”
Marine Corps Times asked Norris in April for a message to service members serving across the world.
“Today, more than ever, the inspiration for the parts I play is found in you — our nation’s men and women in uniform and the selfless contributions you make on a daily basis to keep our country safe and free. I salute you,” Norris said.
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
http://www.navytimes.com/content/editorial/editart/110106NORRISweb.JPG
Film, television star and martial artist Chuck Norris (right) playfully puts a choke hold on Marine Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp of Niskayuna, N.Y., during a visit to Combat Outpost Rawah in Anbar Province, western Iraq, on Monday. — Mike Theiler / USO / AP Photo
Ellie
Chuck Norris visits Marines in Iraq
By Beth Zimmerman
Staff writer
“Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.” The lengthy list of “facts” about Chuck Norris circulating the Web — there’s even a Chuck Norris Facts Web site — has made the action-movie actor and television star of “Walker, Texas Ranger” an icon.
When Marine Corps Times asked leathernecks earlier this year which celebrities they wanted to hear from in our “Salute to the Troops” issue, many of them requested Norris.
Norris has since returned the love. The Air Force-vet-turned-martial-arts-champ donned desert camouflage and visited with service members in Iraq this week.
According to Lt. Col. J.J. Dill, with Regimental Combat Team 7 in Iraq, Norris and “Walker” co-star Marshall R. Teague visited service members courtesy of the United Service Organizations.
“The Marines and soldiers lined up to see them wherever they went,” Dill wrote in an e-mail released Wednesday by the Westchester Marine Corps League. “As a matter of background, Chuck Norris has become kind of a Marine Corps ‘legend’ over the past few years,” wrote Dill, who met Norris on Tuesday.
Dill said leathernecks often reference Norris “facts” during briefs in Iraq to lighten the mood.
“Their visit means a great deal to the average Marine, soldier, sailor and airman. It lets them know that America is behind them and supports the mission we have been assigned.”
Marine Corps Times asked Norris in April for a message to service members serving across the world.
“Today, more than ever, the inspiration for the parts I play is found in you — our nation’s men and women in uniform and the selfless contributions you make on a daily basis to keep our country safe and free. I salute you,” Norris said.
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
http://www.navytimes.com/content/editorial/editart/110106NORRISweb.JPG
Film, television star and martial artist Chuck Norris (right) playfully puts a choke hold on Marine Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp of Niskayuna, N.Y., during a visit to Combat Outpost Rawah in Anbar Province, western Iraq, on Monday. — Mike Theiler / USO / AP Photo
Ellie