Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter and television host. Rogers was the host of the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001.
Well known for his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences, Rogers, over the course of his decades on television, became an indelible American icon of children's entertainment and education, as well as a symbol of compassion, patience and morality. He was also known for his advocacy of various public causes, such as timeshifting, for which he testified to the US Supreme Court, and using government funding to produce children's television rather than for the Vietnam War effort, for which he gave a successful and now-famous speech before the US Senate.
On July 9, 2002, President George W. Bush awarded Fred Rogers the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, for his contributions to children's education. The President stated "Fred Rogers has proven that television can soothe the soul and nurture the spirit and teach the very young".
Thus at the beginning of WW2 he was 14 and would have been 18 in 1945. In 1951 he was at Dartmouth. By, say, 1965 he was an established TV personality.
Nope, not WW2, or Korea, or Vietnam. Just a good man.