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| Page, William McKay IV | 06/2006 | Orwell, OH |
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| Padrick, Tom | . | Champaign, IL | Claiming SEALS and/or
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| Pandiscio, Nick | 10/2005 | . |
The following item appeared in a recent issue
of "Hometown News" concerning candidates for a seat on a local
Board of Trustees.
"Nick Pandiscio. Age: 72.
Family: Has a wife Rosemarie, two sons in Florida, two daughters in
Illinois and one daughter in Massachusetts, 12 grandchildren and six great
grandchildren. Resident of Barefoot Bay (Florida) for six
years."
"Background: Mr. Pandiscio
previously ran for the Barefoot Bay Homeowner's association. Prior
political or community experience: Mr. Pandiscio is a decorated
Korean War veteran with a silver star, a bronze star, two purple hearts, a
good conduct medal and a POW medal for being captured as a prisoner for
107 days. He also served as a deputy sheriff for 27 years in
Worcester County, Massachusetts." .....
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Not on any of my lists.
Pate
Lloyd Pate, Korean War Ex-POW Association
Not found on any "in-house" lists. Not noted in National Archive List. Not a member of American Ex-POWs
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| Panetti, Scott | . | . |
Claimed NAVY SEAL
Victims await final verdict - Supreme Court will hear convicted killer's last appeal tomorrow ..... |
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| Papows, Jeff | . | . | President of LOTUS, Division of IBM - Claimed F-4 fighter pilot, Ph.D. from Pepperdine, USMC Captain; ACTUAL, USMC air traffic controller, Masters from Pepperdine, 1st Lt. | Exposed Wall Street Journal 04/29/99 | ||||||||||
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| Parker, Mike | . | . | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... (thousands more listed at http://www.authentiseals.org ) SEAL (when confronted - eventually took TRIDENT off, got up, left wheelchair at PROJECT STAND DOWN) |
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| Parks, Adrian | 05/2007 | Mountain View, AR |
Claims USMC in yahoo chats g_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: I know what they mean and some people just don't respect us veteransg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: yeah, it's cool getting medals years after you get out. I have received 2 medals since I got outg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: no, 3 medalsg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: but I don't throw them in people's facesg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: you_get, I am a combat veteran. I just don't throw it in people's faces like SOME people do (franktheplumber)g_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: if you weren't in Kuwait in 1991 you just don't know what really happenedg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: TV media fucked up the whole storyg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: suffice to say that the combat I saw should never have happened when it didg_l_0_w_m_a_s_t_e_r: go look up any of my 11 ribbons and 8 medals |
St Louis could locate NO MILITARY
RECORDS.
Also claims he receives $700 in benefits from war related military injury. |
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| Patterman, Scott Norbert | 1996 numerous points between 05/2006 |
Naperville, IL | Claims 2 tours Vietnam. Claims Silver
Star, Navy Cross, Purple Hearts, Bronze Star and more. Wore Dress uniform
and medals in parades SINCE being thrown out of VFW. Pictured in Dress Blues, with medals, 2006.
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Uses Falsified DD214. Throw out of
VFW in 1996.
Was USMC, 2 years 74-76. 09/2006: The FBI did a great job here in the Pattermann case. Read him the riot act a couple of times and confiscated his medals and all uniforms. The Special Agent and his partner were there at 6:00 am knocking on his door..... |
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Pauley, Charles Michael
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09/2005 07/2006 12/2007 |
Chesapeake Beach, MD |
Claims
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quote
Charles Michael Pauley b. 1972 is
the guy in question. I sent to St. Louis for his record. I
also called the VA. They couldn't find him, but referred me to the
MD Veterans Commission, as they keep copies of all MD DD 214s.
They didn't have him either. We are talking about the same guy.
endquote
In a phone call on April 25, 2007 Pauley claims the photo was "stolen" from his private collection, and that he has "permission" to wear his grandfather's medals and decorations. |
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| Pederson, Morris Matthew | . | . | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... SEAL - attempted murder - parole upcoming |
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| Pelletier, Lt. Paul J. | 05/2008 | . |
By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer, NAVY TIMES
Posted : Friday May 9, 2008 11:45:51 EDT
A Navy Reserve public affairs officer is facing a general
court-martial next week for allegedly forging an award citation and
pretending to be a lieutenant when he was one rank lower at the time,
the Navy said.
Lt. Paul J. Pelletier, 42, is charged with five counts of violating
the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including failure to obey an
order or regulation, making false official statements and going absent
without leave. His court-martial is set to begin May 13. Calls to
Pelletier's cell phone were not answered as of Thursday afternoon.
According to the charge sheet, Pelletier put himself in for a Joint
Service Achievement Medal at some point between June 20 and July 20,
2006, while serving with Multi-National Force in Baghdad. He served at
Camp Victory in Iraq for nine months in 2006.
The award justification "outlined achievements he had not
accomplished," the sheet said.
Around the same time, he wore the rank of lieutenant when he was
actually a lieutenant junior grade, the sheet said. He continued to
wear the unauthorized rank, the charge sheet stated, even though he
had been ordered by a captain to stop. At the time, he was still a
year away from being eligible for that rank, according to Navy
records.
Specifically, he allegedly told his commander he was commissioned in
November 2001 - it was really November 2003 - and made lieutenant
junior grade in November 2003. He actually made O-2 in November 2005
and was selected for promotion in June 2007. Pelletier was authorized
to put that rank on in December.
Pelletier later racked up a few more charges while serving at the
Naval Air Facility at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., last fall.
He is charged with being absent without leave for a day around the
beginning of August.
A few months later, in the first week of November, he is accused of
attempting to impede an investigation by "removing two pieces of
documentary evidence from the preliminary inquiry officer's
investigation report."
Also in November, he allegedly had a firearm and ammunition in his
barracks room at Andrews. Doing so violates standing orders and is
also illegal under the U.S. Code.
His Article 32 hearing was held Dec. 15 and he was arraigned March 10.
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http://www.vajoe.com/board/viewtopic.php?pid=103926#p103926
Interesting reading!
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| Perrino, Michael | . | . | Claims Korean War POW 36 months | Service Oct 53 - Dec 75 | ||||||||||
| Perry, Everal Wayne | . | . | www.rustypipeliner.com/PDFFiles/January2006RPN.pdf
PERRY Everal Wayne Perry, 84, a longtime resident of Bloomfield, passed away on October 17, 2005. Mr. Perry was born on July 22, 1921, in Chandler, OK to Forrest and Iva (Warren) Perry. Wayne met his wife, Elnora Ward and they married in Chama. He served four years in the Navy and served on the U.S.S. Pelias with the rank of EM/C, during which time he received the Medal of Honor. He served during World War II and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Wayne also worked for El Paso Natural Gas Company for 30 years. Wayne served his country with his whole heart. His family, God, and his country were what he stood for. He brought his children up to believe in God, respect the flag and do right by others and this great land he loved. He lived 58 years with the love of his life, Elnora. He liked family gatherings, especially the cookies, pies and cakes. He and Elnora spent a lot of time traveling and seeing the land he fought to defend. He never passed a flag he did not salute. Wayne was a good and loving husband, father, grandfather and had many friends across the U.S.A. He camped in many campgrounds, fished in many streams and hunted every time he could. |
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| Perry,
John aka Chippewa |
08/2005 | Willits, Ca | HAS
NO INFORMATION ON LIVING POWS, POW RESCUE, POW PHOTOS, POW VIDEO TAPES.
WORKS WITH Mike (aka Birddog, James O'Hearn) |
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| Persefeld, Jerry | . | . | Claims Medal of Honor | . | ||||||||||
| PERSICANO, FRANK M | 06/2008 | FL |
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article621872.ece Former VFW post leader sentenced for pension fraud |
1. Instead,
Kovachevich talked about Persicano's extensive criminal record
2. Instead, Kovachevich talked about Persicano's extensive criminal record
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| Peters, Dale Patrick | 01/2007 06/2007 |
IL | A group of military
vets, including myself, have run across a man calling himself Dale
Peters that has woven a very tangled web on numerous miltary, and
political websites. The main site, called USMILNET, is where this mans
story can be seen.
Dale Peters at military.com.
says he's a Vietnam Vet of the Ranger Kill Team and was assigned to
3/506th. His name was Dale333 and he said that 333 would stand for the
kills he had in Vietnam. He always talks about his two sons who
were deployed to Iraq. Both as Pathfinders. His posts indicate he has three sons. One son murdered in 87. Two
sons serving with the 101st and deployed at the same time, they're both
Pathfinders. One joined ahead of the other, no dates for enlistment.
Patrick is an E-5 and recently was wounded by IED losing a leg. Either
one son was wounded (leg again) earlier, and wounded again or both have
had leg wounds by IED. Mike is supposedly in Iraq at this time. |
Dale
Peters served less than one yr. March 10 1969 to Feb 11 1970. Was discharged a Private. Never left the states. His ONLY award is the National Defense Medal. A transcript of his court martial is "not in file". His only training was "basic" and "wireman." His duty assignments read "Fort Ord CA
for training, Fort George G Mead MD for training."
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| Peterson, Michael | 06/2004 | . | CLAIMING PURPLE HEART(S) | FROM COURT TV WEBSITE | ||||||||||
| Pezel, Edward | 02/2007 | Alaska |
www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/02/apMarineImpostor070214/ Fake Marine gets 20 years for raping airman The Associated PressPosted : Wednesday Feb 14, 2007 21:19:22 EST A Fairbanks, Alaska, man who posed as a retired Marine colonel to lure a female airman to a rural area, where he sexually assaulted her, will spend up to 20 years in prison. Edward Pezel, 42, was sentenced Tuesday by Superior Court Judge Robert Downes, who also gave Pezel another 10 years of suspended time. According to prosecutors, Pezel approached the 22-year-old woman at a restaurant, identified himself as John Frankenbach and told her his wife was dying. He gave the woman an e-mail address so they could keep in touch and asked her for a ride home, prosecutors said. In the woman’s vehicle, Pezel directed her to an area near Mile 315 Richardson Highway. He claimed to suddenly have stomach cramps and crawled into the back seat. When the woman stopped the vehicle and got out, Pezel pushed her into the back seat. He threatened to kill her, removed her clothing and assaulted her, prosecutors said. “It has taken me a long time to look in the mirror and feel good about myself,” the woman said in court Tuesday. And even though she said she wanted Pezel to serve a long time behind bars, she forgave him. “I just want to make sure that he will not be able to rape or hurt anyone again,” she said. Downes said he hopes the prison sentence serves as a deterrent to others. “I want the people in this jurisdiction to know if they are going to commit rape, they are going to go to jail for 20, 40, 60 years,” Downes said. Pezel allegedly told the woman during the May 30, 2006, assault that she would think about it every day. “The words that you used to taunt this victim in this case will taunt you,” Downes said. “You’ve horribly affected this young woman. I need you to understand that.” |
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Phelps, Nell Louise
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| Phillips, Edwin Franklin |
Edward Franklin Phillips Edward Franklin Phillips, 81, of 118 Creekwood Road, died July 15, 2005, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Antioch Baptist Church in Lumberton, the Rev. Mark Meadows officiating. Burial will follow in the Phillips family cemetery on T.P. Road in Lumberton. Phillips was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving from March 19, 1944 until Dec. 10, 1945. He was a member of a 13-man rifle squad assigned to the 28th "Keystone" Infantry Division. Phillips was wounded in Germany on Sept. 24, 1944. He was captured in Belgium on Dec. 16, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged from the 10th Infantry Regiment. Phillips received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, American Campaign Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the Prisoner of War Medal. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church of Lumberton, where he was a member of the Omega Sunday School Class..... |
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| Phillips, Lisa Jane | 2005 | . |
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| Phillips, Matthew | 02/2006
11/2007 |
Vermont |
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| Phillipson, Capt David H C | 07/2007 | . |
http://www.myspace.com/davidhp79
(now set to "private") |
.... I
greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy
SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your
questions I must make clear that I am a private individual, not
affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government
organization. I am one of about a dozen men in America who possess a
copy of the SEAL Database, a comprehensive and regularly updated
listing of all men who trained and served with the Naval Special
Warfare units (SEALs, UDT, NCDU, S&R) from the end of WWII to the
present day. I also have access to archival sources who can
verify/deny claims of service DURING WWII. As a former US Navy SEAL
myself, I am fully familiar with the NSW training program and the
standard operating procedures used by the Teams, as well as an
in-depth personal knowledge of many of the ‘insider’ events and
incidents which UDT “Frogmen” and SEALs offer as a part of their
bona fides. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed free of
charge, as a service to the public, and in honor of my SEAL Teammates
who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned
the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able
to stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and
their TEAMs. If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL database for anyone named DAVID H.C. PHILLIPSON. Be aware that I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. In fact there a no entries in the entire SEAL Database of 10,700+ records for anyone with the last name PHILLIPSON. .... Very
respectfully, Steve
Robinson ==================== Phillipson is not a graduate of USNA. Not in any class. Becoming a Captain in three years would be unlikely - even in the Marines. PG |
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| Pierce, Clarence
L. aka Cody West aka J Pierce aka Leonard J Pierce aka Thri T Leonards
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03/2005 | Victorville/ Hesperia CA |
Clarence
L Pierce aka Cody West claims to be a 5 star General in the Army. |
No helicopter pilots by that name or close to that name. Gary VHPA NO RECORDS FOUND |
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| Pierce, Joey aka Pierce, Joseph Pratt Jr. |
09/2007 02/2008 |
GA |
Claims that his military records have been fudged to cover up some sort
of secret missions he may or may not have participated in in Vietnam.
Tells tales of things in Vietnam which aren't in his record.
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Actual
Records
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| Pillage, Rick
DECEASED |
05/2007 12/2007 |
Canada |
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| Pitts, Jerome | 07/2004 | Terre Haute, Indiana | Claims to be a retired Chief Petty Officer. At one time he had mess uniform, two hats bearing CPO insignia and a false 214 he used to join the VFW. Claims combat, purple heart. He is not old enough for Vietnam, so he cites his 1st combat experience Grenada. Claims to have gone through SEAL training, but washed out on the last day of training. Has a vast collection of patches - and a story to accompany each one. Always stands up for the Veterans Day recognition. Still buying CPO uniforms from e-bay. (bid on Black Mess dress and CPO retirement plaque in 2003). Wears a submariners badge, and a dive master badge. Claims he serves on the USS Nimitz. He admitted in court that he fraudulently wore the uniform. |
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!! NOTE: NPRC could locate NO RECORDS
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| Pointer, A.J. | 12/2006 | deceased | . | |||||||||||
| Poland,
Thomas Duane Jr aka Dwyer, Thomas Duane aka Tom Dwyer aka Duane Dwyer aka Duane T Poland |
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| Polk, George | 02/2007 07/2008 |
deceased |
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Maybe the Top Journalistic Deceit of All
Ross Mackenzie
Thursday, July 10, 2008
On Sunday, May 16, 1948, a Greek boatman found a body floating in
Salonika Bay about 150 yards offshore. The body was bound hand and
foot with 30 feet of coarse hemp rope. At the base of the skull was a
hole from a high-velocity bullet.
The body was identified as that of George Polk, Middle East reporter
for CBS. Ornery, a troublemaker, and a blond Errol Flynn look-alike,
Polk would become martyred in death as a journalistic icon.
His murder created a sensation. He had been trying to meet with
Communist guerrillas battling the Greek government. Debate roiled over
whether principally the guerrillas or the regime killed him. Salonika
trials reached verdicts, and blue-ribbon U.S. monitoring committees
issued findings and reports. Yet the truth of the Polk case remains
elusive, and periodically books appear hashing it over yet again.
Polk was elevated to the heights as the first journalistic victim of
the Cold War. A year later an award was established in his name
perhaps journalism's most coveted besides the Pulitzer for those
unearthing "myriad forms of scandal and deceit" and valuing
"an important story more highly than personal safety." The
George Polk Award has gone to, among others, these luminaries in the
media pantheon:
David Halberstam, Morley Safer, Frances FitzGerald, Harrison
Salisbury, R.W. Apple, Gloria Emerson, Sydney Schanberg, Christine
Amanpour, Homer Bigart, Walter Cronkite, Thomas Friedman, Seymour
Hersh, Ted Koppel, Bill Moyers, Peter Jennings, Edward R. Murrow,
Daniel Schorr and I.F. Stone.
This history is summarized here because of an article containing some
of the most significant new information about Polk a family
acquaintance since I first wrote about his case 48 years ago. It
is devastating and raises serious questions about whether the award
should bear his name.
World War II historian Richard Frank ("Downfall: the End of the
Imperial Japanese Empire") dissects Polk's personal story,
particularly his war years, in a piece last year in The Weekly
Standard. He previously had offered it with no success to the New
Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, The New Republic,
Harpers, Slate, the Wilson Quarterly, and The American Scholar.
If what Frank writes is even close to the truth (and his evidence
seems overwhelming), George Polk was an impostor diligent in serially
misrepresenting his war record.
Delving in Polk's personal papers given to New York University, and
working with other historians and archivists (notably at the National
Archives and Navy Department's Bureau of Aeronautics), Frank found for
instance these bogus highlights in Polk's careful contrivance:
That Polk claimed to have shot down 11 Japanese aircraft in 1942
alone. Such a number would have made him the Navy's
"highest-scoring ace" that year but the shootdowns are
unconfirmed by any U.S. or Japanese records.
That never having taken flight training a Navy requirement for
its coveted pilot's wings "Polk clearly acquired some
golden wings, attached them to his uniform, and had himself
photographed." Frank continues: "Resplendent above his left
breast pocket are the golden wings authorized only for a qualified
naval aviator."
That letters in Polk's papers alleging shootdowns, wounds and a Purple
Heart are "patently fictitious."
That though Polk insisted he devastated the Japanese as a pilot based
on Guadalcanal and Tulagi (an island, too small for an airstrip, north
of Guadalcanal), Polk was in fact "a junior officer supervising
aircraft servicing" at Guadalcanal's Henderson Field. His job
"involved fueling and fixing combat aircraft, not flying
them."
Frank presents much else regarding "Polk's fabrication of a false
account of his naval service that undermines his credibility as a
journalist. . . . He did not merely spin a few verbal yarns about his
exploits: He paraded around wearing the wings of a Navy pilot when he
knew he was not one, and he forged documents to support his
deceits." For more, go to http://www.weeklystandard.com/
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/>
.
Deceptions of more recent journalistic vintage have featured Janet
Cooke (The Washington Post), Jayson Blair (The New York Times), Jack
Kelly (USA Today), and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather (CBS) fabricating
stories about others. They came tumbling down, and properly so. In
George Polk, if Richard Frank is right, we have a diligent conjurer of
his own military resume at least. "Polk's actual (military)
service was admirable, but his later stories burgeoned into a
fantastic deception."
Franks concludes: "Journalism that exposes 'myriad forms of
scandal and deceit' deserves to be honored. So do reporters who take
risks seeking the truth. But to honor them in the name of George Polk
is a travesty."
He's right. But just as a host of establishment-press media declined
to publish Frank's findings, don't hold your breath until a committee
of surviving George Polk Award recipients forms up to demand their
award be given a nobler name.
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| Pollard, David M. | 07/2005 | Pinellas Park, FL | Claims Vietnam Combat Veteran raising funds for Wounded Warrior Project. |
When provided with full name,
service number and date of birth, NO RECORDS could be located.
Wounded Warrior Project has failed to answer
repeated requests regarding legitimacy of his fundraising |
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| Pollock, Robert H. | . | Bowie, MD | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... Claims Navy SEAL team leader, POW escapee |
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| Ponder, Tommie Lee | . | CA |
CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS |
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| Porter, Albert "Bud" (or A.W.) | . | Irondale, WA | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
Noted in STOLEN VALOR on pages 203 and 204. Claimed SEAL, SS, NC, BS. Claims now include 11 days POW, escaped after .51 cal machine gun bullet to ankle hung by his thumbs - At one time member of *AL, VFW, *DAV, AMVETS - may still be in *some orgs - others threw him out. 09/2000 claims "soon to be MOH". |
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| Post, Arthur C | . | Arcadia, CA | Deceased - - POW in WWII, Medal of Honor recipient, last surviving member of Darby Rangers. | . | ||||||||||
| POTTER, Marvin Enoch "Buddy" | 2002 2003 2006 05/2008 |
Moving to Tennessee the end of October 2003
Dickson TN |
10/2002-
claims USMC, earned the Navy Cross in Vietnam - stole citation of Medal
of Honor recipient and presented it as his own. Claims 3 Silver Stars,
PH, 3 tours in Nam, 70-73, in Briar Patch - operating
in a "Shadow Force", attached to VMFA-333 (Trip-Trey), F-4
fighter jet squadron. After attending jump, diving,
survival, recon schools assigned to Force Reconnaissance
- may not show up due to him being CIA. VVA member. EXPOSED -- FOUND GUILTY still at it Sept 2006 Bud Porter the Seal, Hero and everything else he claims to be is still at it spreading his rubbish and lies - the man has no shame or conscious. STILL AT IT in 2007
He wore ten
medals, but they were not mounted properly, i.e. they were in two rows
of five medals per row, shown at full-width (not overlapped).
- All ten
medals were anodized.
- Also,
obviosuly, he is not an active duty staff sergeant because he was as
overweight when I saw him at the funeral as he is shown in the
photograph of him displayed on your website.
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| Powell, Terry James | 07/2007 09/2007 |
WI |
Claims awarded the Medal of Honor by then
President Richard M. Nixon on July 15th, 1972. He had his award certificate
(framed) with him as well as his presented MoH and accompanying uniform
ribbon, along with his Purple Heart citation (two wounds), medal, and
ribbon. Though he was in the Army, he was awarded the Navy version of the
MoH as he performed his awarded deed aboard a ship while under the command
of Naval officers. He mentioned that he was friends with Gary Wetzal, who
lives in Oak Creek, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee). =============================================== Medal of Honor is fake, say officials By JOHN DIEDRICH
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No
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| Prather, Claude Kent | 10/2005 | TX |
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| Presendeau, Roberto | 03/2005 | West Palm Beach, FL | Claims former Lance Corporal in the USMC and is now claiming to be a Officer in the Reserves down in Palm Beach, FL. May be using false documentation to get out of work claiming he is (service connected) disabled, while his employers are paying him as well. | . | ||||||||||
| Pride, Patrick Timothy | . | . | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman... Claims Seal Team 3 Captain, 20 yr Navy, Gulf War |
ACTUAL service time Oct 4 78 to Nov 21 78. NO AWARDS. Rank=AIRMAN BASIC, stationed Lackland AFB | ||||||||||
| Probst, Gary | STOLEN VALOR pages 178-179 | Seattle WA |
Local News: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Driving schools' owner charged The state has filed civil charges against a man who owns or co-owns 41 driving schools around the state, following a newspaper's report that he lied about a 1990 Army conviction and built his empire by engaging in fraud, forgery and other shady business practices. Gary Probst, 52, of Midland in Pierce County, is charged with providing false information on license applications, The News Tribune of Tacoma reported yesterday. He could lose his license to operate the schools, forcing them to close. Probst, the founder of Diamond Driving School, America's Best Driving School and Quality Driving School franchises, was the focus of a five-month investigation by the newspaper, which published its findings in July. The newspaper detailed how Probst had escaped punishment while his schools accounted for 23 of the 24 sanctions issued by the Department of Licensing in such investigations since 2002. Though the newspaper's reporting unearthed many allegations, the charges filed last week revolve around one: that Probst lied on his applications when he claimed he had never been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. Probst, a former Army chaplain, was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged from the Army in 1990. Among other offenses, he wore bravery medals that he never earned, the newspaper found. The News Tribune's articles also revealed that the Department of Licensing (DOL) never delivered a key set of investigative records to the state attorney-general's office for review. After publication of the series, state attorneys examined those records and reviewed the DOL's earlier investigations. Their analysis, completed in September, led to the charges. Probst declined numerous requests for an interview over the weekend, the newspaper said. He did not return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment yesterday. ======================================= Local News: Monday, October 10, 2005 State files civil charges against driving school
boss TACOMA, Wash. — The state has filed civil charges against a man who owns or co-owns 41 driving schools around the state, following a newspaper's report that he lied about a 1990 Army conviction and built his empire by engaging in fraud, forgery and other shady business practices. Gary Probst, 52, of Midland, is charged with providing false information on license applications, The News Tribune of Tacoma reported today. He could lose his license to operate the schools, forcing them to close. Probst, the founder of Diamond Driving School, America's Best Driving School and Quality Driving School franchises, was the focus of a five-month investigation by the newspaper, which published its findings in July. The newspaper detailed how Probst himself had escaped punishment while his schools accounted for 23 of the 24 sanctions issued by the Department of Licensing in such investigations since 2002. Though the newspaper's reporting unearthed many allegations, the charges filed last week revolve around one: that Probst lied on his applications when he claimed he had never been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. In fact, Probst, a former Army chaplain, was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged from the Army in 1990. Among other offenses, he wore bravery medals that he never earned, the newspaper found. The News Tribune's articles also revealed that the Department of Licensing never delivered a key set of investigative records to the state attorney general's office for review. Following publication of the series, state attorneys examined those records and reviewed the DOL's earlier investigations. Their analysis, completed in September, led to the charges, which also note that Probst refused to provide records from his schools when the DOL asked for them during investigations in 2002. "After analysis and advice from the AG's office, we felt that those particular charges were the ones that were strongest and most likely to stand up," said Brad Benfield, DOL spokesman. Probst has 20 days from his receipt of the charges to appeal. If he | |||||||||||
