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More Reported Claims:
Medal of Honor, Other than Vietnam POWs, Son Tay Raiders, DSC,
DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, SEALS, Rangers, Pilots,
Special Forces, Green Berets, Combat, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots,
Flying Tigers, DOUBT
EVERYTHING, Don't Encourage
Individuals reported as
of 10/2009
CLAIMING VIETNAM POW STATUS or as
noted
# = on list over 12 years
All claims highlighted in lavender are
eligible for prosecution under the STOLEN VALOR ACT signed
into law Dec 20, 2006.
Note: These individuals are IN ADDITION TO those
investigated and named in the book STOLEN VALOR.
Those
with a "LINK" have records, news articles, pictures or tales
posted.
All names are first checked here http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/.
When not found, an investigation is opened.
Comments in GREEN are
from information contained in military records (or lack of
military records) obtained through FOIA when requested THROUGH the
National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship
Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of
Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00
each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals
have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an
unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined (up to $10,000) and jailed
(up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought,
sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY
Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 150 REAL Medal
of Honor recipients are alive today.
The
names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple
claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE.
T
Name
Date Reported
Hometown
Claims
Findings
Taijeron, Roman
.
Travis
AFB
Claiming SPECIAL
FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...
POW, Ranger AND SF
.
TAMOL,
WILLIAM L
06/2009
Helena,
MT
Claims
Army Ranger, injured in Iraq, Purple Heart. Claims his Ranger service
was "classified." He has "shown off" his injury to
others.
Tamol called the POW NETWORK on
June 25th saying someone had illegally obtained his records... and he never
claimed to be a Ranger. FOUR signed statements dispute that..... His
wife has reportedly made statements that Bill was a Ranger as well.
Painpoet (skip
biography)
I would have a hard time putting my work into one catagory. My writing
depends a lot on my moods or whatever strange thoughts may pop into my
head. I am a former Green Beret who has mellowed a lot through the
years. I have lived through the turmoil of the sixties, the degradation
of the seventies and eighties and the greed of the nineties. I draw on
all of these experiences in my writings. I have seen death up close and
personal have loved, lost loves and have at times just given up. I
have come to realize that I cannot control other peoples actions but can
control my reaction to them. Life is so much simpler since I discovered
this truth. I find joy in the simple things in life, a fresh morning
breese, gentle sunset and just holding that someone special. My poetry
is far reaching from the tradgedy of war to the gentle flight of a
butterfly. Keep reading my work you never know just what is goin to pop
into this empty space between my ears.
About Me:
Member since Aug 24, 5:32 p.m., I last
logged in Oct 23, 2:59 p.m..
View the 409+ critiques
I've posted, or critiques
on me.
I'm a malachite opening Poet for 409 comments, and my motto is Some days
your the dog; Somedays the hydrant. Print
my works? Add
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I am a 51 year old single man from Va.
Claims a total of nine years total with the Green Beret/Special
Forces - stationed in Germany. He has claimed TWO tours of
duty in Vietnam, having been shot and having shrapnel wounds, and then
working on a failed rescue attempt of the Iranian hostages and then also
infiltrated with drug lords in the jungles of South America and CIA
involvement where his own wife didn't know his whereabouts.
I have read a few of your works..some about
Vietnam..they do not ring true.to me as a Vietnam vet myself..your words
are hollow and have no feeling..they are the words of a man that is
exspressing something he knows nothing about..the poem Napalm sounds as
if you watch apocalypse now then tried to write a poem that would place
you there..not good.. (reply?)
I just finished reading some of your
comments on others poems..well untill I threw up then I quit
reading...you say your 51 yet you went to Vietnam in 1968 for 2
tours...you do realize that you were only 14 in 1968 right?..the you
must have left around the age of 17 what with 2 tours and all..then you
were a merc.in Rodiesia..you did not say how long..thank God... you were
a green beret and on an A team, and sniper. Going by the time line of
you being born in 1954 the only way you could have seen combat in
Vietnam is in your mind...you have done a dispicable thing being a poser
wanna-be..you have disrespected all those that really served in Vietnam
and as for me a combat wounded Vietnam Marine vet I find your stories
and that is all they are ugly and rude...you have no respect for
yourself and obviously none for anyone else either..you are the lowest
form of life and you should write an appology to everyone who has ever
commented on your stories possitively..Let me close with this bit of
advce...Never let a real combat vet hear you spue youe garbage in person
they tend to get cranky over that
Edited on Nov 04, 1:13 p.m. because ''. (reply?)
Taylor, Bruce Robert
again 12/2007
.
Rangers, combat, "expert" survival
instructor, CIA operative.
Served LESS
THAN 3 yrs, PVT E-2 at discharge. MOS 76M20 AMMO RECORDS
CLERK. No CIA work noted.
Taylor, Charles J.
01/2007
Hartville, MO
Claims:
Served USN 1969-1971
Claims US Navy SEAL, trained on the Coronado Amphibious Base (old wooden
barracks), North Island Naval Air Station, and Mirimar
Naval Air Station. Graduated
as a member class 153
....
Claims everything about his work is ‘secret’, he cannot talk about
it, and all of his records are impossible to obtain ....
I have received formal
notification from the Director of the Naval Special Warfare Archives
that the claims made by Mr. JOHN TAYLOR are absolutely and
unequivocally FALSE – specifically his claims of being "the
only living WWII Navy Seal Officer, and the youngest Navy Officer on
active duty during WWII".
There is only ONE (1) man with the
last name TAYLOR listed as an officer with ANY WWII unit involved with
Naval Special Warfare. Neither the first nor middle names of that ONE
(1) legitimate veteran are "JOHN".
It is the finding of the Naval
Special Warfare Archives that the claims offered by Mr. JOHN TAYLOR
of OKC, OK 73134, as described in earlier communications with
the NSWA are completely and totally false, and entirely without merit.
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
Defense Analyst – Soviet Threat specialization 1981-1993
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team CyberSEALs.org - Webmaster
Author - "NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL
Imposters"
.
Taylor, Levell
10/2003
.
Claims
Army Ranger Special Forces Vietnam on "secret cleanup"
covert ops in 1975.Claims records burned.
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!
Service
from Aug 74 - Aug 78. ONLY award "Marksman Badge w/Rifle
Bar."
Weatherford police officer and owner of Texas Tactical Tommy
Taylor is having a hard time understanding why so many Army Rangers are
angry with him.
It was a clerical error he explained, that brought on the wrath of the
special forces unit, and one not even made by his own hand.
But according to former Army Ranger and Army Ranger Instructor, Mike
Moore, it’s much more than a clerical error, it’s a matter of honor
and integrity.
Moore, along with a number of other current and
former Army Rangers, became aware of a Texas Tactical Web site, in which
Taylor was listed as a former Army Ranger and distinguished Purple Heart
winner.
After checking a military database, Moore, along with retired Army
Ranger Sgt. Major Andrew Bell, found the Web site’s claims to be
false, thus sparking an uproar among those who truly carried the title.....
A Navy petty officer is facing court-martial next week on charges
that he forged documents and wore ribbons and medals he didn't earn,
including the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Dontae L. Tazewell, a hospital corpsman assigned to a medical
clinic in Yorktown, is charged with one count of making a false
official statement, eight counts of forging documents related to
the insignia, and 11 counts of wearing unauthorized badges or
medals.
Tazewell, a petty officer second class, faced a preliminary
hearing - an Article 32, in military terms - at Norfolk Naval
Station on Dec. 21.
, a hospital corpsman assigned to a medical clinic in Yorktown,
is charged with one count of making a false official statement,
eight counts of forging documents related to the insignia, and 11
counts of wearing unauthorized badges or medals.
Tazewell, a petty officer second class, faced a preliminary
hearing - an Article 32, in military terms - at Norfolk Naval
Station on Dec. 21......
Washington
Times
January 25, 2008
Pg. B3 Sailor
Gets 2 Years For Medal Offenses
A sailor convicted of wearing a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and other
medals he did not earn was sentenced yesterday in
Norfolk
to two years in a military jail.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dontae L. Tazewell also will receive a bad
conduct discharge and be demoted to seaman.
The hospital corpsman at Yorktown Naval Weapons Station was found
guilty Wednesday on 10 of 11 counts of wearing unauthorized ribbons.
Some of the honors recognized Tazewell for heroism during an ambush
in
Iraq
. Tazewell said he rescued six Marines and recovered the bodies of
four others, but his supervisors testified during his court-martial
that the rescue never happened
AKRON -- An Akron teacher who masqueraded as a combat veteran once
threatened to bring a shotgun to school and shoot a special education
student who was making too much noise, according to his teaching file.
Benjamin Terril has been suspended from the Akron Public Schools
following his arrest on Sept. 1.
Akron Police found dozens of weapons, some believed to be illegal,
along with hand grenades and drugs inside Terril's home, police said.
Channel 3's Eric Mansfield checked Terril's teaching file, which
included Terril's claims that he served in the Army's elite 82nd
Airborne Division and was wounded during Desert Storm. A formal
request for Terril's military file resulted in the government denying
that Terril ever served a day in uniform. Terril had no comment when
asked about the phony claims of military service.
Also in Terril's file was a reprimand he received in 1999 for
threatening to bring a shotgun to Buchtel High School to shoot a
special education student who was making too much noise.
Several teachers overheard Terril make the statement; they felt it
was serious enough to report to the principal. Terril, a science
teacher, filed a two-page response in which he admitted making the
statement but claimed it was off-the-cuff and not meant to be taken
literally. Terril's 1996 resume is littered with inconsistencies that
should have been caught before he was hired.
Beyond forging a military background ,which Akron Schools never
validated, Terril also claimed he worked as range officer for Broward
County, FL, from 1992-94. Eric Mansfield checked with authorities
there who have no record of Terril ever being employed but they do
have a record of his arrest and conviction for Carrying a Concealed
Weapon.
Terril's hid that felony conviction from his 1996 job application
in Akron claiming instead that he had never been convicted of anything
beyond a minor traffic misdemeanor.
"How did that get past us?" said Akron Superintendent
David James. "And how did that get past the Ohio Dept. of
Education because he was issued a teaching license prior to working
here."
James, who became Superintendent Aug. 1, said staffers who hired
Terril in 1996 didn't do enough "due diligence" in verifying
his work and criminal history. He said Terril's ability to manipulate
the system was a "cause for concern."
New, mandatory FBI background checks, which include fingerprinting,
are providing a much better picture of employees' pasts, James said.
Terril was due to have an updated background check in September of
2009, which is when his teaching license would have been up for
renewal. A school spokeswoman said the district expects that Terril's
prior criminal history would have come out then had he not been
arrested a few weeks ago.
Hear what Akron School leaders have to say about the mistakes made
in hiring Terril for the classroom tonight on Channel 3 News at 6.
.
Subject: Former teacher who fabricated military service released
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 00:23:19 -0400
AKRON -- A teacher who fabricated a
military background to include combat service in Iraq was released
early from prison, having served less than three months of an 18-month
sentence for drugs and weapons.
Benjamin Terril, 51, must attend regular meetings with the courts and
must maintain residence at his Akron home.
Terril was fired as a science teacher at Akron's Buchtel High School
after Channel 3's Eric Mansfield exposed that Terril
lied on his teaching application by creating a phony military history
that included war service and combat medals with the 82nd Airborne.
Terril was arrested on Labor Day after he pointed a loaded gun at
another man's head. Akron police searched his home and found drugs and
what they called "an arsenal" of guns and knives.
Police said Terril claimed he had dozens of weapons because he had
been in the Army.
Through a public records request, Eric Mansfield
determined that Terril never served a single day in uniform.
Another accused
of faking medals
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
But in response to rising claims of military service fraud and the
publication of the book "Stolen Valor," by BG Burkett,
the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 made ...
MICHAEL NEWSOM/SUN HERALD
Frank Thayer was the third man in a week to be arrested for allegedly
lying about receiving military honors.
Federal officials arrested a Gulfport man Tuesday for allegedly making
false claims about serving in Vietnam and receiving a Purple Heart.
Frank Thayer, 59, is the third area man in a week to be arrested and
charged with lying about military service and honors.
In an affidavit, Thayer admitted to Veterans Affairs special
investigators that in spite of owning a Purple Heart medal with ribbon,
a Bronze Star with ribbon, an Army ring, commander's pilot wings,
seemingly official documents and clothing bearing Purple Heart patches,
he had never served in the military nor received any medals. He said he
bought the medals at a military surplus store.
Thayer admitted creating a motivational DVD celebrating his service that
he sold to civic organizations. He told a former girlfriend all his
military papers were destroyed by Katrina.
"He was tricking everybody. It's just an insult to true military
veterans. It's an assault on them," said Assistant U.S. Attorney
Ruth Morgan, the Gulfport-based prosecutor of the case.
Thayer was released on $25,000 unsecured bond. He faces multiple
charges, and could receive up to 6 months in prison and fines of $5,000
per violation, said Morgan.
Last Tuesday, Christopher Billeaud, 52, of Gulfport, and John Wayne
Lebo, 57, of Tylertown were arrested on charges of lying about receiving
Purple Hearts and other military medals. Billeaud's wife spoke on his
behalf in an interview last week, denying all charges.
Special Agent John R. Ramsey of the VA and the FBI have been involved in
all three cases. Ramsey said in a telephone interview that he could not
comment on the cases, or whether these arrests were part of a crackdown
on military fraud.
Originally, only those who faked receiving a Medal of Honor, the highest
award given by the military, were culpable by law. But in response to
rising claims of military service fraud and the publication of the book
"Stolen Valor," by B.G. Burkett, the Stolen Valor Act of 2005
made false claims of many military medals punishable by law.
According to Diamondhead's Henry Cook, national commander of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart, "It's in fashion to be a war
hero again." Requirements for earning a purple heart can be found
at purpleheart.org.
He said fraud is frequently uncovered when people apply to join his
organization, and the VA's attention to the matter is "a
turnabout."
RAO Bulletin Update
15 April 2008
MILITARY AWARD/SERVICE MISREPRESENTATION UPDATE 01:
Federal officials arrested a Gulfport man 1 APR for allegedly
making false claims about serving in Vietnam and receiving a Purple
Heart. Frank Thayer, 59, is the third area man in a week to
be arrested and charged with lying about military service and honors.
In an affidavit, Thayer admitted to Veterans Affairs special
investigators that in spite of owning a Purple Heart medal with
ribbon, a Bronze Star with ribbon, an Army ring, commander's pilot
wings, seemingly official documents and clothing bearing Purple Heart
patches, he had never served in the military nor received any medals.
He said he bought the medals at a military surplus store. Thayer
admitted creating a motivational DVD celebrating his service that he
sold to civic organizations. He told a former girlfriend all his
military papers were destroyed by Katrina. Thayer was released on
$25,000 unsecured bond. He faces multiple charges, and could receive
up to 6 months in prison and fines of $5,000 per violation, said
Morgan.
08/06/2008
GULFPORT, Miss. -- A Gulf Coast man has been sentenced to a year's
probation for making false claims about earning military decorations
and medals.
Federal prosecutors say Frank Thayer made false verbal and written
representations that he had served in the military and been awarded
the Purple Heart.
Prosecutors say the 59-year-old Thayer purchased Purple Heart and
Bronze Star medals without legal authority.
A federal judge sentenced Thayer on Monday to one year of probation,
50 hours of community service, and a $2,000 fine.
Court officials say the proceeds of that fine will go to the Biloxi VA
Hospital for the care of real Purple Heart recipients.
07/2007: He also has been telling ridiculous stories of being
on special CIA missions jumping out of helicopters and chopping
peoples heads off... he has other victims...
Search Name
Spouse Name
Marriage
Date
Certificate
Number
THOMAS NATHAN ERNEST BURL JR
CURENTON GEORGINE MARIA
08/07/1995
C657914
Last known address for Thomas was San Antonio, Texas.
He is wanted for felony bigamy.
Nathan E. Thomas
Military.com member since 2002
Service: Dod Status: Retired
Military Rank: E-9 Location: AE
, US
Bio:
not available
Interests:
not available
Conflicts & Operations:
not available
E2 THOMAS NATHAN ERNEST BURL JR entered the
Army in July 1972. MOS: 09B0O which was Basic Trainee.
He did NOT serve in the Vietnam War but did retire as a SGM in
1997.
Claims:
Former Ranger / Special Forces - U.S. Army
Certified Fugitive Recovery Agent
Member of the A.L.E.R.T. Team (Alabama Elite Response Team)
Member of the F.A.S.T Team (Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team)
Certified Close Quarter Combat Instructor
Certified Basic Security, Loss Prevention
Certified in Expandable, Straight and PR-24 Batons
Certified in O.C. Spray and Tazer Training
Certified in Take Down Procedures, Handcuff and Hand Restraints
Certified in Investigations and Surveillance Techniques
9 Years Military Service - 1st Lieutenant
5 Years Fugitive Recovery
10 Years in the Security Field
Jerome Ticker, dressed in a captain's Navy whites complete with Navy
Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart decorations, was quite the striking
figure at his wedding in Slidell.
The problem is, he never served in the Navy, or in any branch of the
military.
Ticker, 42, of the Holden community in Livingston Parish, had
convinced his fiancée that he was a war hero, a Navy Seal festooned
with medals, and so it was only fitting for him to decorate himself to a
T for their April 12 nuptials.
While the bride may have fallen for Ticker's tale, at least one
person at the ceremony didn't buy it, and notified authorities.
On Tuesday, Ticker pleaded guilty in New Orleans to a federal
charge of illegally wearing the medals and was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Jay Zainey to 12 months of home confinement, followed
by two years of supervised release and a $500 fine.
"He said he was motivated as a desire to impress his
wife," U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said.
Ticker could not be reached for comment.
The Stolen Valor bill, passed into law in 2006, expanded and
increased federal penalties for falsely claiming to have earned any
decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the armed forces.
Ticker bought the uniform online and the awards from a local
military surplus store, according to Special Agent D'Wayne W. Swear,
the New Orleans investigator for the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative
Service.
Ticker, who works for a building maintenance company in Gonzales,
posed as a Navy captain, the rank just below rear admiral. Previously,
with his first wife, he had played the part of a lieutenant commander
in the Navy, Swear said.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana man is sentenced to a year of home
confinement after pleading guilty to illegally wearing military medals
at his wedding.
U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey also on Tuesday sentenced
42-year-old Andy Jerome Ticker, of Holden, to two years of supervised
release and ordered him to pay a $500 fine.
Prosecutors say Ticker has never served in the armed forces, but he
wore a U.S. Navy captain's dress white uniform at his April 12 wedding
in Slidell.
The uniform was adorned with several medals and decorations,
including a Silver Star, Purple Heart and Navy Cross. The latter is
the second highest medal next to the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Wearing military medals without proper authority is a federal
crime.
Vendors,
truckers, friends sponsor GATS poker run for ‘Old Sarge’
OOIDA Life Member John Timmons of Vancouver, WA, goes by “Old Sarge”
and takes that nickname from his days as a Marine in Vietnam where he
served as a staff sergeant.
He was in Vietnam a long time
– from 1967 to 1970 – voluntarily serving three tours to shield his
brother from having to go the war zone. Timmons came home a decorated
soldier with three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star.
But his wounds came home with
him, too, and now he’s scheduled for surgery on Sept. 25 to see if
some of the VA’s top doctors can undo the damage done by a
land mine years ago.
His many friends, including
Jerry Sims of Gulf Coast Filters Inc., figure Old Sarge
could use a helping hand, so they organized a charity poker run at GATS.
The poker run begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, and continues through
4 p.m. Friday.
Participating booths include
Engine Maxx at Booth No. 14087 – where the
run starts – as well as OOIDA at Booth No. 13089 and Gulf Coast
Filters Inc. at Booth No. 8998.
Prizes include an Engine Maxx
fuel-saving device; a PressurePro tire
pressure monitoring system worth $795; and a Turbo 3000, valued at $300.
Old Sarge
told Reed Black on Land Line Now
that he was “at a loss for words” to describe his appreciation for
the thoughtfulness of Sims and the others involved in the poker run.
richard toliver's flight suit patch. Col. Richard
Toliver is a 2nd generation Tuskegee Airman,
having graduated from Tuskegee University with a
degree in ...
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Generation” Tuskegee Airmen. Colonel Toliver
entered active duty in February 1963 as a Project ...
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Please see links to Richard Toliver, who constantly (in correspondence,
news articles, etc.) tries to pass himself off as a "second
generation" Tuskegee Airman...he even went to Iraq (see ARTICLES)
telling the troops over there of his self-acclaimed status...
Toliver has repeatedly been told that there is NO such thing as a
"second generation" Tuskegee Airman!!!! In order to be a second
generation Tuskegee Airman, you FATHER had to be a Tuskegee Airman...and
since the "Tuskegee Experience" only lasted from 1941 to 1949 (Toliver
was born in 1938)...he was born BEFORE the "Tuskegee Experience"
began!!!!!
Martin
Owen Tomlin, Jr. entered into rest unexpectedly at his home on May
7th 2009. Martin was born in Gadsden, Alabama on January 1, 1948 to
Martin Owen Tomlin, Sr. and Margaret Louise Cargo Tomlin. Martin was
the first born, followed by Donald and Barbara.Martin attended the
University of Alabama from 1966 ? 1967 before joining the United
States Army at age 19. After his return from service he went back to
the University of Alabama and completed his Bachelors of Science in
Business in 1978.After his best friend was drafted, Martin decided
to join instead of waiting. Martin enjoyed his military life and
counted it an honor to serve his country. He was in Vietnam from
1967 to 1971. During his career of distinction, he received the Distinguished
Service Cross, the Silver Star Oak Leaf (2), the Bronze Star for
Valor (3), the Purple Heart (3) along with a host of other awards
and commendations. Martin was a triple tabbed Green Berea Special
Forces Ranger. He jumped with the Golden Knights Elite Parachute
team and he enjoyed jumping out of perfectly good
airplanes. He graduated number one in his Army Ranger Class of 9-70.
After his discharge from the service, he traveled with Clebe McClary
speaking to the wounded and disabled veterans. During the years
following, he was attached to President Reagan as an Honor Guard for
a short time. Martin loved his country and was VERY Proud to serve.
Martin came to Oklahoma in 1978 from Mississippi after resigning the
presidency of the Columbus and Greenville Railroad. Martin worked in
the oil field industry for several years after that. When he stopped
that, he went to work for Tom Goodner managing Buy for Less. Other
jobs followed in management. He was happiest working hard and living
his best life. Martin married Doris Butler in 1982. They enjoyed
many years in the Norman area. To this union no children were born.
They peacefully chose separate lives and remain friends.Martin met
Christina Thrasher-HySmith and they were married July 22, 2005. He
enjoyed his new family of Elise and Ethan along with his new wife
Christina. As he would say his life is now complete and he always
called her "God's Grand First Prize". They leaned on each
other and traveled to many places. Martin enjoyed showing Christina
and the children his beloved South and the finer things in life. He
has been retired since 2006..... Services will be held at Bethel
Baptist, Norman, OK on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM with
interment at 2:00 PM at Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin OK.
Arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service.
For those who have heard about me from Gunny T's Angel on the
Semper Fi Angels page....I served 12yrs in the Marine Corps as
Scout/Sniper, Demolishions Master, WSI Master Diver and SEAL
Graduate!! I served in the First Gulf War from AUG.'90 to May'91
with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines STA Plt...serving in Desert Sheild, Desert
Storm and Task Force Pappa Bear!! I was also involved in the closing of
Subic Bay Naval Station...(that was very depressing!!), 3/9 also went to
Somalia for Operation Restore Hope from ..o May'93!!!! From there I
transferred into the 3rd GSF (Global Strike Force) >where I was
involved in some very covert operations until my bad helicopter
incident in which my back was severly damaged and I was released
from Active Duty in 2000, otherwise I would still be in!!!! I am 100%
>disabled veteran and I have an extensive working knowledge of
the VA, so if I can be of any assistance to anyone....please don't
hesitate to contact me!!!!
By PAUL
LEVY, Star Tribune
Last update: July 28, 2008 - 6:57 AM
Trauma leads to endless pain and suffering....
Stationed in Vietnam in an area known as "The Devil's Back
Yard," Arthur Torgesen twice eluded death while nearly everyone
else in his unit perished. People close to him say Torgesen was awarded
two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. But for all his
great escapes, he could not outrun his demons. ...
Torgesen fled a bunker in Cu Chi before explosives wiped out more
than two dozen other members of the 25th Infantry Division, said Dennis
Olson, a fellow Vietnam veteran. But when Torgesen talked about cheating
death before an ambush that killed 150 others, he told Olson he felt
guilty and wondered if he could have "prevented the whole
thing" by firing a warning shot...
... Twenty-five years ago, Sherry Harnden entered Artie's life. He told
Olson he met her at a party. The man who Olson says won a Silver Star by
jumping into a bunker in the jungle with an M-16 and firing away found
somebody with whom he could exchange love letters. A box of them was kept
'til the end, Michael Torgesen said. ...
... Talk occasionally led to Torgesen's medals. The Star Tribune could
not verify those medals, but Michael Torgesen said he saw them while he was
growing up and Ann Harnden said she, too, knew of them. ...
..."He was a Vietnam war hero. He wasn't the type of person to kick
back and die of old age." ...
Known
to wear the Army Special Forces Green Beret to special events.
Claims
"Edgeman", a marksman and pyrotechnics guy who could burn
a building down without leaving a trace of evidence of how it was
burned, etc.
Reported
to work in his full Army fatigues, with his Green Beret on.
Reportedly,
all employees tried to avoid him on the days he was "playing
soldier."
Attended
and posed as a Vietnam Vet in
Lincolnton
,
NC
Veteran's Day Parade.
Claims
that his step brother signed them both up for their second tour of
Vietnam
under the Buddy system and they went through the Army Special Forces
training together.
He
claims his step brother supposedly is MIA, he did not come back from
Vietnam
. {he is not on the POW/MIA list.}
Claims
his birth parents died when he was a baby, his adopted parents are
deceased as well, he has an estranged step sister in FL whom he has
not seen since his adopted Mom's funeral over twenty years ago and
he has no living relatives at all.
Volunteers
at the Lincolnton/Lincoln County, NC Chamber of Commerce. Named him
Ambassador of the Year in 2008.
Volunteers
for the Crimestopper's organization in
Lincoln County
,
NC
and became Secretary. Has
told some he RUNS Crimestopper's.
He
is on the board of the Hesed House of Hope for
Lincoln
County
.
Reportedly
claims fake college degree and Mechanical Engineer degree
Claims he used to be a builder in
Michigan
Also a dead beat dad - denied son was his under oath.
He has now been named as Chairman of the Ambassador committee with
the Lincolnton/Lincoln County, NC Chamber and his benevolence
continues to grow as he tries to fool everyone he meets.
NPRC FOUND NO MILITARY SERVICE
Travalena,
Fred
11/2003
Branson, Las Vegas
FRED
TRAVALENA was born in the Bronx, NY and raised on Long Island.
As a young adult he served in Special Services with the US Army. He
moved to Los Angeles 28 years ago to build his world of entertainment.
He has delighted audiences worldwide throughout his multi-faceted career
with his characterizations of highly visible public figures and has
earned nicknames such as “The Man of a Thousand Faces”, “Mr.
Everybody”™, and most recently “World Famous” by NBC’s EXTRA!
REPEATED requests including a DoB were sent to
NPRC. the ONLY record located was his fathers - same name. special
services.
Trias, Robert A.
.
.
Claimed 2 x
WWII POW (dec'd) AZ (01/2001)
.
Triebwasser, Glenn
09/2006
Topeka, KS
Topeka Man Wants Shorter Sentence Due to SEAL Service
11:14 AM Sep 26, 2006
AP
A Topeka man accused of killing a passenger when he lost control of his
truck says he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his
time as a US Navy SEAL.
Glenn Triebwasser was convicted of involuntary manslaughter under the
influence of alcohol last month. He also was convicted of driving on a
suspended license, failure to maintain a single lane and a seat belt
infraction.
He was behind the wheel of the truck when it rolled over on
Interstate 70 in Topeka last year, killing 40-year-old Billie Jo Baldwin
of Meriden.
His lawyers are arguing Triebwasser should be given a shorter sentence.
But the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California, says
his name doesn't appear in the Navy's records of SEALs. Coronado is the
primary training facility for the SEALs.
Claims Medal of
Honor "for my heroism in saving my troops and leading them to
freedom" , "89th Airborne Ranger Unit as a Pathfinder",
Purple Heart for "a serious shrapnel injury sustained in the
field" INKNARMOR@aol.com
CLAIMING
BRONZE STAR w/VALOR device. Claims 2nd Lt, Claims/wears 3 Purple Hearts,
2 Bronze Stars w/V. The
jacket in EARLIER pictures boasted 8 ribbons. This NEW pic has more and
includes V device on Bronze Star and 2nd Lt bars.. Claims he worked with
Ollie North.
Tucker
attended a PTSD group therapy session at the KC Vet Center, and has also
attended groups at the VA hospital. The day he came to the Vet Center,
he told us he was a Blue Beret who was attached to the Green Berets who
were attached to the Marines.
When he told his story at the Vet Center,
I called him on it. He immediately went to the VA hospital and checked
into the psych ward, which makes me believe he is claiming PTSD. When he
checked out, he immediately left town and moved to Lawrence, Kansas,
....He told me several stories, ranging from beating
prostate and brain cancer with frankincense, myrrh and prayer, to
Russian double agents threatening his life, to attaining doctoral
degrees in music at Oxford....
Col Tullis started
talking about his illustrious career as an Air Force hero. He
claimed to have worked on top secret missions closely with Oliver
North, Duane Clarridge and Tom Clines in Nicaragua and to have been
called to testify at the Iran Contra hearings as one of the ring
leaders.
He claims to have
flown combat missions in Iraq due to his extra-ordinary prowess as a
fighter pilot.
He claims that he
is being asked to return to Nicaragua to help (secretly) get the
ordinance out of the harbor before Daniel finds it.
He is in
attendance at all of the San Diego High Society
events posing as all the things cited above. He is actually
toasted at these events as a "Big time highly decorated war hero,
big time CIA operative, big time Iran Contra figure". One
of the Society page links calls him "war hero Col Thom Tullis".
Former Charlestonian Robert Bornmann sent this lookback item:
"Clarence Darrow 'Duke' Tully, Stonewall Jackson High School class
of 1949, played the bugle in our marvelous Stonewall marching band. In
Arizona, John McCain picked Tully to be godfather of his first child.
Tully, publisher of the Arizona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette,
boasted that he was an Air Force hero of the Korean and Vietnam wars -
but ultimately was exposed as a phony who never served in the military.
He is now retired in Florida."
.
TURNER, Chastity - Camp Arafjon, Kuwait with the 2123rd Transportation Unit
(HET).
1.
shot in the leg
2. only survivor of his unit that came under attack
3. POW for four days
4. diagnosed with PTSD and given meds.
5. now stationed as guard at entrance to base
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More Reported Claims:
Medal of Honor, Other than Vietnam POWs, Son Tay Raiders, DSC,
DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, SEALS, Rangers, Pilots,
Special Forces, Green Berets, Combat, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots,
Flying Tigers, DOUBT
EVERYTHING, Don't Encourage
RE: ANY NAME ON
THIS PAGE:If anyone has viable proof of their
captivity [or claims] which is accepted by the American Ax-POWs, NAM-POWs,
DoD and DMPO -
PLEASE contact us immediately. We will take
corrective action and work with them to be recognized for their sacrifice.
Trauma leads to endless pain and suffering....