JACK KAZANJIAN

NOTE: This DD214 appears to have been altered from the original by inserting the remarks highlighted in yellow.

The Republic of Vietnam Campaign MEDAL is issued for 6 months direct combat support or service in South Vietnam between March 1 1961 and March 28, 1973.

The Presidential Unit CITATION is written inaccurately as well.

SEE FOIA REPLY BELOW

NOTE: According to military records, Howard Hughes served from 11/25/70 to 02/23/71. He was NOT a M/Sgt, a POW nor was he with 5th Special Forces. He did not receive the MOH, nor was he recommended for it.

RANK is signed as "MAJOR" which is not noted in the DD214 above, nor the FOIA information below.

Observe "Bomber Crew Chief ...Guam Is and Thailand for 4 years." Total time shown on active duty, from the FOIA below is 4 years.

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http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Andersen_AFB.htm
According to the Andersen AFB history, B-52's did not arrive on Guam until 1964 - long after Kazanjian left there:

"...When fighting erupted in Korea, Guam became a focal point for aircraft and material flying west. In 1951, Andersen began supporting rotational bomber deployments from stateside bases, first with B-29s, and eventually hosting B-36, B-47 and, in 1964, B-52 units.
For the next six years, Strategic Air Command trained and practiced its wartime skills – which would be tested time and time again as the conflict in Southeast Asia escalated. Andersen would play a major part in the Vietnam conflict, when 27 B-52 bombers were launched from its runway June 18, 1965. The aircraft initiated Operation Arc Light, bombing missions over North and South Vietnam to strike Viet Cong base operations and enemy troop concentrations and supply lines. Arc Light missions continued for eight years..."

NOTE: RANK is now signed as 2nd Lt jg which is not noted in the DD214 above, nor the FOIA information below.

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MAY 2001
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In God's Name

by Jack Kazanjian, USAF SAC-Command [Ret.]
Medal of Freedom Candidate

God! What am I doing in this place?
As night falls upon me I see Your light
And I know everything will be all right
For You are the light......

Full poem....
http://ojc.org/NL/may01/poem.html

NOTE: Now claims "retired" ....

This is the result of an FOIA for records on Jack Kazanjian received from St. Louis in March 2002.

NOTE: Rank is noted as an enlisted E3, NOT an Officer.

MOS is noted as Organizational Supply Specialist - NOT a B-52 Crew Chief.

FOUR YEARS in Guam and Thailand is NOT NOTED.

NO Vietnam service nor medals are noted.

ONLY ONE medal is authorized.

On December 5, 2002 Kananjian accepted (along with 300 other veterans) a "State (of New Jersey) Vietnam Service Medal" in a public ceremony. The request only needed to be accompanied by a DD214. The medal presentation was coordinated by G. Natasha Zoe, PAO-VA.

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