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Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« on: October 26, 2008, 07:18:43 PM »
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Claims of medals amount to stolen valor 
 Tribune investigation reveals hundreds of unsupported claims regarding veterans with war medals

By John Crewdson | Tribune correspondent
1:53 AM CDT, October 26, 2008

WASHINGTON - Scores of Americans, from clergymen to lawyers to CEOs, are claiming medals of valor they never earned.

A Tribune investigation has found that the fabrication of heroic war records is far more extensive than you might think.

Take the online edition of Who's Who, long the nation's premier biographical reference. Of the 333 people whose profiles state they earned one of the nation's most esteemed military medals, fully a third of those claims cannot be supported by military records.

Even in death, these stories live on. A look at 273 obituaries published in the past decade alone found that in more than four of five cases, official records didn't support decorations for bravery attributed to the deceased.

The Tribune also found bogus decorations, including at least two Medals of Honor, engraved on headstones in military cemeteries across the country.

In all, more than half the medals for bravery examined, including the exalted Medal of Honor, are unsupported by official military records obtained by the Tribune from federal archives under the Freedom of Information Act.

The men whose obituaries or profiles in Who's Who make these claims are mainly individuals of note and accomplishment: lawyers, physicians, clergymen, CEOs, business executives, company presidents, university professors, career military officers, teachers, policemen, elected officials, even a psychiatrist.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-valor-oct2...

 

This is  a new thread. Let's look for a TiT sighting. :-)
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2008, 07:25:01 PM »
I bet 1000 Quatloos he can't stay out of that one.
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2008, 07:30:42 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on October 26, 2008, 07:25:01 PM
I bet 1000 Quatloos he can't stay out of that one.

As a defender of the article's position, no doubt.
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2008, 08:10:14 PM »
Bonfire small -- probably just coals by now.
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2008, 08:12:12 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on October 26, 2008, 08:10:14 PM
Bonfire small -- probably just coals by now.

Where's all the outrage? :hammer:
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2008, 11:00:22 PM »
I don't believe TiT will touch this thread with a ten-foot pole.

He's still making humiliating posts trying to make the DUmmies forget about when he bragged of stealing $35 worth of gas from a stranger's credit card.

He's still  trying to wheedle his way back into their good graces.

So many DUmmies have realized he's a pathological liar, he doesn't dare unlimber any of his crazy miltary fantasies at this time.

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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2008, 05:56:26 AM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on October 26, 2008, 11:00:22 PM
I don't believe TiT will touch this thread with a ten-foot pole.

He's still making humiliating posts trying to make the DUmmies forget about when he bragged of stealing $35 worth of gas from a stranger's credit card.

He's still  trying to wheedle his way back into their good graces.

So many DUmmies have realized he's a pathological liar, he doesn't dare unlimber any of his crazy miltary fantasies at this time.


I agree you won't see him here...he hasn't mentioned his "military service" in quite a while! I think he's hoping people will forget he said it! :lmao:
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2008, 07:03:29 AM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on October 26, 2008, 11:00:22 PM
I don't believe TiT will touch this thread with a ten-foot pole.

He's still making humiliating posts trying to make the DUmmies forget about when he bragged of stealing $35 worth of gas from a stranger's credit card.

He's still  trying to wheedle his way back into their good graces.

So many DUmmies have realized he's a pathological liar, he doesn't dare unlimber any of his crazy miltary fantasies at this time.

The irony is that it is prob'ly a true story...
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Re: Phony heros- TiT stay away.
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2008, 08:24:33 AM »
Quote from: Tucker13 on October 26, 2008, 08:12:12 PM
Where's all the outrage? :hammer:

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