INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

V V A - Claims by members of  Vietnam Veterans of America

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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 

APOLOGIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Heroes or Villains?

Individuals reported as of  03/2008
CLAIMING VIETNAM POW STATUS  or as noted
#  =  on list over 11 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
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.

E - F

Name Location Date Reported ALL Claim POW or MIA and then some Actual Records Indicate/Notes
Eakin, John R AZ 10/99 Claims 64-65 POW, Special Forces, Camp 6. USMC retired General .
Eastwood, Geoff (Jeff) . 08/99 Claims held with McCain. .
Eaton, Larry . 2001 . .
Ebeling, James J. Seattle, WA 05/2004 Claims POW .
Egan, Jan Charles  Marianna, FL 05/2005 Claims POW, claims to have been at Son Tay and was moved just days before the rescue mission.  Escaped shortly thereafter, having been POW for 7 months.  Was also on a mission where he was one of only two survivors. EGAN JAN C    
Army E07 11B4S      
Eilders, Randy OH . . deceased 1999
Elder, Donald Ray Philippines 06/2005
09/2006
been a POW for 5 years with 3 different enemy countries, including 3 years as a "guest" of the North Vietnamese. He also constantly claims he was an operative of the CIA and in particular, a pilot for AIR AMERICA but for the sake of appearances was a member of the U.S.A.F. claim to have lead long range patrol covert operations in Vietnam and claims to have had to kill his own wounded men on those patrols.

Donald Elder, was resplendid in his N.G.O. police uniform with self imposed LT. General rank and a chestful of U.S. service ribbons.  Elder stated that he was a former POW on five different occasions and describing the horrors etc and his combat times leading men etc. States that he only has 12 months to live with cancer or that he just beat cancer etc because of exposures to agent orange and other dangerous chemicals....
E6 ELDER DONALD R entered the Air Force in September 1959 and got out 1 December 1979 during which time he served in Vietnam with an MOS of 42171 which was Aircraft Propeller Technician.
Elder, Glenn Edward CO 07/2002 Worked for USG in South America after Vietnam POW/Navy SEAL. Claims records burned.  Member of SEAWOLVES. .
Ellis, Rick . 07/01 "182.5 missions ... downed by AAA fire.. captured for a time, Capt. Ellis incredibly, managed to escape before his limousine to the "Hanoi Hilton" arrived, and he eventually made it back to friendly territory." Claims 354th TFS, 2 MiG shootdowns in Vietnam. Claims Gulf War Rf-4C pilot Historical references do NOT back up his claims of MiG kills in Vietnam nor capture.
Embley, Larry . . SEAL/POW .
English, Bill
aka William Scott Terrance English
aka  Terrance English
NM 07/2007

http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_6273311
 
Leatherworker shares Monty Python days
Alamogordo Daily News
By Karl Anderson, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/01/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT


Leather worker Bill English works on a motorcycle saddle bag Friday. (J.R. Oppenheim/Daily News)

Bill English, a longtime resident of Alamogordo who has been a leatherworker for more than 40 years, worked as the film armorer for the movie "Excaliber" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and recalled some interesting anecdotes about working with the British comedy troupe.

"I have to tell you that John Cleese is insane," English said. "A lot of what they did was purely ad lib. I don't recall ever seeing a script. They were all a lot of fun to work with. They were all maniacs. The pub owners hated to see them coming because they could never keep enough beer on hand."

English's full name is William Scott Terrance English. He was born in Alamogordo March 12, 1952.

"If you're looking for film credits, I'm listed as Terrence English," English said...........

THE REST OF THE STORY AND MORE

NOT A POW. 

Actual Records 
Epner, John R. . . . .
Erb, Brad New Orleans area 08/01 POW - writing a book! Claims hands nailed to table - claims the VA helped him clear up the fact he was not on the PMSEA 14 years ago. (STILL is not noted by the Pentagon as a returnee). Claims VA care as a POW2. Captured with "Ace" Army 59-61
Is NOT receiving VA care as a POW NOR service connected disabilities.
Erickson, Donald Earl FL 04/2006
"Donald Earl Erickson, JR., 54, Sarasota, FL. passed away on  4/12/2006.  Mr Erickson was a USAF veteran and had been a POW in  Vietnam."
Dear Editor --
 
Reference:  Duluth News Tribune, Sunday, April 16, 2006 issue.
 
Dear Sir:  I noticed your obituary today for Mr. Donald Earl Erickson.  It stated that Mr. Erickson had been a POW during the Vietnam War.  You might wish to correct that statement as Mr. Erickson was never with any one of us, the real surviving POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense in this regard.  All 3,797 persons listed as POW/MIA are on the DoD offical web site at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm  You can call the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) directly to confirm this information.  Call the Pentagon, Washington, DC:  Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Larry Greer, at 703-699-1169.
 
Sincerely,
 
John M. McGrath, Captain USN (Ret)...Monument, Colorado
POW 30 June 1967 to 4 March 1973, North Vietnam. 
NAM-POWs Historian
www.nampows.org
Eslick, Dennis A. . 05/2003


Claims Navy Cross, 3 Silver Stars, 3 Bronze Stars, POW etc.... and Sgt Major.

  • E-5 SGT 
  • DID SERVE IN VIET-NAM. 
  • DID RECEIVE THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL 
  • WAS DISCHARGED UNDER OTHER THAN HONORABLE CONDITIONS.

Continues TO WEAR MEDALS AND UNIFORM AFTER CONFRONTATION AND EXPOSURE 
by Marine Corps League.

Estrada, Larry
aka Stormhawk, Lawrence

aka Larry LeeEstrade
aka Lawrence Lee Estrada

NM
Granger, TX 

 

03/2001
05/2007
USMC MIA for 90 days Camb

ACTUAL RECORDS on above link.

Apache Sculpture, age 54

Records show AWOL/DESERTER

Evans, David Allen

deceased

. 06/2005
 http://www.wilkersonfuneral.com/cgi-bin/impress3/displayArticle.cgi?nri.Impress.Article.ID=1113416736512

David Allen Evans

A Grandfather Who Loved His Grandchildren

Service Details

When: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:00 PM

Reidsville: David Allen Evans, 55, of 712 Southard Street , Lot-7, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at his residence..... Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 16, 2005 at Ashland Road Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery with military graveside rites.... Mr. Evans was born in Minden , Louisiana to the late Aswell Audrey Evans and Velma Eunice Smith Evans. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann Evans.  David retired from the U. S. Army as a Master Sergeant with twenty years of service and was a former POW for five years while serving in Vietnam .  He owned his own cab company, was of the Baptist faith and a grandfather who loved his grandchildren.

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Evans, Kirk Alan NC 08/2007 Claims Vietnam ex-POW Records requested
Fallquist, Carl A Hereford, AZ 10/2003 Claims flew choppers in Nam, was shot down and was captured and his crew was shot in front of him. Claims he was held for 3 months and then killed his captors. Claims he was submitted for the Medal of Honor but the paper work was lost. Claims listed as MIA and then  KIA.

Had MOS of 671E which was Aircraft Repair Technician, Rotary & Fixed Wing Rated.  In other words, he worked in maintenance and probably flew only test flights after maintenance was completed

WAS NOT A POW.

Fanning, Henry David
aka 
Fanning, Dave
aka [last name]
 BOZWELL OR BOSWELL
Georgia, Dallas 04/2003
Claims: POW escapee, Navy SEAL Team 3, Purple Heart. ...captured and brought his whole platoon out with him

"Half of the time I work out of Dallas and enjoy my home and friends, the other half I live in my home in Cabo San Lucas, playing golf and deep sea fishing. My
current first love is being on the water on my boat waiting for that 1000lb Marlin to hit a bait, my second love is standing on the first tee at Pebble Beach. Maybe that's why I haven't found my Princess, so I am now trying to change some of that, then, to the boat and first tee with you. I am an excellent chef/cook, love fine dining, candlelight, backyard by the pool, or in the kitchen. My intrests vary from broadway to NASCAR. I am a hopeless romantic who enjoys treating a lady as such. I am passionate and caring, mindful and
thoughtful. I love to laugh and make people laugh. I enjoy entertaining, dancing or sitting by the fireplace with that special person. Travel is part of my life. Life
is to be lived to its peak, on a daily basis, the future is where it is, the past can´t be changed, only a lesson book. If any of the above strikes your fancy, please drop me a note. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!! "

Actual dob 1959!

"cabodancer"
at match.com

Farbet, Col Ken
aka
Ken Tarbit
OR . POW/MOH .
Farmer, Albert MN 12/01 Claims Purple Heart, Air Force Cross, POW/SOG/Special Ops. Claims USAF pararescue. Jumped into area in order to be captured INTENTIONALLY so he could rescue another POW. Escaped and walked 30 miles on broken leg. VFW member, VFW Honor Guard Member. Has Purple Heart License plate - claims POW plate denied "serial number not high enough"
Farmer, James W. KY 10/01 Claims POW 37 days, escapee  - 30 yr USAF, F4E pilot EXPOSED a must read
Farr, James W. . 08/98 Claims POW .
Farrow, Ronald William Jr. Jackson, MI 08/2005 Claims to have been a POW in Vietnam and displays superficial scars as evidence of his tortures. Also claims to have been a combat helicopter pilot, Warrant Officer status, flew combat missions and helped design the original "Puff the Magic Dragon" gunship on a C130 cargo plane. He also claims to have served two tours in combat and eleven months POW.

He also claims to have been a Special Missions truck driver, tractor-trailer, for the military all over Europe. His duty involved wearing civilian clothing while driving military supplies, documents, etc all over Europe.

Owns Woodbridge Auto a repair facility.  He tells everyone he was POW and a combat chopper pilot. Even his wife believes him to be POW.

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He claims to have served three tours in Vietnam. The first as a heavy truck driver and the second and third as a chopper pilot and piper cub spotter plane pilot. He stated he was trained to fly at Fort Ruckers army air base. He also claims to have been shot down over Cambodia and captured, tortured, caged naked, whipped while working in rice paddies and escaped on foot when the Ho Chi Minh trail was being bombed as a
bomb broke apart his cage. He escaped through the jungle and it took him a month to reach U.S. lines.
Served only one tour in Vietnam as a truck driver, highest rank E-5, re-enlisted and then discharged after 11 months. Was never a chopper pilot and was never a POW.

 

Fay, Howard FL 06/2005 http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3166     

June 29th, 2005 6:51 pm
Backing for Bush on Iraq is gone, local veterans say
Michael Mayo / South Florida Sun-Sentinal

HOLLYWOOD · The televisions at VFW Post 2500 in Hollywood were tuned to President Bush on Tuesday, but his words weren't getting rapt attention......

.... Howard Fay, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, ladled meatballs in the kitchen.

"I don't like this war at all," he said. "Saddam wasn't doing anything to us. The one we should have been going after with everything is Osama bin Laden.".....

FAY HOWARD T MC E03 1371 C

1371  Combat Engineer

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Dear Sir...I wish to confirm that no man named Howard Fay was ever with any one of us, the 661 POWs who survived in Vietnam.  Nor is he known by Department of Defense in this regard.  You can get the complete list of all 3,792 MIA/POWs from Department of Defense at: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm

Mr. Fay is not listed.  He is blowing smoke.

Sincerely,
Mike McGrath, Captain USN (ret)
POW 5 years 8 months in NVN
NAM-POW Historian
www.nampows.org
Feist, Gary
aka Gary Fiest
Midland, TX 05/2007
06/2007
quote

Fellow C/227 members

Several months ago I brought up the fact that Gary Feist, a ‘wannabe’ in Midland , TX , was making false statements that included mention one of our own.  I asked all of you in an open letter to confirm some information that could confirm either way that this fellow was legit, or full of shit.  Many of you responded.  I have always tried to keep an open mind and ‘never say never happened.’  I was surprised to learn that after I left ‘ Nam , some of you got creative and created an uparmed Slick with a minigun and a .50 cal!  I promised to let you know what the outcome was.  Here it is.  I’m naming names keeping this on the up and up.

In the beginning, I was contacted by Britt Taylor Collins (pleiku@comcast.net) who is an awesome artist who was commissioned by Feist to do some artwork for Feist and during his research, became suspicious of Feist's 'stories' re his tour during 1970 thru 1971.  Check out Britt’s website, he does awesome Nam paintings as well as painting helmet covers. (http://www.britttaylorcollins.com/art.htm).  Hell, if you can afford it I highly recommend you hire him yourself!  I’ve added some direct “quotes” from Britt so you know there’s a lot of ‘substance’ here and not just hearsay.  At the end I’ve provided a larger description of who Britt is, so you know his credentials.

Gary Feist  (sometimes he's Fiest!) got his hair up when Britt questioned his stories.  Britt’s an honest guy and has the greatest respect for us.  He’s worked with enough of us to know when he’s being conned.  He was willing to refuse a commission rather than create an art of fiction.  Feist had all kinds of heroic claims wherein he was a CIA sniper who lead SEAL teams in secret in across the border missions, who had become so infamous within the company that they were going to display his rifle at HQ.  A friend/contact at the CIA laughed at such a thought of any such display (they don’t do that) or person.  “…the research into the matter went all the way to the head curator. The response was a serious, no two ways about it, answer-definite negative. The CIA is almost always vague in their answers concerning personnel. However, this was one answer with which they could be direct and categorical.”

Feist mentioned a C/227 buddy, Capt. John Elphick   jelphick@scirealty.com  from Midland TX , and acquaintance, James ‘Jinx’ Springfield .  We want to make it clear that Feist did not state that they knew each other in Nam or were involved with each other.  Both Britt and I were unsuccessful in contacting Elphick or Springfield at first, trying to find out what they knew about Feist.  When I finally did hear from Elphick, thru mention here in Abe’s C/227 newsletter, Elphick got bent out of shape claiming Feist was his buddy and he’d stand up for him.  He sounded ‘suspiciously’ too upset and he himself made outrageous counter claims rewording what I had written, which was there for all to see.  Subsequently Elphick sent Abe more emails that got Abe to wonder about Elphick, though we knew Elphick is a legit C/227 pilot and deserves our respect. 

In fact ‘wannabe’ hunters Mary and Chuck Schantag who run the P.O.W. Network at http://www.pownetwork.org, confirmed Elphick is ‘real’ but that there’s no military record what so ever of Feist/Fiest.  Other records show he spells his name two different ways in public records, and simple chronological dating of his claims make it impossible for him to have gone to schools he said he went to, joined the CIA, been trained, led SEALS, etc etc.  Just  no way.  A SEAL contact, who knows names/dates of every single person who became a SEAL, failed to become a SEAL, and fought with, much less led SEALS, also said neither Feist nor anyone like him existed leading SEAL missions.  Gary Fiest makes much of his SEAL buddy, Sean, who died in his arms after a hot extract from Laos .  Chuck Pharrar, who heads up VeriSEAL, says that no SEAL named Sean died in Vietnam, ever. Gary never claimed to be a SEAL, but he did claim that he acted as their commander on missions.”

To cut to the chase, it sounds like Feist, or Fiest, has taken some war stories he’s heard and put claim to them himself as if he lived through them.  Some were factual and did happen, but not by Feist.  Some were likely Elphick’s or Springfield ’s real experiences, some were embellished by Feist or even totally created in his own mind.  He is the hero in all of course.

So?  We left over 58,000 legitimate heroes behind.  Far from innocent blather, wannabes have caused all kinds of trouble and mischief, and worse.  There's the whole question of stolen identity these days but above and beyond that (no pun intended) laws have been written calling this 'stolen honor.'  These individuals attempt to get a free ride off of those who paid a price - sometimes the ultimate price.  Some have gotten elected to high office, others have risen in the business world or society based upon their false background.  At the least it's like lying on your resume, claiming to have attributes that you don't have.

Many of these people are an embarrassment to real veterans.  They propagate fictional stories that perpetuate the false myth of U.S. military being no better than Genghis Khan's hordes, raping and pillaging, terrorizing the innocent civilian populace.  There's no argument that we weren't exactly angels in Vietnam , and different vets had different experiences.  But war sucks and if one was to look at Vietnam with an open mind they would see that the enemy conducted a war of terror against civilians, in far greater excess than we did.  For a 'wannabe' to pile on lie after lie only adds to the insults thrown at us, and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.  Congress passed a law joining many of us vets who take 'wannabes' seriously and not just as a minor "victimless" nuisance.

That’s the story.  I hope that there’ll be one more addition to this story and that will be from Elphick.  I hope he’ll inform us he’s had a long hard talk with Feist and set him straight, and that Feist has agreed to cease and desist and has told his last story. 

Meantime, you now have a contact that will chase down anyone you legitimately suspect of being a ‘wannabe.’  The P.O.W. Network has amazing contacts and can get to the bottom of it but do not have a huge staff or budget so please don’t waste their time over the most insignificant matters.  In fact, pay them a visit and make a donation if you can.

I'm Howie Belkin, and am no hero.  I was a DG 1969- end of Jan 70, C 227 in Phuoc Vinh.  I flew most missions on 66-16647 ‘Nevada Gambler.’

PS  Re Britt’s background.  “…not only am I a military artist, but… I serve in an official capacity as a civilian aide to the Commander of the U. S. Army Reserve. I am one of two men serving as an Army Ambassador from the State of Georgia . I had to be nominated by a general officer, and I had to go through a thorough background screening before I was approved by the folks in Washington , and before I was sworn in by the Commander of the 81st Regional Readiness Command, to whom I report. I am a protocol level 5 civilian”.

endquote

NO military records could be located.
Ferguson, Benny Wayne (B. W.)
aka Benjaman Walks With Thunder
aka online: 
Injun, DiZinjun, DissInjun, BuDa

DECEASED

Mountain Rest, SC
often online
07/2004
Claims: Army, rank of Lt. Colonel, was a POW in Vietnam. Claims "black ops" all over the world to this day. Claims to have been running the satellite link that allowed our soldiers in Afghanistan to watch the Super Bowl in January 2002. Claims to have been awarded the Medal of Honor in 1975. Claims to have graduated from Clemson University in 1972, and later earning a PhD. Claims to have played as a backup drummer for the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, and knew practically everybody in the music world personally.

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Benny Wayne Ferguson, who claimed to have been a POW in Vietnam, as well as claiming to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, died on July 10. His obituary follows:
 
 
Benny W. Ferguson
7/25/2006 (Publication Date)
Jan. 11, 1951 - July 10, 2006 Mountain Rest, SC - Mr. Benny Wayne Ferguson of 106 Townes Ferguson Road, Mountain Rest, SC, died July 10, 2006, at his residence. Born in Anderson, SC, on January 11, 1951, he was the son of the late Robert Townes Ferguson and the late Sarah Elizabeth Martin Ferguson. He was a retired welder and the owner/operator of Wolfe Kennels. He is survived by brothers; Harold Ferguson and Clarence Ferguson, Starr, SC, Dennis Ferguson, Anderson, SC, sisters; Alma Martin and Cynthia Clamp, Anderson, SC, and Cathy Stewart. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Mary Maw and a brother, Randolph Ferguson. A Graveside service will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at 3:00 P.M. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The visitation will be held Tuesday, July 25, 2006, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at The McDougald Funeral Home. The family will be at 307 Grimes Street, Anderson, SC. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com. THE MCDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME
May never actually served in the military; called up, but may have been kicked out after only a few weeks for unclear reasons.

May never have attended college at all and might
not have even finished high school

DiZinjun@netscape.net

Ferguson, Cathy . 1998 Claims POW FEMALE
Fernandez, Jose Antonio  Il 09/2006

Cuban born – lived in Chicago for some time.

Claims he was a Colonel with the Marines, tortured by having his feet broken with a bat/stick, allowed to heal, then broken again.  Claims he currently he has cancer, supposedly due to Agent Orange.

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Fife, Robert UT 11/97 Claims POW .
Fleischmann, Conrad E.  "Col" OH 01/2001
05/2005
Claims POW and officer.
Name : CONRAD E FLEISCHMANN
Service : MARINE CORPS
Service Component :
Pay Grade : E-2
Military Specialty : 1833
Home of Record : Unknown

1833 Amphibian Tractor Crewman

Fletcher, Dan . 11/97 Claims POW .
Flynn, John Arthur FL
MA
NH
Boston
05/2003
11/2003
04/2006
Claims SEAL, POW. Collects 100% disability from the VA based on claims he made regarding his combat service in Vietnam and his claim to be unemployed since 1971.

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Travaglini Backed Traffic Offender Before Passing New Law

POSTED: 4:15 pm EST March 25, 2006
UPDATED: 4:24 pm EST March 25, 2006

Senate President Robert Travaglini wrote a letter vouching for a habitual traffic offender and convicted drunken driver months before helping the Legislature pass tougher drunken driving laws.

The Boston Herald reported that in February 2005 Travaglini sent the letter on Statehouse office stationery to a New Hampshire court on behalf of John A. Flynn.

Flynn was later sentenced to one to three years in a New Hampshire prison for violating a habitual offender law that prevented him from driving because of 16 motor vehicle violations between 1994 and 2005.

Flynn, 56, was arrested for drunken driving in Massachusetts in 1996 and was repeatedly cited for driving in the state with a suspended license, according to records. New Hampshire authorities also alleged that Flynn falsely claimed to have earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam.

"His record is outrageous," said Jim Reams, a New Hampshire district attorney whose office prosecuted Flynn. "It's surprising the Senate president would want to be involved in a case that's so lopsided."

Travaglini helped pass Melanie's Law last fall to strengthen punishments for drunken drivers. A spokeswoman, Anne Dufresne, said Travaglini was unaware of Flynn's drunken driving conviction or Purple Heart claims when he wrote the letter. She said he wrote the letter because of contributions Flynn has made to youth programs.

"They've known each other for a while and (Flynn) has been a good neighbor and contributor, particularly to programs the Senate president holds dear," she said.

A lawyer for Flynn said Travaglini's letter was one of several submitted on his client's behalf. Attorney Tim Harrington said Flynn, who manages a carnival company based in Seabrook, N.H, is a hardworking man.

"He was by no means trying to evade the law," he said.

John Flynn had numerous disciplinary problems while in the service, including a Special Court Martial while in Vietnam. On or about 7 April 1970, violated a lawful general order, to wit:  paragraph 32b of Section IV of Enclosure(1) of Forcer Order 7210.1B dated 30 April 1968, by delivering U.S. Currency to an unauthorized person, to wit:  a Vietnamese interpreter.
PLEAS
Guilty
FINDINGS
Guilty


John Flynn was employed by Dean & Flynn Fiesta Shows as General Manager, beginning in 1971, while continuing to claim to be unable to work.. John Flynn is now Vice President of Dean & Flynn Fiesta Shows, Seabrook, NH, a multi-million dollar business and oversees several hundred employees while receiving a substantial salary.
Foley, James B.
aka  Foley, Jim
Dahlonega, GA 03/2004

Claims: Army in 1958, at the age of 17. By the time he was 21, he had gone through two solid years of school – basic, advanced basic, Military Intelligence, the Eisenhower War College, CIA training in Vietnam in 1959, Ranger School,  Special Forces School - “with little things in-between.”... Claims met President John F. Kennedy twice -  familiar face at the Pentagon, where he reported after completing a mission.... I wasn’t even part of the Army,” he says. “I was a CIA operative, and I reported directly to the Pentagon.”... Foley’s code name was “Weasel.” Claims at age of 22, he was a prisoner of war in Hanoi.... The North Vietnamese troops immediately shot the helicopter crew, except for the pilot, and decapitated the ARVN... The Americans, including he helicopter pilot, were taken to the North Vietnamese war headquarters and interred five stories underground.... AND MORE!

RECORDS REVEAL PVT Foley served from Sept 30 1958 until Sept 29 1961.  His ONLY award/decoration is "Marksmanship with Rifle Bar." He was stationed at Ft. Dix, Ft. Carson, Ft. Lewis, Korea and Ft. Devens.

07/04 - Shoe shop closed - he has disappeared. No one in the military community has seen him for about 2 months.

 
Forchet, Bob . . Claims POW .
Forrey, Douglas Robert
aka Rob Forrey
Philadelphia,  PA
Cape Coral, FL
2nd report 05/2004 Claims POW
05/2004 - claims to have been a POW and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor (Vietnam). Claims to have medal in his possession and has shown it to unsuspecting victims.  Claims locked in a bamboo cage for 6 months, survived by eating his own feces, under attack and called for cover and a chaplain was sent in instead to give last rites, saved the lives of many by carrying them one by one out of fire ... Of course this was all a "Secret Mission", his reason for no records of anything, including the MOH being on file. 
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Fox, Owen R . . claims SEAL/POW age 56
Fox, Samuel . . Claims POW .
Foxworthy, Dennis Whittier, CA 05/01 Claims SF, Nam 70-71, claims held almost 2 years tied to a tree in Laos, fed rice and rats before he escaped when they were bombed. Also claims 32 months listed as KIA. Claims to speak at colleges and universities in CA, was a "keynote' speaker at the WALL dedication in 83, and engaged to be married to a superior court Judge!   DELPHI.COM chat room  
Foyt, William  MI 05/02
07/02
01/2003
Claims POW, name "on the Lao list" cause it's not on the "Vietnam list." "Border of Uncle Ho". Claims SS, PH, BZ, helicopter door gunner, held 90 days. .
Francis, Brett TX 03/2003 Profile for Brett Francis  

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After three long years serving my country in Viet Nam, i recieved 2 purple hearts for valor. I was a
POW for many years through the mid-70's. I was shell-shocked. I returned to the states to regroup. After graduating from Harvard, I went on to run for Governor of Austin, TX. I've been married 4 times, and was quite happy in my mid-life crisis. After being diagnosed with cancer from years of agent orange exposure, i was forced to be bedridden. All i have left is this computer.
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Frank, George E. . . Claims POW .
Frauendiener, Jack E. Sublimity, Oregon 07/2003 Claims POW for 28 days VVA Chapter 0271 President
Freed, Gregg E. Colorado 06/2007 Claims POW, special ops, escapee. Tells tales in front of small groups...  
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Freeman, William G. . . Claims POW .
Freigh, Scott Topeka, KS . Claims POW .
Frost, Larry Gore, OK 09/2002 Claims POW in Cambodia, special ops, escaped, Ranger. .
Fryer, John W . . Claims POW .
Fugutt, Albert Greenville . 5 yrs POW EXPOSED
Fuller, Gloria Utica, NY 11/2004
Sansone offers helping hand, heart to fellow veterans
Thu, Nov 11, 2004
KRISTA J. KARCH Observer-Dispatch
Contact Krista J. Karch at kkarch@utica.gannett.com

" "Mr. Tony!" shouted Gloria Fuller, a former prisoner of war in  Vietnam, when Sansone made a delivery to her West Utica apartment. Fuller moves her mouth around a wayward tongue, forming words carefully in a manner practiced since she was rescued from a POW camp in Vietnam, where enemy interrogators sliced the muscle beneath her  tongue. On one fluttering hand is a dark smudge -- a faded prisoner  number -- tattooed just below the knuckles."
...
She gasped, immediately misty-eyed.
Fuller ran away from home at 16 to join the Marine Corps as a nurse.
 "I had to lie a little bit about my age," she said.
 The Army took her to Vietnam, where she and another nurse once spent  72 hours on their feet before they rested beneath a tree.
 "I said, 'Shouldn't one of us stay awake?'" Fuller remembered. "But my  friend said, 'We're just closing our eyes for a minute.'"
 They fell asleep and awoke to bayonets at their throats....

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Gloria Fuller reacts to a framed print of an American flag given to her by Tony Sansone, left. Fuller spent eight months as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and receives food delivered from the Food Bank by Sansone each week...

EXPOSED
Uticans' claim of POW status unsubstantiated
Names not on Pentagon list; man, woman say stories true
Sat, Nov 13, 2004

KRISTA J. KARCH
Observer-Dispatch


The Pentagon agency that keeps track of Vietnam prisoners of war said Friday it has no record that two people profiled in an Observer-Dispatch Veterans Day story were POWs.

In the story, Gloria Fuller and Webster Knowlton, both of Utica, each gave their accounts of time spent in prison camps during the Vietnam War more than three decades ago.

After the story's publication, some readers raised questions about the veracity of Knowlton's and Fuller's stories, prompting the O-D to make more inquiries.

On Friday, John Horn, division chief of document management at the U.S. Defense Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Personnel Office, said neither Gloria Fuller nor Webster Knowlton are on the POW list. Only those individuals on this list are officially recognized by the Department of Defense as having been a POW or missing in action.....
Fuller, James . . Claims POW .
Fulton, Dennis Dean Spring, TX 05/2005 Claims POW, USMC. Claims in the summer of 2001 "he had gained his veteran status."   NOT a POW in Gulf or NAM. Marine Corps denies he served.  Graduated high school 1973. Married 1975. 
Furlett, Joel James "Doc"
aka Joel Jay
. . Claims POW .
Furr, James W. . 07/98 Claims POW .
Gaianvanno, Miceal
aka Barber, William Micheal
aka "Doc" Barber
aka CJ Micheal Barber
aka Micheal Barber
aka James M. Barber
and MORE (up to 24)
MO, NJ 09/01 Claims POW, leukemia, medic, helicopter pilot, shot down in Laos. Has felony record for bigamy and fraud. Multiple Social Security numbers. Membership revoked Rolling Thunder MO. Dishonable Discharge. Member of Shriners/Masons. Has been known to wear medals in public, meetings.

Records indicate service from May 7, 1970 to November 16, 1971. Rank, Private. Record of Assignments notes DROPPED FROM ROLES FOR DESERTION 3 Aug 1970/AWOL  AND 13 April 71/DESERTION.

Gyi, Dr. Maung,
aka Dr. U Maung Gyi
aka Winston Maung Maung 
aka Manbahadur Rai
aka Naik Minbahadur Raji
OH forever
and repeated
Please use the name "link" to see claims and claims and claims and claims

 

and the truth.

NO MILITARY RECORDS CAN BE LOCATED

April 25, 2003 Federal Investigator's visited Gyi....

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