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Meridian Honors
Veterans
Meridian, Miss.
Veterans Day
honors the men and women who
serve in the Armed Forces, past
and present. Hundreds attended
Meridian's annual ceremony.
Posted:
3:56 PM Nov 11, 2010Reporter: Jessica Dealy |
L [1]
aka
A. Le Vasseur
12/2005
He told us all about his life in the service, CIA, and was a millionaire. He was really good at his story. He said he had 100's of acres in Montana along the Yellowstone River. He said he wrote a book and was getting it published.
Reported - Beau lives on the farm he works at in
Corrales, NM. Beau lives at the farm in a room not much bigger than
the stables
are. Looks like a mobile home cut into 3rds and he got
1/3. Certainly does not live like a millionaire - and he doesn't
"own the farm."
Claims 5th Special Forces Group and 101st Airborne Ranger 1st Lt.
VA Med Center - Federal Police Officer
NO Vietnam Service, E-4, MP, Btry B 4th Bn (HERC) 44th Arty, only awards NDSM and AFEM
01/2004
THIS HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ONLINE STORY:
... Lancaster served in
the Vietnam War during which he was captured and spent years as a POW. He said he daily reflects on the friends he lost and continues to lose. As he reflects back on the tumultuous time he spent overseas, Lancaster says he would do it all again for the sake of his country....
The claims as of now 4:56 pm, 11/12/2010, remain on
the video
Jessica...
Regarding your article on Richard Lancaster, he
was never with any one of us, the real 662 surviving POWs
of the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense
in this regard. He is an imposter. A fraud. A wannabe
POW. You can find the official Department of Defense list of
MIAs/POWs at the following site. Mr. Lancaster is not listed:
My recommendation to you is to "get even" with
this clown. He took advantage of you. He lied to you.
Your best course is to research the facts, determine his real
background, ask him his motive for lying to you, and then
publish a follow-up article letting the fine folks of your
community know the truth. Your readers have been lied
to. They deserve the truth. I would be glad to help you
with your research. Mary Schantag of POW Network would
be glad to help you with your background search,
including obtaing his service record (if he even served at all)
from the National Records Center in St. Louis.
I went through flight training at NAS Meridian. I lived in Meridian. I love Meridian. I do not like frauds who lie to the citizens of Meridian.
You are welcome to use any part of this letter as a Letter to the Editor.
Mike McGrath
Monument, Colorado
5 years 8 months POW in Hanoi
Historian, NAM-POWs, Inc.
Landers, Myron Lee
He uses Myron and Myke interchangeably as a teacher
08/2006
01/2009
Professor at Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL. and a teacher for Manatee County Public Schools.
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Dr. Landers told our class that he was taken prisoner
by the North Vietnamese during the war. He said that they
tried to interrogate him but he refused to give them any information,
spitting in one of the interrogator's faces at some point. He said
that the interrogator pointed his gun at his head and pulled the
trigger, but the weapon was empty and it didn't fire. The Vietnamese
soldier allowed him to live for some reason and he was eventually
freed.
Dr. Landers said that he was in special
forces...
Dr. Landers also claimed to be a war planner during the
Gulf War. He claimed to have aided in designing some kind of strategy
used by coalition forces.
2009 -In Karen Rose's book, Kill For Me.....in
her acknowledgements she cites "Myke Landers for sharing his
experience as a survivor of a POW camp in Vietnam. I was honored
and forever changed.
Thank you".
"There are
many things about that war that are still classified."
"There
is much that I have not said. If you’re so “smart,”
you’ll agree with what the wise man once said, 'Believe much in
what you know, and nothing in what you’ve heard. Rumors and
innuendos are easy to come by and are valued at nothing.' "
"The
lack of documentation is regrettable and annoying, but true.
One must either accept that reality, or not. However, I have
wrestled with this problem for a number of years, and it has caused
me considerable and significant heart ache, as well as some petty
annoyances. I have learned to get on with my life, anyway.
There is little more that I can add to this discussion, especially
under this “cloak of anonymity.” So, if you can’t accept
my explanation, I’m sorry; I don’t think there is much point in
continuing the dialogue."
Missouri before he came to Florida.
He had $45,000 in court judgments against him between 1998 and 2000.
His chiropractic license in Missouri
is no longer valid and he doesn't hold one in Florida; he no
longer seems to hold a K-12 public school teaching certificate either
(he's teaching at Manatee School for the Arts, it seems, which is a
charter school and probably exempt from the state's certificate
requirements).
No man named Ken A. Lane was ever with any one of
us, the real
661 surviving POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he
known by the
Department of Defense in this regard. The PMSEA
list is the official
Department of Defense listing of all 3,797 MIAs
(to include all POWs). If he isn't on that list (he isn't),
then he is making a fraudulent claim. Over 2,000 wannabes
have made the claim and not a single one has proven the DoD
(DPMO) official list to be wrong.
Mike McGrath
POW 5 Years 8 Months in Hanoi
NAM-POWs Historian
Works for: WCA (Waste Corp of America)
Can be found at Rendezvous Lounge on Lockwood Ridge & 17th St. in Sarasota on a Friday or Saturday night.
Desperately trying to join a Veterans Group to give the appearance of truth to his lies. Tried to join the American Legion and he couldn’t. He IS attending meetings of The Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans at the American Legion Hall on Fruitville Rd. in Sarasota, FL.
April 17, 1939 — sept. 9, 2007
NASHVILLE — Donald Paul Langdon, 68, formerly of Belleview, Florida, died Sunday morning after a long illness.
Born April 17, 1939, in Indianapolis, he was the son of the late Harry Langdon and Gayle (Stephens) Langdon, both of Bloomington. .... Donald was a Navy veteran, serving three tours of duty in Vietnam before being captured as a P.O.W.
Upon his discharge from the Navy, he started a successful electronics repair business. ...
The Bond-Mitchell Funeral Home in Nashville will make final arrangements.
Deceased
Please see the
attached fraudulent DD214 that the family of this deceased
individual provided to us and the
certified correct copy requested from the NPRC. Please also
see the following e-mail that the decedent's son sent to us.
Apparently this man lied to a lot of people for a long time
before finally passing away. Please add him to your list of
fakes. Please contact me with any questions...
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Sperry, OK 74073
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date Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:34
PM
subject John Langan Obituary
Dear Sir or Ma'am,
My name is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, I am the son of the
deceased John P. Langan who you performed the services for
recently. The purpose of this email is to enlighten you that my
fathers information is not correct as it is stated on the
obituary. I am afraid that he was never a Navy Seal nor was he
an enemy prisoner of war. John served for two years in the US
Navy. After receiving basic training in at the Naval Station
Great Lakes he was assigned to the USS Semmes DDG-18. This ship
served in the US 6th fleet and here is a brief of what she did
during the time my father served abourd her-
--From February to July 1966, the guided missile destroyer conductedher second tour with the 6th Fleet and, on her return to the UnitedStates, changed her home port from Charleston to Norfolk, effective 1August in anticipation of her first major overhaul at the NorfolkNaval Shipyard. In April 1967, Semmes resumed operations withrefresher training in the Caribbean. In July, she rejoined DesRon 6 atCharleston; and, in August, she deployed for her third tour with the6th Fleet. She participated in fleet and NATO exercises into January1968; then returned to Charleston, arriving on the 31st for a month'srest before resuming operations in the Caribbean and off the eastcoast.On 10 June, Semmes again sailed east. During that month and into July,she visited Germany and Denmark then turned south for another 6thFleet deployment. On 15 November, she was relieved by John King(DDG-3) at Rota, Spain; and, 11 days later, she returned to Charlestonwhere she remained in port for the rest of the year.In January 1969, she cleared Charleston to participate in ASW and"Springboard" exercises in the Puerto Rican operating area, thenreturned to her homeport. In April, she returned to the Caribbean for2d Fleet exercises.
At no time did this ship enter into direct combat
or combat support in any capacity. From there my father
returned from the Navy and to Columbus Nebraska to be with me
and my mother XXXXXX. Within a year after his returned my
sister XXXXXXX was born.
I am respectfully asking you to remove from your
web page the referrence to John P. Langan
that he was a Navy Seal and Prisoner of war. It is unfortunate
that he chose to live his life vicariously and
made fraudulent claims about his military
record. He was an imposter, and the theft of valor to those
who have placed themselves in harms way will not be tolerated.
I have further evidence and the testimony of multiple family
members to confirm this claim. I ask that you remove this
immediately......
Sincerely,
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AKA David Bendiola
Claims he escaped from a POW camp in
Viet Nam. He carries the POW card and has the POW license
Plates. He also flashes other cards. He claims
he is good friends with John McCain
He goes by David Bendiola with his
web page for laying claim to being Anazasi Indian and making horse
hair baskets - with blue eyes.
10/2011
They were having a pow wow. A Navajo dancer named
Largo was there & was revered as a Viet Nam Vet & ex-POW.
Hint: Never tell the tale with a real NAM POW present.
2011- Native American traditional dancer claims to have been a former POW captured twice and escaped twice supposedly in the Vietnam war. The Native American has reaped substantial monies at pow wow contests simply for the supposed fact of being a former POW. The individuals name is Norman Largo. Largo further claims to be retired from the Marines after serving 25 years.
aka littletree
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10/2008
01/2009
12/2009
PIC
RECEIVED 01/2009
Rodney Drew Lawrence who claims to have served on Navy seal team one in 68-72. He also claims that he was a POW and escaped after being tortured. He has a DD214 in his wallet. He claims he has a Navy cross,2 purple hearts, 2 bronze stars and a silver star. He doesn't have enough info to back this up. He claims his medals were stolen and that his navy seal records are sealed. He wears a ballcap with Navy Seal on the front of it. He wears a " Budwieser" on a chain around his neck. He wears a Rolex watch with U.S. Navy stamped on back. He said they gave it to him when he completed training at Coronado Island.
Driving with PH license plates not authorized, claims SEAL, POW, and NX among other things.
12/2009
Since he is now reported to have official Colorado POW
plates, he probably has committed fraud. POW issued plates
receive a tax forgiveness....
The only way he can get the POW plates is to get a letter from the VA stating he was a POW. That letter is then presented to the State DMV with an application for POW license plates. The only way he could get the letter from the VA is to submit fraudulent documentation or testimony to the VA. So, he has probably committed two counts of fraud and one count against the Stolen Valor Act (all Title 18).
My recommendation is to report the matter to the VA OIG, to the federal
The only way he can get the POW plates is to get a letter from the VA stating he was a POW. That letter is then presented to the State DMV with an application for POW license plates. The only way he could get the letter from the VA is to submit fraudulent documentation or testimony to the VA. So, he has probably committed two counts of fraud and one count against the Stolen Valor Act (all Title 18).
My recommendation is to report the matter to the VA OIG, to the federal
attorney general's office (reference the Stolen Valor
Act of 2005, wearing
false medals, making false claims as a SEAL, etc.),
and report him to the
Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles noting the POW
license plate
Please pass
this information along in response to the inquiry regarding Mr. Rodney
Drew Lawrence and his claims of being a US Navy SEAL.
To
Whom It May Concern:
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 of successful graduates for anyone
named RODNEY
DREW LAWRENCE. I have also examined possible alternate
spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. There are only five
(5) men listed in the entirety of the SEAL Database (end of WWII to the
present day) with the last name LAWRENCE.
None of those five (5) men has the first name “RODNEY”
or the middle name “DREW”
Unless
he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action
for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed
attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have
provided, I can state conclusively
that RODNEY DREW LAWRENCE
has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a
Navy SEAL.
It
is quite common for those making fraudulent SEAL claims to cite a
“secret” training class, “special selection and skills which
allowed them to bypass BUD/S training”, or “secret missions” as an
explanation for the lack of military documentation to back up their
stories. They also tend to claim their military records are “sealed”
and cannot be accessed. I would caution you that despite anything the
man might have said, there are NO secret SEALs. Before any classified
operations may be undertaken, a man must first successfully complete the
totally unclassified BUD/S Training program. No one gets to the SEAL
Teams without completing this training; there are NO EXCEPTIONS! The
graduates of that training program are listed in the SEAL database –
an unclassified document which is nonetheless considered “highly
sensitive” and therefore not available for general public circulation.
There have been and will continue to be secret missions, but there are
NO secret SEALs… we know them all.
I
must also make one other extremely important point - there have never
(NEVER!) been any UDT Frogmen or SEALs captured, detained, or held as
prisoners of war... not in ANY war, not EVER! This point may be verified
by visiting the web site of the POW Network at www.pownetwork.org
and corresponding with the directors of that organization.
An
amendment to Title 18 USC, Section 704, called the “STOLEN
VALOR ACT” (S.1998), was signed into law on 20 Dec 2006,
and now makes it illegal to even make false VERBAL
claims of receiving “any of the
service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, the
ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or
any colorable imitation of such item”. That amendment very
specifically identifies certain awards for valor – including the
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, the NAVY
CROSS, the AIR CROSS, the SILVER STAR, the BRONZE STAR, the PURPLE
HEART, and the POW MEDAL – which, if falsely claimed, are considered
grounds for prosecution. It must be presumed that since the earning of
the status of US Navy SEAL carries with it a special Naval Enlisted
Classification (NEC) code and a unique breast insignia (SEAL Trident
badge) that the offering of false verbal claims of being a SEAL would
also fall within the jurisdiction of this amended version of the 18USC.
This matter, of course, would be for the courts to determine.
Mr.
LAWRENCE’s claims of
being a SEAL are false. Mr. LAWRENCE’s
claims of being a POW are
false. If Mr. LAWRENCE’s
claims of having been awarded the NAVY
CROSS, two PURPLE HEARTS,
two BRONZE STARS, and a SILVER
STAR are also proved false, these are all violations of
federal law and as such are all prosecutable offenses… subject to both
fines (up to $5000) and imprisonment (up to 6 months) on each count for
which there is a conviction....
Thank you
again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in
upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams.
Very
Respectfully,
Steve
Robinson
USN
1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member #2440-GA
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org Webmaster
Author of the book NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
aka
Laws, Daniel J.
12/2007
Laws claims MOH, Navy SEAL, Purple Heart, a POW,
once in Vietnam and once in "Beloit", was wounded three
times and still active in the military as a military advisor to Condi
Rice."
At the Chambers Farms (FL) Powwow, Laws carried in the Eagle Staff. He was referred to several times during the powwow as a MOH awardee
Daniel Laws story:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/17957870/detail.html
Feel free to browse the phony list for:
KEITH SMITH
GERALD BLUEFEATHER SMITH
JOEY PIERCE
BLAINE MARTIN
DANIEL LAWS
WIHUNA JOYNER
MARK DAVIS
Nick
Standing Bear / Joseph Valdez
ALL NATIVE AMERICANS - ALL making bogus
claims. All in the same area or attending the same pow wows.
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/17950853/index.html Part 1, Nov 10 - Keith Smith
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/17959240/index.html Part 2, Nov 11 - Smitty & Joey Pierce
4 -1948
4 -1947
1946
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POW Network,
BOTH of the men which are involved in this action are SEAL IMPOSTERS.
This is yet another case of each imposter providing offering false bona
fides for the other as well as making their own false claims. Both are
heavily involved in the Native American POW WOW circuit, the Native
American military veterans’ GOURD DANCE ceremony, and the Native
American BLACK WARRIOR SOCIETY specifically for military veterans.
Recommend after you review all for completeness that both men be
installed on your web site as imposters with all the details.
IMPOSTERS:
Blaine Martin – claiming SEAL, SEAL Instructor
Daniel Laws - claiming MOH/POW/Purple heart/ SEAL
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association
Special Operations Association
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
Wears: Silver Star, Bronze Star with "V"
device, P.O.W. Medal, Legion of Merit, NDSM, Vietnam Service Medal,
RVN Campaign Medal. NO Good Conduct Medal, yet wears E-8 stripes. Also
wears Master Parachutist's and Combat Medic's badges.
Claims Special Forces in South Vietnam as the source of most of his decorations, but he is always vague and evasive about details.
Records indicate he is authorized:
Marksman Badge w/Rifle; Parachutist Badge; National defense; Vietnam
Campaign; Medical Badge; Overseas Bar; Good Conduct. Discharged as
Staff Sgt. Served 1962 - 1967.
MOS = Ward Spec/ Med Corpsman/Ambulance Orderly/Ward Spc/Med Asst
NO SF association in NAM noted
12/2006
Shot down by rifle fire (in the parachute) Feb. 12,
1970 over North Vietnam while flying a mission in a F-100. Also a Blue
Angel.
CPT Larry R. Leavitt JR, US Air
Force who was a POW in Vietnam in 1970 and '71.
Larry is confined to a wheelchair, claiming he was a pilot in the USAF, shot down on Feb. 12, 1970 over North Vietnam while flying a mission in a F-100. He says Cmdr. Paul Smith of the Navy was part of the same mission. He says he was shot by rifle fire as he parachuted to the ground. He says he was released in a prisoner exchange after 18 mos. as a POW. He says that he had to have reconstructive surgery on his face at Walter Reed Army Hospital in DC, because of the beatings he took. He also claims to have flown with Dick Scobie (sp) who later became and astronaut, and was a friend to Al Page who is still listed as MIA .
NO MILITARY RECORD FOUND
EXPOSE:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061
217/REPOSITORY/612170306
DECEASED
04/02
Gene Autry Leazer, 64, of Franklin, died Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at VA Medical Center in Iowa City.
Born Sept. 29, 1937 in Birmingham, he was the son of Thurman Keith and Ada Flossie Wilson Leazer. He married Eva Pearl Warington on Aug. 18, 1975, in Dothan, Ala.
Mr. Leazer was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving from 1956 to 1974, with the rank of captain. He received the Medal of Honor and was a Vietnam POW-MIA. ...
.
A memorial has been established. [The Hawkeye, Burlington IA]
Records indicate Leazer was discharged as an Airman 1st Class. Actual awards were Air Force Longevity Award w/3OLC; Air Force Good Conduct w/2OLC; Air Force Outstanding Unit w/1OLC. NOTHING FURTHER. He was a Fire Protection Specialist for A1C's.
Houston TX
06/2002
11/2002
Claims 5 tours in Vietnam - how long he was in the
military?? He says 5 Yrs.
deceased 2003
Claimed Service Dates: 1/17/1963 - 3/8/1967
05/2005
2005 - still telling stories of capture detention of
over two years finger nails toe nails removed --dramatic-
rescue.
As of 5/02/05 works Dave Fox Remodeling, Columbus, Ohio.
Claims to be a POW of the Vietnam War, having spent 18
Months in a Steel Cage, being tortured in "unspeakable
ways", he claims to be part of Navy Special Forces, but when
asked if he was SEAL, he always answers, "No, one of the other
ones...." without specifying what Special Force he was a member
of.
He uses his "status "as a Vietnam Vet/POW to
pick arguments and confrontations with people and threatens people
with physical harm if they say or do anything to disgrace POW's/Vets
or the great country of USA.
Also Claims to be Cherokee Indian and that he grew up
on a Reservation, something no one has been able to confirm, He is
very active on the Powwow curcuit and seem to have a group of
followers that looks up to him because of his alleged history.
He also claims to have gotten away with a murder in a
barfight because of his status as a war hero. He claims he was
acquitted of all charges because he was a war hero, even though nobody
seems to have a recollection of a barfight ending up with anybody dead
in the time period Mr. Leonard specifies.
Mr.Leonard seems to build his entire life around his
POW story and talks about it continuously and EVERY chance he gets.
NOT a POW by any name.
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No man by the name of Donald Leonard was ever with
any one of us, the 661 surviving POWs of the Vietnam War, nor is he
known by Department of
Defense in this regard. The real POW/MIAs are
all listed in the official Department of Defense web site:
Sincerely,
Mike McGrath, Captain USN (Ret)
NAM-POWs Historian