M
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|
| Name |
Location |
Date
Reported |
ALL
Claim POW or MIA and then some |
Actual
Records Indicate/Notes |
|
MABE, tommie
charles |
Daytona, FL |
04/2011 06/2011 |
Tommie C Mabe GySgt USMC captured 1965 in Cambodia. He is
in the DAV over in Daytona FL.
Tom is the Post Commander of the DAV Post ................. and was just elected....you wont find a more friendly and
great guy than him......
Tom was in Cambodia on some sort of clandestine operation
early in the war and his Unit was over run and he was taken
Prisoner. He related details of his capture and how he was
in a bamboo cage and guarded by the Camer Rouge ( the
Commies in Cambodia) He related details that made my skin
creep as I sat there unable to speak while listening to him.
Tom related that his operation came under a covert U S Gov't
Agency (take a guess which one) and they arranged his
release...he also related details of the death of other GI's
to gruesome to believe.
When Tom finished I was spellbound and wondered if I or
anyone I knew could have survived as he did.
|
ACTUAL RECORDS NOT noted by DPMO in the
PMSEA.
Completed his Nam tour without an "early out" for
captivity.
NO Purple Heart as a POW noted.
NO historical evidence his tale is accurate. |
| Mabson,
Glenn |
Kihei, Hawaii |
06/2002
10/2004
09/2006 |
MORE |
|
|
MacInnes, John V |
. |
. |
Claims POW |
. |
|
Mackey, John Harold II |
CA - KY - NV |
1999 |
Claims POW |
Convicted felon.
Permanent Records altered. Case turned over to Army IG and Congressmen |
|
MacWright, John |
Columbia, South America |
. |
Claims POW |
owns BUNKER bar |
| Madison,
Tamaira S
aka Wolf, T Running
aka T.S. Running Wolf - Walks with Thunder |
. |
FL |
SEE POSTING UNDER Wolf, T Running
aka T.S. Running Wolf - Walks with Thunder |
 |
|
Maison, John |
Fairview Hgts IL |
. |
Claims POW |
REMOVED from KWVA |
| Mallia,
Tony |
Farmington,
MI |
11/2009 |
November 8, 2009
‘Hometown
Hero,' former Vietnam POW, given award for Coast Guard service
By Susan Steinmueller
OBSERVER STAFF WRITER
Tony Mallia...
During
a five-day captivity, they were interrogated, beaten and
tortured....
“They
didn't believe in the Geneva Convention,” he said. “We went
through everything ... they put bamboo in your fingernails
...”
ssteinmueller@hometownlife.com
|
|
Dear Ms. Steinmueller...
No man named Anthony Mallia was ever with any one of
us, the official 661 POWs who survived captivity
in the Vietnam War, nor is he known by the Department of Defense in
this regard.
The official list of all 3,797 MIAs (to include all
pows, even those captured for only a few
minutes, hours, days, or longer) is at the following DoD web site:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
Mr. Mallia is not listed. Mr. Mallia is a
"wannabe." Of the 4,000 wannabe POW claimants, not a
single one has ever proven his false claims to
be true. The Department of Defense lists
are rock solid and proven true for the past 36 years. You can call
the DoD Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Larry Greer directly in
Washington, DC during normal working hours at 703-699-1169, e-mail
Larry.Greer@osd.mil. Mr. Greer is info copied on this e-mail and
will be awaiting your call.
Ms. Steinmueller, you have been deceived by a wannabe
POW claimant. I can only suggest that you
do what all other news reporters reporters do
when this happens...and it does happen often.
That is, to request a copy of his military
records using a Form 180 from the National Records Center in Saint
Louis. It will take approximately 30 to 60 days. Then you
can write a follow-up article exposing the true
story. Mary Schantag of POW Network and I
would be glad to assist you in determining the true story.
The first thing you should do is ask Mr. Mallia for his
service number and his full name. Next, I would ask him for the
name of the Warrant Officer and all others
missing or captured. He will feign memory
loss, just like all other wannabes. That is because the mystical
warrant officer would be listed in military
records, the Vietnam Wall for those who died, and in the Defense
Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) official listing, the
Personnel Missing Southeast Asia (PMSEA).
I have no control of what happens from this point on,
but I would guess that Mr. Mallia's name will
soon end up on the following web site, the web site listing all 4,000
wannabe claimants. He can read about himself in the news.
I thought I had heard every excuse possible for a
wannabe's name being left off the official records...it was a
secret mission, my records burned in the Saint Louis fire, my
commanding officer didn't want to be embarrassed, etc. but I nearly
fell off my chair laughing when he said his warrant officer buddy was
run over by a truck while on his way "on his way to St. Louis,
where the two were going to vouch for each other's experience as
POWs." That's a new one. It's
almost a classic... something along the line of: "The dog ate my
homework."
Ms. Steinmueller, I hope you take an objective look at
the absurdity of this fable. First, no man goes missing from his
unit in a hostile situation without setting off
all kinds of actions. There is immediate notification up the
chain of command, there are unit log entries,
there is an after action report, morning muster reports, service
record entries, medical record entries, notification of next of kin,
assignment of a Casualty Assistant Calls Officer (CACO) to assist the
NOK, newspaper reports, Western Union telegram to the family, etc.
In short, the service is responsible for every man who serves.
The services take that responsibility seriously. No man is just forgotten
for five days. Records are retained forever. His claim is
absurd.
Ms. Steinmuller, I think you owe it to your readers to
tell them the truth o this matter. As an
investigative reporter, you can easily determine the truth, and
you can confidently write a follow-up article explaining the
situation. You're not the first to be fooled by these folks.
It happens with regularity. ...
Best wishes to you. You may use any part of this
e-mail for a Letter to the Editor if you wish.
Mr. Mallia should be ashamed of himself for telling such tall
tales to his family, his friends, the American Legion, and to you.
He owes all of you an apology. If he is
the honorable man his friends believe him to be,
he will admit he made a mistake, apologize, be forgiven, and press on
with an honorable life which I am sure his is capable of living.
Sincerely,
Captain J.M. McGrath, USN (Ret)
POW in North Vietnam for 5 years 8 months
NAM-POWs Historian
Monument, Colorado
==========================
ACTUAL
RECORDS
More
records
==================================
Thanks
so much for sending the military records.
It’s
too bad that there are people out there who make false claims of having
been a POW. After talking with my editor, however, we won’t be writing
another story, as there’s still no real proof that he wasn’t. Also,
Tony Mallia did say that he has been trying to prove that he was a POW,
which suggests that not everyone believes him
If
you’d like to get in contact with my editor, her name is Stacy
Jenkins. Her e-mail is sjenkins@hometownlife.com.
Thanks
again,
Sincerely,
Susan
|
| MALLOY,
JOHN EDWARD |
The
Villages, FL |
11/2008 |
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081110/NEWS/811101002/1002?Title=Bikers_turn_out_to_honor_veterans
Bikers turn out to honor veterans
By Nathan Crabbe
Sun staff writer
Published: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 12:52 a.m.
Nearly 1,800 motorcycle riders rumbled through Gainesville on Sunday to
raise money for veterans and establish a world record in the process.
Brad McClenny /Special to the Sun
....
The parade attracted bikers from across the state, many of whom were
veterans or had family connections to veterans.
Army veteran John Malloy, 67, was a prisoner of war in Vietnam and
today is part of the Village Nomads biker group in the Villages....
|
ACTUAL
RECORDS |
| Mancini,
Michael Dominic |
FL |
06/2005
07/2009
|
Claims
to be a retired U.S. Army Major General. First said that he was a POW in
Vietnam, then changed it to Korea.
Hint: Shouldn't lie to a REAL ex-POW.
----------------------------
On 14 JUL 2009 Michael D. Mancini contacted the Post
HQs of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, FL asking for access to the installation and
to use the VIP quarters. He claimed to be a retired MG. A Google
search was conducted because no one recognized his name. The Google
search brought up to the pownetwork where we learned he was a fraud.
During a follow up call, we confronted him with the info from this
site and he mumbled a few things then hung up.
Apparently he is still trying to pass himself off as a
retired General.
|
ACTUAL
RECORD |
|
Mangano, Angelo |
Gilroy, CA |
1998 |
Claims POW |
. |
|
Mankovitch, Donald |
. |
. |
POW, SF, SgtMaj, 101 Arbn, SS, PH |
. |
| Manning,
Wayne Paul |
WI |
08/2007
12/2007
01/2008 |
He
says he served 2 tours in name, 1st one for 3 months, injured and
returned to Nam when he was then shot down and held captive for 22
months in Laos. Has a VA card stamped POW.
Claims Vietnam POW (held in Laos 2.5 years) w/an
awarded purple heart (calf was shot off of one leg). He has a Boston
accent.
He is recognized in our area and is very vocal about being a POW.
He receives 100% disability from the VA. He was a gunny sargent in
the Marines when he left the service. He was a mechanic on
helicopters and his chopper was shot down over Laos and he was captured.
He was held for 2.5 years and was released after the others held by the
North Vietnamese were already home. That is the basic story he
tells everyone. He was supposedly part of secret mission ops that
took troops back and forth into Laos. That is the reason given so
far as to why he doesn't show up on any POW list. His call sign on
the helicopter was "Panama", if that helps at all.......
Wayne Manning, USN. Not sure of rank/grade but
he is in the Milwaukee VA hospital and claiming to be a former POW from
the Vietnam era. |
ACTUAL
RECORDS |
|
Mansfield, Robert |
. |
. |
Claims POW |
. |
| Marchese,
John James
DECEASED |
Garfield,
NJ |
08/2005
|
08/09/2005
Obit states:
John Marchese, 55 honored Green Beret...
Greene Beret 1966-1970; Three tours of duty; Three
months as a Prisoner of War; Silver Star; Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
"He told me the used to put him on a mattress and
give him electric shocks..."
"He was a POW and now he had cancer...same
determination that he handled the POW situation..."
|
(former?)
Commander, Garfield VFW Post.
Not
authorized Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart.
MARCHESE JOHN entered the Army in
March 1970 and got out 8 December 1976 during which time he served in
Vietnam with an MOS of 62F2O which was Crane Operator. DOB:
July 1950.
Discharged a PVT. Served in Vietnam from 2 Jul 70 - 21 Oct 71.
AWOL twice in 1976 w USAR.
|
Marchigiani,
Perry F.
aka Perry F. Slocum |
Yonkers, New York |
08/2006
12/2006
|
Has a New York
State Former POW license plate. He belongs to VFW Post 375 in Yonkers,
NY. He claims to have been held from November 15, 1967 to October 1,
1969.
Uses OBVIOUSLY falsified DD214.
|
NOT a POW.
ENGINEER - E6 AT discharge. Active Duty Feb 27 1967 to Oct 1 1969.
"ENROUTE TO USARPAC" 29 NOV 67. "ENROUTE TO CONUS 28 SEPT
1969" Units and assignments avail
for entire "captivity" time.
|
| MARDEN,
BRUCE JON |
Middleton,
PA |
04/2009
|
Annually
invited to VA POW/MIA recognition Day ceremonies.
Claims ret LT, MIA.
|
Served
Coast Guard and Navy. Discharged a SR/E1.
NOT noted missing, captured,
detained, hostage..... Has no Purple Heart or awards of valor.
|
|
Marinelly, Steven P. |
Branson, MO |
2000
06/2004
|
Within 1 hr of our arrival he
stated - "I was captured and escaped twice." Hands tied behind
his back, he escaped within hours - never reported - never debriefed.
Picked up and put back into another hot LZ. Claims 101 Airborne (101 C
Co 1/327 3rd Pl) Oct 67-68 yet had a WWII Army Airborne Glider
patch on his hat. Ribbons were on his hat upside down - he could
identify NONE. Of course, secret, covert missions, unknown drop areas by
black helicopters. He served while "Cam Rahn Bay was
overrun." Captured by the SVN Claimed shrapnel wounds - not
bad enough for PH (one day) but hospitalized. Next day he said it
was 60 or 90 days VN hospital for malaria. His PTSD made him forget his
commander, his men, those with him. By midweek - he was "lost and
missing for while" - not really captured. His wife of 4 yrs then
proceeded to a attempt to "reason" with me - "he and all
his men were captured - PTSD makes him forget" how can you be so
mean...... Business Card has him as "organizationalist" for
Christian Veteran's Revival "Branson Men's Fellowship, Revival
Fires Ministry and Church Army" "To Help the Homeless, To Feed
the Hungry, to Cloth the Needy"
ChristVetRev@ozarkpostal.com
2004 - now claims POW/Tunnel Rat
|
DID serve in
Nam. 21 Sept 67- 13 Oct 68
Mortar/Gunner
|
MARK
(last name withheld by newspaper) |
Ozark,
MO area |
11/01 |
claims
Special Forces, POW, Silver Star, 2 Bronze stars, 2 Purple Hearts,
"Special Forces Wings" - carried terminally injured buddy for 11
days - and "felt the confinement of a body bag. " "...
Over the three years that Mark remained in Vietnam......6 months spent
as POW, whole team captured, eleven escaped.... kept "5 to a cage,
sustained life by catching rats and an occasional snake...killed them,
skinned them with our bare hands and ate them....losing 99 pounds...225
to a gaunt 126."
Claims attended University of Texas (1968) and NFL draft pick for LA
Rams. |
Article in
PRIME TIME NEWS (Ozark, MO) by Mae Branaugh, November 2001.
POW/MIA
statistics not accurate either. (766 POW and 5,011 Missing
????????????????)
|
|
Marrero,
Fermijon
aka Fermiyon Marrero |
NY |
01/2011 12/2011 |
Wore one-star and the CIB, Master Jump,
Master Aviator, Pathfinder, Air Assault, Ranger, and Special Forces
Tabs. 75th Ranger regiment with an airborne tab for his deployment
patch, and his current unit was some ROTC unit".
Claims he was a Vietnam War Era POW of
18 months....
His card reads as follows:
Joint Services Military & Maritime C.H.S.
BrigGen.Fermiyon Marrero
Commandant
ACTUAL RECORD
Former Army General Will
Soon Move to New Rochelle
http://www.thedailynewrochelle.com/neighbors/former-army-general-will-soon-move-new-rochelle
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. –
Former United States Army General
Fermijon Marrero was a guest of honor at
New Rochelle’s Veterans Day service on
Friday. The soon-to-be New Rochelle
resident was a prisoner of war in
Vietnam.
Marrero still
remembers the exact days of his service.
He joined the Army on May 23, 1964 and
left on Nov. 22, 1987. Twenty-two days
later, he joined the Army Reserve, which
he left on May 22, 2011. .....
|
NEVER A POW =====================
As to Special Forces:
Fermiyon No..........
Steve Sherman sends
Snail Mail: 11715 Bandlon Drive, Houston, TX
77072
Phone: 281-879-5688
"The time has come to set the record
straight" -- Swiftvets.com
======================
This will come as no surprise to
you, but no one by the name of Marrero (or any spelling close to
it) was ever held as a POW during the Vietnam War. Often, some
of these wannabes claim something like "Oh, of course I'm not
shown on the government's databases because we were part of a
'black' or 'special' unit, operating behind enemy lines, secret
war in Laos, took away our dog tags and ID cards, claimed that
the U.S. would never acknowledge our existence if we were
captured......" and so on. Same stuff that movie scripts are
made of.
The trouble with that BS is that the
U.S. government database which includes POWs and MIAs is that it
DOES, repeat DOES, include the guys who are missing, or were
POWs, from all those "secret" units. Even units which were not
military. Eventually, these wannabes will be exposed, but it
takes folks like you to just keep digging and exposing. This is
exactly the kind of thing that vets groups and news media like
to expose, so I would urge you or your associates to keep
gathering documents, then share them with appropriate
authorities. Depending of the circumstances, this man may have
violated federal law. He certainly has violated the honor of
all those who have served in uniform.
LARRY GREER
Director of Public Affairs
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
|
|
Marsh, Larry |
San Diego
San Fernando Valley, CA |
POW, MOH |
. |
| MARSHALL,
CLAYTON |
FL |
11/2009 |
-
Claims Special
Forces in
Vietnam
and spent 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton
-
Made a model of the
cage he was supposedly kept in as a POW
-
He wears
paratrooper wings with star and wreath and POW ribbon, Silver Star,
Purple Heart.
-
His vehicle does
have a
Florida
“Disabled Veteran” license plate but not a FL POW license plate.
-
At 2008 Wreaths
Across America ceremony, he laid the POW/MIA wreath at the ceremony
wearing a green beret. 
-
At POW/MIA dinner
on
September 18, 2009
, he coordinated the entire event and was recognized by several
speakers as being a former POW.
-
He recently spoke
to a group of high school JROTC students and told them he had 74
kills in
Vietnam.
-
He is currently a
member of Florida Department American Legion Post 57 and serves as
the service officer.
ACTUAL RECORDS
|
I don't have a Clayton Marshall.
Having encouraged the demise of 75,000 VC/NVA should have made
some one take note, at least of all the ammo he expended.
"The time has come to set the record
straight" -- Swiftvets.com
|
====================
No man named Clayton Marshall 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 official list of all 3,797 MIAs (to include all POWs)
is posted on the Department of Defense web site at:
Mr. Marshall is not listed. He is a wannabe.
He owes you and all the members of American
Legion Post 57 an apology for lying to you. I think you
will find that when a man lies about something like this, he is lying
about a lot of other things as well. When his records are
returned from St. Louis (in response to the
Form-180 FOIA request), you will find that he did not earn the awards
and decorations he claims, that he was not a POW, and he might have
violated the Stolen Valor Act (Title 18, 2005).
If any of you wish confirmation of my observations, you
should call the Department of Defense directly.
Call Mr. Larry Greer, the Public Affairs Officer
during Washington, DC working hours at: 703-699-1169....
Sincerely,
Captain Mike McGrath, USN (Ret)
5 years 8 months POW in North Vietnam
Historian of NAM-POWs Corporation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
| Marshal(l)
Smith |
Oxford, GA |
04/2003 |
Claimed to be part of CIA team that rescued POW's all
over North and South Viet-Nam until he was captured and held for many
months until he escaped.
|
. |
Martin,
Blaine
aka
Martin, Wilford Blaine
aka Blane Martin |
Rogersville, TN
Charlottesville, VA
|
05/31/04
07/2007
08/2007
07/2009
|
06/2009:
"I was there when they trained the first SEAL teams. I was a diver.
I was UDTR. CVS 39. I was down at Little Creek."
States he was held in LAOS, not Vietnam. Claims he has
"never claimed" to be a POW.
160 of them all told held together. Government
denied "our existence" and no records can be located on
any of them. They made life hell for me and everybody in that camp
from 1965-1967. There were Japanese, and Germans, and Canadians,......
in the camp with us. Go Chow Long was the man in charge.
There was no river there. They hung me by my thumbs. I've had my
toenails pulled out. I had my fingernails pulled out.....
"I have no intentions of sending anyone my
DD214."
"If you want to call me a liar - use my
lies..."
"I don't deal well with others."
All this happened when I got out of the military, then
went back in, in 1964 - 1967.
=============================================================
Blaine Martin will be attending the Mother's Day Pow Wow, May 8 - 10,
2009
at Old Fort, NC, just east of Asheville.
http://www.tricities.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI%2FMGArticle%2FTRI_BasicArticle&c=M
GArticle&cid=1031775796707&path=Variables.path
Memorial Day Service
TriCities.com
May 31, 4:52 PM EDT
Brian Mills
News Channel 11
....Well on April 12 Th 1965 I lost my whole
team, yeah I remember them all.
Blane Martin spent the next sixteen months
as a P-O-W, squashed into in a bamboo cage not much bigger than himself....
The reporter states:
I guess he has a problem to confront at some point in his life ....or
may be he won't ...thanks for the heads up ...Brian
==============================================
2007 - Attended the Chambers Farms powwow where he
is a member of the Black Warrior Society. Martin presented the
"Buffalo Robe" to ANOTHER phony named Daniel Laws at the
powwow.
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."
When asked f he was a SEAL instructor, Martin said " I trained
Daniel." When asked what team he was with and he told me
UDT-12 1958 to Aug 1967. When asked what BUDS class he was in
- he changed the subject
Martin himself claims he was a POW in a bamboo cage
for eighteen months or that he was hung by his thumbs for two years in a
jungle prison or the story above in the newspaper.
============
Feel free to browse the phony list for:
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.
|
St.
Louis could not locate any service records with the identifiers
provided.
While evidence of LAWS service in the Army can be
located in preliminary searches, NO MILITARY service record has yet been
located for Martin.
==================================
Brian...I am retired Navy Captain Mike
McGrath. I am the Historian of NAM-POWs Corporation, a 501 (c)
(19) Arizonga not-for-profit veterans organization for the surviving
661 POWs of the Vietnam War. I am a two-time Past President,
and currently serve on the Board of Directors.
This guy, Blane Martin (mentioned in
your Memorial Day article) really pulled a "con" on you
and all the citizens of your community. He was never a POW in the
Vietnam era, never was with any one of us, the 661 who
survived. Department of Defense has no record of this guy in
this regard. You can verify this during Washington working
hours by calling Larry Greer, PAO for Defense Prisoner of War
Office, 703-699-100, ext. 1169 or go directly to the DPMO web
site for all 3,792 names of MIAs/POWs: http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm
Mr. Greer is copied on this message.
Con artists all over the country pull
this trick. Happened right here in Colorado two years ago at a
ceremony for the Moving Wall. I nailed the guy and we got him
front page coverage (as a fraud) ... the Rocky Mountain News.
I hope you do a follow-up story and nail this local con-man, Blane
Martin. He is just one of some 850 Phony POWs we track.
You can find a list of the Phony POW claimants at: http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies.htm
(I just checked...his name isn't in
their list yet, but I'll bet it will be, soon). I don't keep
lists, but POW Network does.
Happy hunting...and investigative
reporting.
Mike McGrath
5 years 8 months POW in NVN
www.nampows.org
==================================
2007
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
|
| Martin,
Irvin Lee |
Kentucky |
12/2004 |
Claims: POW in Vietnam. Wearing the AIR
MEDAL with V Device, PURPLE HEART. POW for either 2 years or 14 days (depending on
which story he is telling).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://richmondregister.com/articles/2004/06/01/news/news02.txt
....... Lee Martin, who was preparing to
come back to the U.S. when he was captured in
Vietnam, shared some of his experiences as a prisoner of war....
http://www.richmondregister.com/articles/2003/11/12/news/kit_carson_elementary_students-0.txt
News |
|
Kit Carson Elementary students participate in Veterans Day
ceremony
By Tonia Sexton
Register New Writer
Berea Community School celebrated the 50th
anniversary of Veterans Day with a tribute to all veterans who
work tirelessly to secure freedom for America and for others........
Vietnam Prisoner of War Lee Martin also talked
about being a veteran and his time in Vietnam. He said although
he was captured and held prisoner, he will never regret serving
in the military....
I was pinned under the
helicopter in a rice-patty field, Martin said. I was taken
prisoner for 14 months. ...
Tonia Sexton can be reached at tsexton@richmondregister.com.
|
|
Purple
Heart NOT authorized. NEVER a POW.
EXPOSED
http://www.richmondregister.com/articles/2005/03/22/news/news02.txt
Records show a supposed POW exaggerated story
A local veteran thinks his suspicions have been
confirmed after an open records request failed to confirm the accounts
of a Berea man claiming to be a Vietnam prisoner of war.
Irvin Lee Martin, who was awarded several decorations
for his service in the Vietnam War, has exaggerated his record in at
least two local speeches since November 2003, comparisons of Register
archives and military records show....
Letters to the editor after expose:
One from his wife on April 3rd saying that since he was only a POW for 14
days that it wasn't enough time to get in the records.....There were
2 letters supporting Martin in April 13th paper saying things like how
MEAN it was to expose such a FINE man.
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| Martin,
John Antonio |
Maryland |
06/2005 |
Claims "Major General"
John A. Martin, USAF, retired. Claims he was shot down over Hanoi, hurt
in the crash, and incarcerated in the Hanoi Hilton for about seven
months. He also wears the Silver Star.
RESUME:
United States Air Force.
July 58-July 73:
Assigned Air Force Logistics Command (Special projects, non-ferrous
alloys);
Developed solutions, etc. to problems with C5A wing extrusions cast at
USAF HVY PRESS MAT plan (KACC, Halethorpe, MD;
TDY to Turkey to resolve alloy problems on U-2 aircraft; Flew
missions for scheduled pilot over USSR and China; Re-assigned
USAF Directorate of Intelligence;
Commanded “Ravens”; Deputy Commander of all Special Operations;
Assigned DOD and appointed as Special Advisor on Air Intelligence to NSC.
Education:
1958-Johns Hopkins University,
BS Metallurgy
1963-Armed Forces Industrial War College
1967-American University, MA-International Relations/Geopolitics
1970- Air War College
Claims most of his colon is gone
- his physical problem allegedly related to his POW status.
Claims he cant talk about his
“assignment” (meaning the one where he was made a Major General)
Martin’s former Church has a
Veteran’s Plaque hanging on the wall. He is there, listed
as having been in Korea and Vietnam
Martin was ordained in the Episcopal
Church. No background check was done.
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In response to your question, we are
not able to confirm he attended AWC.
Sincerely,
HYLA V. PEARSON
Security and Policy Review
Air University Public Affairs
Maxwell AFB AL 36112
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From: "Yvonne Gobble"
<ygobble1@jhuadig.admin.jhu.edu>
Subject: john a martin
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:43:32 -0400
Good Morning! I am currently
looking for a record for John A Martin. We do have a student
by that name who attended until 1960. We have a DOB as May,
1924. I cannot find any documentation in my office to prove
that he graduated. I have ordered his transcript from our
archives which will probably take a few days to retrieve. I
will let you know what information I can find out about him.
Thanks.
Yvonne J. Gobble
Transcript Coordinator
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NO MILITARY
RECORDS FOUND
August 29, 2005
"...deposed and excommunicated from the Anglican Province of
America and the Diocese of the Eastern United States. Because of
your lies and the misrepresentation of who you are....
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| Maruna,
Willis D. |
Coalport, PA |
03/2002 |
Claims POW, claims shot down on Huey model
"ysnj" and held for a yr - 1968. Claims door gunner. |
VFW member |
| Marvicsin,
Dennis |
Tampa
FL |
1998
01/2005 |
Marvicsin,
Dennis J. Maverick: the personal war of a Vietnam Cobra pilot.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
p. 398-399. While Dennis Marvicsin was an Army
helicopter pilot in Vietnam, he was never a POW. |
Died
July 23, 2004. Obit reads: "He was one of the few POWs who escaped
from captivity during the Vietnam War..." |
|
Maughan, John |
GA - FL |
1999 |
Claims POW |
. |
Mauk, Joseph
aka Mauk, Joe |
Englewood,
CO, TX, OK |
#
07/2001 |
Claims POW 2
yrs, 4 months, 9 days. 5th and 1st SF. SOG. 11 Purple Hearts, SS, BS.
VFW Post 501, Denver, CO. Public Speaking claims includes USAF Academy,
the WALL, Schriever, Nellis, Pensacola, Fort Ord, and SCHOOLS. Member of
VVA, VFW, DAV, PVA. Claims Retired Special Forces Master Sgt. |
EXPOSED
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Mazzuca, Richard P. |
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2 x POW |
Never
in Vietnam - In CA TN DC IL PA ICELAND! |
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