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.

THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR
NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00 each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined (up to $10,000) and jailed (up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought, sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 150 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.

 

The names listed have made VARIOUS or multiple claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE. 

 

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Name                                    Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
Haas, Roger Lewis 05/2005
09/2006
Vermont Roger L Haas
Rank:  E-5 Staff Sergeant
Service:  Air Force
Status:  Veteran/Prior Service

Self Description: Currently living in upstate New York. Have been retired since 1983 because of wounds received in Korea. Belong to, and am active in many veterans organizations. I have a large collection of Air Force patches, medals, uniforms, insignia, wings, and you name it. The collection has been displayed at West Point, FDR home and many other places. I have a wife Marilyn and one daughter Elizabeth who has given us 3 grandsons.
Served 01 1953 to 02 1956. Discharged as Private due to unsuitability. He was a "Drivers Helper (MOS 60310)"
at Lackland AFB TEXAS.

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Haas, Roland 09/2007 . Roland Haas, the author of a recently published book entitled “Enter the Past Tense: My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin.

My story has been vetted by a number of official sources!  I have now been invited by the Department of the Navy to present an address about my story from the deck of the USS Brady [sic],…”.  The complete text of Mr. Haas’ message can be read at:  http://groups.google.com/group/alt.war.vietnam/msg/6c50e1350e960e9c )

If you check appropriate Navy records, you will discover that he was expelled from the Navy ROTC program at Purdue University in the early 1970s as a consequence of a criminal act. 
 
If his story about his alleged career as a CIA “hitman” were true, which it certainly is not, Mr. Haas would be, by his own admission, guilty of multiple felonies - violation of Executive Order 12333 and Congressional proscriptions against assassination, fraud, perjury (in his employment applications, in his background biographic forms required for seeking security clearances, etc), multiple tax violations (says he never declared his alleged "compensation" from the CIA), and God knows what else.
 
Mr. Haas is a GS-14 Department of the Army civilian employee at the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) at Atlanta, GA.  He openly calls his employment with the USARC a "cover assignment." 

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Mr. Haas,

One does not need detailed knowledge of how our intelligence services operate to recognize that your story is nonsense.

 

Any reasonably intelligent, moderately well-informed person who is willing to remove his or her ideological blinders and examine your story with a little common sense and logic should be able to recognize it as the fiction that it is.

 

In the 2 Sep 07 note cited above you wrote:  "The Agency has since (within the last 4 weeks) come out and admitted that it did indeed use targeted killings.  This was also reported in the Washington Post. The Agency is releasing this info they call 'the family jewels.'"

 

Mr. Haas, what is the date and headline of the Washington Post article you refer to?  A Google search of the Internet and a search of the Washington Post on-line archive using two combinations of keywords "assassin CIA" (without quotes), and "targeted killing" CIA (with quotes), yielded only four items published in the six weeks before you wrote the above sentence:

·      A transcript of an interview with NY Times correspondent Tim Weiner about his book "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA", which is critical of the CIA;
·      This blurb about a movie: "'Hitman,' adapted from the hit video game "Hitman: Codename 47," stars Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, a genetically engineered assassin who works for a shadowy agency called, of all things, the Agency."
·      This blurb about the book "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Bantam, $7.99), by Robert Ludlum: "A master assassin renews his struggle against an international terrorist."
·      This blurb about a movie based on Ludlum's book: ""The Bourne Ultimatum." Hyperkinetic thriller -- gloriously dizzying and paranoid -- is a stunning finale to the Bourne trilogy ("The Bourne Identity," 2002; "The Bourne Supremacy," 2004, PG-13s), updating Robert Ludlum's Cold War novels to the terror-tainted present; Matt Damon, as amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne, gets to the source of his identity and why most (but not all) CIA higher-ups want him dead. Violence approaches bloody R levels in bone-crushing fights, lethal gunplay; foot chases, car chases are breathlessly shot and edited and could induce motion sickness; mild profanity. High schoolers."

 

A Google search on the keywords "CIA's family jewels" yielded a keyword-searchable 702-page collection of CIA documents made public in June 2007, that has been described as "the family jewels" and appears to be the "jewels" you referred to.  If so, I believe you have misrepresented the contents of the "family jewels" collection.

 

The collection describes shopworn allegations by various journalists and wannabes that the CIA uses political assassination as a weapon and that Operation Phoenix during the Vietnam war was a CIA-run program of political assassinations.

 

Far from the CIA admitting, as you wrote, "that it did indeed use targeted killings," in 1972, the then Executive Director of the CIA, William E. Colby, with concurrence of the then Director of CIA, Richard Helms, wrote that he could say under oath that:

"a.  CIA does not and has not used political assassination as a weapon.

"b.  Operation Phoenix was run not by the CIA but by the Government of Vietnam, with the support of the CORDS element of the U. S. Military Assistance Command in coordination with several U. S. agencies including CIA.

"c.  Operation Phoenix in not and was not a program of assassination."

 

Mr. Haas, I have been unable to find any authoritative reference that, by any stretch of imagination, could be accurately characterized as a report by the Washington Post--or any other publication--that the CIA "admitted that it did indeed use targeted killings."

 

In the same 2 Sep 07 note, you wrote:  "My story has been vetted by a number of official sources!"

 

Mr. Haas, specifically what "official sources"?

 

Also on 2 Sep 07, you wrote:  "I have now been invited by the Department of the Navy to present an address about my story from the deck of the USS Brady, a cold war era destroyer."

 

Mr. Haas, specifically which office of the Department of the Navy extended the alleged invitation?

 

Specifically, when and where will you present your story?  On the deck of which USS Brady?

 

The National Association of Destroyer Veterans has posted on its website what appears to be comprehensive lists of every US Navy destroyer ever commissioned.  See the links at
http://www.destroyers.org/shipinfocenter/destroyer-info-ctr.htm.  I did not find any vessel named USS Brady on any of these lists.

 

Or, is it possible that you have been invited to present you story on the deck of the starship U.S.S. Brady, NCC-71500?   See description and photos at http://members.aol.com/Griffworks/Brady.html.

 

On 2 Sep 07, you wrote:  "I am also slated to speak at a number of other high military venues, something that would not be happening if my story were a lie."

 

Mr. Haas, specifically what "high level military venues" are you slated to speak at?  Also, dates and locations, please?

 

On 2 Sep 07, you wrote:  "Finally, I have made it clear that I stand ready to testify before both the Senate and House Select Committees on Intelligence."

 

Mr. Haas, you might wish to be careful what you wish for.  Those fellows customarily place witnesses under oath.

 

On 2 Sep 07, you wrote:  "Both the Department of the Army and my command are aware of my book, have read it, and a number of general officers and current and/or retired CIA personnel have gone out of their way to get autographed copies."

 

Mr. Haas, do you mean to imply that the Department of the Army has endorsed the content of your book?

 

If so, specifically, what reviewing authority signed the memorandum of record stating that "This manuscript has been cleared for open publication and unrestricted distribution."?

 

Also, since you seem to imply that "a number of the general officers and current and/or retired CIA personnel" vouch for your story, please name them.  Every retired CIA officer I know is convinced that your story is false and that you are a pathetic armchair wannabe.


Additionally, they are disgusted that you have smeared the reputations of the thousands of authentic members of the clandestine services who have dedicated their lives and talents in service to our nation during the 30 years you claim to have worked for the CIA.

 

On 2 Sep 07, referring to the alleged "number of the general officers and current and/or retired CIA personnel" you wrote:   "I believe that their knowledge of me and current operations is a bit more credible than yours would be, considering you base your 'judgments' on 'one of his friends'.

 

Mr. Haas, I don't know the person to whom you addressed the foregoing comments, but I have more than forty years experience in various intelligence assignments and disciplines at home and abroad.

 

Based on my experience, I believe you are a fraud.  However, I will happily reconsider my opinion if you can provide verifiably accurate answers to the questions I posed above.

 

Vo Danh

Habeck, Jeffrey L. 10/2005 WI
http://www.vva.org/TheVeteran/2005_07/taps.htm

Jeffrey L. Habeck died October 7, 2004, in Shawano, Wisconsin. He was born November 11, 1956. Habeck was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Shawano Chapter 206.

 

To the Editors of the VVA:

Was there an error made on Mr. Jerry L. Habeck's birthday year? You stated 11 November 1956

We pulled out troops from Vietnam in March 1973. Mr. Habeck would have been 16 years old in March 1973.

Are you saying he fought in Vietnam at the age of 16?

Thank you.

LTC (Retired) Pat Maness
US Army
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He served April 8 74 to May 21 85. Discharged Army, Spec 5.  Served in GERMANY.
Only award noted is ARCOM for 1981.

Haberman, Phil Jason

09/2005

10/2005

04/2006  

10/2007

 

Claims residency in
Las Vegas Nevada ,
Key West Florida as his home of record,
while residing in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
2006 Claims Florida, MacDill area.

You have to read it for yourself


http://kristenrhoad.livejournal.com/
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jan. 27, 2007

WOMAN ORDERED ARRESTED OVER BLOG EXPOSING EX-HUSBAND’S MILITARY FRAUD

A California woman who posted information on her blog exposing crimes and military fraud by her ex-husband was charged with contempt of court by a Florida judge on January 25, 2007 for refusing to take it down. A warrant was issued for her arrest.

Kristen Rhoad, of Chula Vista, California, had previously been accused of domestic violence and cyberstalking because of her blog, The Rhoad Warrior (http://rhoadwarrior.blogspot.com/), by Phil Haberman, her ex. On September 7, 2006, Judge Robert B. Bennett Jr., of the 12th Judicial Circuit for Sarasota County, ordered Rhoad to "remove or cause to be removed all blogs, e-mails or other web-based communications" about Haberman. Rhoad, believing her First Amendment rights were violated, has not complied with the order.

Haberman was first profiled in the media by the Dallas Observer on September 1, 2005. An article entitled "G.I. Jerk–Haberman claims he fought with Special Forces in Iraq, but he’s about as real as Rambo," cast doubt on Haberman’s story of military accomplishments and Iraq war injuries.

Haberman was next profiled on Lovefraud.com, a website based in Atlantic City, NJ, that teaches people how to recognize and avoid sociopaths. In a story posted in November, 2005, Lovefraud published Rhoads’s contention that Haberman married her simply to collect more money from the military. (http://www.lovefraud.com/03_trueLovefraudStories/Phil_Haberman_military_fraud.html )

Articles disputing Haberman’s military claims were also posted by the P.O.W. Network, which has been unmasking false military credentials since 1998, and by Greensickle.com and the Irritated Vet blog, both written by military veterans.

Judge Bennett refused to admit Rhoad’s evidence that her allegations were true in the Sept. 7 hearing. His order, issued in Sarasota family court, demanded that all these websites take down their information about Haberman. "I don’t know how you go about doing that, but that’s going to be required," Bennett said during the hearing. Lovefraud.com published an extensive story about Bennett’s initial ruling. (http://www.lovefraud.com/03_trueLovefraudStories/Phil_Haberman_cons_legal_system.html )

Creative Loafing, an alternative weekly newspaper in Sarasota, published a story about the controversy on January 24, 2007. Legal experts cited in the Creative Loafing article said that Bennett’s ruling probably violated the First Amendment.

http://sarasota.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A112941

For more information, contact:

Donna Andersen
donna@lovefraud.com
609-945-1384

10/18/2007
........ currently stationed (As of 18 October 2007)  at MacDill AFB in Tampa, FL as part of the Joint Communications Support  Element (JCSE).

 

Hackworth, David . numerous http://www.slate.com/id/2381/

http://www.slate.com/id/2381/sidebar/51012/

http://www.slate.com/id/2381/sidebar/51014/

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.NOT a Ranger
Hale, James M . Las Vegas NV

CLAIMING PURPLE HEART(S)
VFW - EXPOSED

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Hall, Clifford R. Clayton County GA 01/2004 Claims Korean War  POW - NOT held in a camp, captured by Chinese forces at the Chosin...when the guards got drunk, escaped and walked back to friendly forces....  Returnees from Korea (public record): Cornelius Hall; Edgbert Hall; Franklin Hall; James Hall; Lewis Hall; Robert Hall; Vaughn Hall; Warren Hall; William Hall; Saylor Hall.  
EXPOSED -  January 15, 2004 - News Daily, article "Sheriff Candidate POW Claims disputed" by Tamara Boatwright".... "when offered an opportunity to clarify his claim......if he was in fact a former Korean POW, he replied, 'I don't want to talk about it.'"  http://www.news-daily.com/articles/2004/01/15/news/news2.txt

NPRC 
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An extensive search of each record source and alternate source has been conducted. However, we have been unable to to locate any information that would help us in verifying military service.
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Hall, Freddie Lee 12/2007 .
In this case, uniform doesn't make the man

A defendant in court claims he's an Air Force colonel, but officials disagree

A Virginia man could face federal charges of impersonating military personnel, thanks to a state Highway Patrol trooper who spotted inconsistencies with the man's uniform.

The man, Freddie Lee Hall of Chesapeake, Va., had come to the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield on Monday for charges in connection with an accident he was involved in over the summer. He was wearing what appeared to be the uniform of a military officer, said Trooper D.W. Green.

After the wreck, the trooper who responded had told Green, Hall said he was a colonel in the Air Force, that he was on leave from Iraq and had flown missions while overseas. When Green saw Hall Monday, he immediately knew the man was an impostor.

"The rank he was wearing would not be used by any member of the armed forces," Green said. "The uniform did not have a nametag or wings on his uniform [signifying his flight experience]. He had no ribbons or medals. Also he was indoors, and he was wearing a hat.

"The only time you wear that [inside] is when you're reporting for pay."

Green, who has 27 years of military experience as a member of the National Guard, contacted Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, which sent three officials to the courthouse to check out Hall.

By the time they arrived, Green said, Hall had partially changed out of the uniform and was wearing a gray sweatshirt.

When he went before a judge on the charges related to the accident, he asked for a continuance. When he did so, he was asked to confirm that he was a member of the military, including his rank, and that he was on leave from Iraq. He said yes to all.

Air Force officials interviewed Hall, but Green said they were unable to charge Hall with impersonating an officer under the Stolen Valor Act because some of the criteria were not applicable.

Hall was charged by Smithfield police with misdemeanor possession of stolen property. When the Air Force officials went to Hall's car to see the uniform, Green said, they learned that both his license plate and the car he was driving had been reported stolen.

He was taken to the Johnston County jail but made bail Friday, jail records show.

Green said FBI officials are now looking into possible federal impersonation charges against Hall.

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Hall, Stephen 
aka Steven Austin
aka Bionic MC
TX 04/2007

Stephen Hall,  (real name?) aka Steve Austin (current name?) aka Bioniq MC (stage name: hip-hop artist/rapper)

Claims being a Recon Marine.  Made SSgt in 4 yrs, etc.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/04/marine_austin_bioniq_070419/

Corps questions rapper on alleged Marine past

 
By Kimberly Johnson - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 25, 2007 5:34:36 EDT

Budding Dallas-based hip-hop artist and Billboard Music chart topper Steve Austin says a lot of things in his past have shaped his “banging beats,” most notably his time in the Marine Corps.

With the April 24 release of his new album, “800 LB Gorilla,” it’s a subject the former staff sergeant, who now is known as the Bioniq MC, was only too happy to talk about with Marine Corps Times. “My music is a mirror image of my soul and the life experiences I have gone through,” he said in a press release sent to this newspaper, offering to speak “about how being in the Marines influenced” his music.

He said he was inspired to join the Corps by two uncles who were leathernecks — one killed in action, the other wounded — and a need for some grounding in his young adult life, the self-proclaimed high school valedictorian said in a recent telephone interview.

“I had a lot of abilities and succeeded at a lot of things, but when adversity would come, I would often take the easy road out,” said Austin, whose real name is Stephen Hall, according to the New York-based American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers.

The only problem is, the Marine Corps has never heard of him.

A search of Corps personnel records based on his real name, given service dates and ethnicity, turned up dry, according to one Marine official. “No one matches the Stephen Hall with whom you’ve spoken,” he said. A representative of the National Personnel Center in St. Louis — the clearinghouse of service records for all services — also found no record of the singer’s time in the Corps, or in any other service.

After the initial phone interview, Marine Corps Times made numerous attempts to contact the performer through his publicist for clarification about his claimed prior service — all of which went unanswered. Austin refused to provide any information that would substantiate his claim or assist in a military record search, such as his date of birth, the date he entered service, where he went to boot camp or the last four digits of his Social Security number.

In addition to that, Austin’s story could not be substantiated with the unit he claimed to serve with, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion. First Sgt. Carlos Sepeda, who has been with the unit for more than a decade, could find no record of Austin.

Sepeda added that Austin’s claimed rank would have been difficult to achieve after four years in the active duty, which is what Austin claimed. “It would be hard; I’ve never seen it,” he said. “Most staff sergeants have eight or more years before they’re in the zone.”

During the phone interview, Austin said his tenure as a Marine was “four and four,” referring to four years’ active duty, followed by four years in the Individual Ready Reserve. He said got out of the Corps in 2000 as an “E-6.”

When asked about his prior Corps service, Austin quickly parroted the recon mantra: “swift, silent and deadly.” While he was shy about giving much detail about his duties there, he did say he was a war veteran and served with his unit in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

He said he decided to go recon because of the challenge, he said. “I’m going to go where they need the highest scores, the most fitness. I’ve always been driven to do the best. It gave me fortitude. I knew when I went in and got out that I could do anything.”

In the meantime, his career has been on the rise. His new single, “Bussa Move,” is listed as No. 8 on Billboard’s R&B Hip-Hop Single Sales. The Dallas Observer has dubbed him the city’s Rapper of the Year.

Sepeda, the first sergeant, said he was concerned at the idea of someone masquerading as a former recon Marine.

“We take the Marine Corps very seriously, especially the recon family,” he said. “For someone to say they were there” — and not be — “it’s very disturbing.”

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Hammer, Lawrence M. . FL/GA/TN Claims Medal of Honor, Navy SEAL. Has allegedly continued to tell his tales to woo woman, ruin their finances and gain VA help. Is said NOT to possess a valid Drivers license - driving 1999 Green Dodge Ram Sport Temp FL plate 3B7HC13Z. Has been reported as violent. Claims to have appeared on THIS OLD HOUSE.... May have outstanding warrants.... http://www.homeofheroes.com/herobill/index.html
Hammons, Edward Lee 07/2006 SC

Aiken Standard
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Hammons is charged with Violation of the Oath of Membership of the Marine Corps League. The letter alleges that he "did present a DD-214 for proof of service that was not valid."  The DD-214 is a form issued by the Department of the Defense, showing the date of a serviceman's discharge and whether the discharge was honorable or not.

The second charge against Hammons is Violation of Oath of Office, which alleges he was pictured on the state Marine Corps League website wearing a staff sergeant's uniform with a Bronze Star Medal with a single star. According to the charges, "this is fraud given the contents of your DD-214, which indicated that you were a private when discharged, having never been awarded a Bronze Star."

The final charge is Conduct Unbecoming a Member or Officer of the Marine Corps League, alleging that Hammons asked a representative of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains, a Philadelphia-based foundation, to re-type and sign a letter Hammons had written to recommend him for re-election as State Commandant.

"We do our own investigation. It's done thoroughly, and it's done fairly,"  Voltaggio said.

Hammons, meanwhile, maintains that the allegations are part of an orchestrated attempt to discredit him on the eve of the state Marine Corps League convention, when he was to offer for re-election as State Commandant. Instead, he has stepped down from that post and will not be allowed to attend this weekend's convention in Greenville.

"That's why all this stuff is coming down from National because they want to make me look as bad as they possibly can," Hammons said. ....."

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Hancock, Horace Henry 10/2006 .
Horace Henry Hancock
Horace Henry Hancock
Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Lt. Cmdr. Hancock, 89, passed away in September 2006. He served in World War II on the USS Enterprise, the USS Yorktown, the USS Lexington, and his last service before retiring, on the USS Randolph. He was a congressional medal of honor recipient, and served in the Navy for 25 years.
Horace is survived by the mother of his four children, F.V. Hancock-Smith; his children, F. Sharon Church of Kernersville, Wayne T. Hancock of Texas, and Patricia Ann of Georgia; and half-brother, Bobby Hancock of Florida. He was preceded in death by a son, James Michael.
Lt. Cmdr. Hancock, born in Southerland, FL, is buried in the U.S. National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL, with military honors.
Published in the Charlotte Observer on 10/26/2006.

http://www.legacy.com/Charlotte/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=19724742

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Hanson, Vernon D. . . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman...  RET "VFW Field Rep for Membership Development Dept of FL"
Hardy, George . . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman...  WALMART security .
Hargrove, Robert C.

aka B.C. Hargrove
aka Bob Hargrove

 

. Bellevue, WA

Los Angeles, 
CA

Hargrove has presented himself as a Vietnam vet Army captain since1975.  He claims he served with U.S. Army units in Vietnam;  68 1 CAV DIV and  68 1/9 CAV 1 CAV.
Claims helicopter pilot;  Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Warrant Officer with Field promotion to Captain. Claims helicopter extractions of Special Forces Team in Cambodia.
Applied for Life Membership In Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Assoc in 1995. Refused to provide and documentation - membership was revoked.

NO records could be located at the St. Louis records center.

Hollywood Producer
http://imdb.com/name/nm0362986/

Harkin, Sen Tom click for the entire article -   http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_155912.html

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Then there's Harkin's military service. In a 1980 book, "Changing the Guard: Power and Leadership in America," published by Simon and Schuster and written by David Broder, "Ace" had this to say: "I spent five years as a Navy pilot, starting in November of 1962. One year was in Vietnam. I was flying F4s and F8s on combat air patrols and photo-reconnaissance support missions. I did no bombing. I don't know what I would have done if I had been ordered on bombing missions. But I did no bombing."

In 1984, Sen. Barry Goldwater wrote to the Des Moines Register saying, "I have seen the Navy record of Mr. Harkin, which is in the public domain, and there's nothing to indicate he ever flew in combat, or even in Vietnam. In fact, the only decoration he lists is the National Defense Service Medal, which was awarded to everyone who served his country during a given period of time."

Tom Harkin was fascinated by the military. In 1979, he suggested in the Congressional Record that our national defense should include floating MX missiles on barges on the Mississippi, solar-powered cruise missiles and coal powered attack submarines.

And "Ace" Harkin claimed that he had never bombed.
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Harrelson, Edward A.

. . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... Navy Cross - convicted felon EXPOSED, Stolen Valor .
Harrell, Anthony 02/2007 Myrtle Beach, SC
Victoria TX
Las Vegas, NV

CLAIMS

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Harris, Clifton Eugene 03/2004 . Claims youngest Korean War POW, triple Purple Hearts, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross and that he was on the cover of Life Magazine when he and the other POW's returned to the U.S. .
Harris, Solomon . . SEE  last name SOLOMON .
Hart, Richard A. HI/CA 05/2005
Taken from the The Honolulu Star-Bulletin on the Web
Obituaries
Saturday, July 12 and Monday, July 14, 1997 
Richard A. Hart, 76, of California and formerly of Honolulu, died July 4 in Spring Valley, Calif. He was a retired air traffic controller and a captain in U.S. Army Air Force. During World War II he was shot down over Germany and was a prisoner of war for 343 days. He was awarded the Medal of Honor with three oak leaf clusters. Inurnment services with military honors: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl.
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Harvel, Harvey W.

Harvell, Harvey W. Jr.

aka "Country"

 

Tulsa, OK 11/2005 Claims: initially claimed he spent two tours in Vietnam.  He revised his story and now claims he served one tour as a helicopter door gunner with 1056 confirmed kills and to have had his chopper shot down on several occasions.  

He also said his DD-214 is being kept at his older brother's house, so he couldn't show it.  He also said he had a IV-A selective service designation when he got drafted.  

Class IV-A:
Registrant with sufficient prior active service or who is a sole surviving son.

He has the routine of a traumatized war veteran down pat.  He tells people of his friend who died in his arms and is very convincing, even shedding tears
during bouts of his "PTSD flashbacks"..... drunk, raving, and crying.  

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His older brother said he'd never even served in the military, much less in Vietnam and there is no DD-214.  "There should be a special place in Hell reserved especially for the phonies feeding off the misery or honor of others."

Oklahoma Department of Corrections website -  Birth Date: 09/17/1954 ...... OCDC # 477906
http://docapp8.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=477906&offender
_book_id=279186&imageindex=5
   
  

DON'T MISS THE PHOTOS!!

Hatcher, Gerald C.
aka Joshua Hatcher

aka Gerry Hatcher  

 

CT 12/2006 Claims Navy Seal, has a secret Navy Cross earned during Desert Storm for breaking the Republican Guard. Awarded the Navy Cross by George Bush Senior. 
Claims that he had the Navy create a false DD214 when departing the service to protect his identity and allow him to pursue life as a musician instead of what he did as a SEAL.  He claimed that after Desert Storm he was assigned 5 different identities for security reasons.  He claimed the two names he has now were also Navy driven. 
He claims he left the Navy as a Commander (officer), even though he started out enlisted before finishing high school. He claims he was a Tactical Warfare Officer in the Navy.  Claims he graduated from BUDS. 
He claimed to be sniper trained in the Navy. Takes sole responsibility for having found Sadaam Hussein. 
Claims attended the Naval War College in RI 9/1985-6/1987  --  Special Warfare and Counter Intelligence.  Young graduate- top 5th percentile.
Claims martial arts expert- Japanese styles of classical aikido, ninjutsu, swordsmanship with Shodan rankings. Other modern styles including SAFTA and specialty weapons- Expert rankings.
Claims he speaks Japanese, Spanish, American Sign Language.
Now claims to be a weekend warrior with the FBI.

works for   http://www.bigskyfitness.com/

 

In Navy as an E-5 Musician (Trombone Instrumentalist).

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If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL database for anyone named GERALD CURTIS SHAPRUT. Be aware that I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed service with the SEAL Teams, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that GERALD CURTIS SHAPRUT has NEVER completed SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a US Navy SEAL or UDT “Frogman”. Please be aware that the SEAL database includes the names of all men who served with the Underwater Demolition Teams (“Frogmen”). Since 1983 when the UDTs were all re-commissioned as SEAL Teams it has been the convention within the Naval Special Warfare community to use the modern term “SEAL” when referring to all men who ever served in any of the SEAL ‘precursor’ units.

The guy is using at least two (2) identities (although Gerald Curtis Sharput is his legal name)… and has apparently used more.

Very 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

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HAUSE,  LAWRENCE  R 02/2008 Fort Myers, FL Claims to have been a Marine Recon during the Vietnam War.   He claims he was wounded in action.  He shows a blurry DD214 in a video
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Oldmarine/30C68C672C794F04BBB053311BF88B1B/accusations.aspx

The DD214 can not be read but it's clear there are that are missing in his DD214 ....

His claims have been challenged.  You can see them here:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/AztecSGhost/3DDFFECA68D1493DA636B130FC7518A1/evidence-showing-oldmarine-was.aspx

and here:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/AztecSGhost/1CBCEEC301C1465D99FE52A61415FC0C/oldmarine-s-satirical-appology.aspx


Here's a video of Mr. Hause wearing a cap with military insignia:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Oldmarine/AFE668172EE049088C28A1CEF89FC380/newmajority.aspx

and here:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Oldmarine/D50CCD0777C547FDB219B855657FB08D/gamers-channel-dumped-.aspx

This video is from Mr. Hause claiming being wounded in action:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/Oldmarine/B0E0054CD2FF42ECB5E00F4914C4665C/viet-nam-6-cont-.aspx
Actual records

Hawks, _____ Master Chief 09/2004 Cave Creek Claims  Master Chief. Navy SEAL and  Claims Medal of Honor. He claims he got his medal because of a black ops mission. He claims he got his medal in Granada.   .
Hayes, Brian M
aka Michael Hayes
05/2007  
Brian Hayes did pass the Q-course and served as an SF officer for about 10 years before being medically discharged in 2001. He went to work for DHS and then started to defraud the DHS by faking deployments overseas. 
He then faked two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, bought a phony Masters degree to get a promotion.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vae/Pressreleases/04-AprilPDFArchive/07/20070417hayesnr.pdf

EXPOSED AND CHARGED

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Hayes, Gerald Leroy . . Plead guilty in 1999 to wearing a bogus/replica  Medal of Honor. Anaheim, Pomona, San Jose, Lompac, Tustin, San Diego CA. 2 yrs probation $250 fine and NEVER AGAIN WEAR A MILITARY MEDAL. .
Hayesser, John 03/2007 Shawano, Wisconsin
Attended the Shawano County Fair  -  VFW Beer Stand this past fall.  Shawano, Wisconsin.
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The stories he told at the fair - he had them down and very believable, welding on a oil rig at night, snipers shooting at the welding ark, he's can't sleep at night (P.T.S.D.). He is the best wanta-be I've run into and the 1st from the Iraq war.
He must have a very low tolerance to beer or he's smoking some really wild stuff !
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Mrs Hayesser's didn't know where all this was coming from. She does have a son by the name of John, he was never in the service much less in Iraq, unless their is someone else out there with the same name.
Heath, Thomas . Victorville, CA

CLAIMING COMBAT STATUS

Served in Germany, not Vietnam, Not Airborne (Supply Clerk), NOT combat wounded) - blind but drives, wheelchair bound but walks. Gets VA disability.
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Hegyi, Gregory F 12/2002 Chicago Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

Claims Army Warrant Officer, helicopter pilot, assigned to SEAL TEAM Nam 65-66 and 70's. POW for 10 days after SEAL team insertion/chopper shot down. Rescued by USMC 2/5.

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Hendricks, Richard G

aka Hendrix, Richard Garl

01/2008 .

Claims to have been in Special Forces, wounded so badly that he was in a body bag and because his last name was Hendricks, a black service man opened the body bag he was in and saw his hand move, saving his life.

Claims retired Colonel.  Claims Purple Heart.  He claims to have been in the Kentucky National Guard. 

His rank of "Colonel" was obtained by paying for a certificate from the State of Kentucky as a Kentucky Colonel.  Claims of having been in the Kentucky National Guard - no record of him there either. 

Actual Records

Hennis, Coy W. 04/2004 NC CLAIMING PURPLE HEART(S)
State Inspector for the State Dept. HQ/DAV of North Carolina -  DAV's top recruiter, former state commander, current state inspector, Commander of his own local Chapter, high ranking Masonic Lodge Member etc.

"To the astonishment of many of our chapter members Mr. Hennis went on to state that anyone can wear any medal of the armed forces whenever and however they felt like it. Mr. Hennis even went on to state that he wore the Congressional Medal of Honor upon his jacket and had photographs to prove it. He even displayed the photographs .... in front of all in attendance. Mr. Hennis then stated, “There isn’t anything wrong with it either.” When told  “Sir I disagree with you it is a violation of Federal Law!”  he replied, “We won’t go there.”

Authorized medals: WWII Victory Medal; Korean Service Medal w/3 BS; UN Service Medal; Good Conduct w/1 SS; National Defense Service Medal w/1 BS; Korean Presidential Unit Citation; Sharpshooter and Marksman.

Hennis was a supply clerk. E-7 at discharge.

NO MOH and NO Purple Heart.  NO Vietnam service.

Friend of above noted  (exposed fraud) WALTER SAMS.

Photo:  http://www.dav.org/MEMBERSHIP/index.html

Henze, David 08/2007 . Hensey claims to be the worlds greatest SEAL. Lots of "secret" and "still classified" crappola as well as various and sundry current "missions" for "The government". Actual records
Hernandez, Augustine 
aka Gus Hernandez
07/2007 CA

http://losangeles.fbi.gov/pressrel/2007/la062107a.htm

MAN WHO POSED AS MILITARY GENERAL WITH PHONY RIBBONS CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT

         A Montebello man who misrepresented his military service by posing as a U.S. Army General and recipient of the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the Silver Star, was due in court today to face federal charges of violating Title 18, U.S .Code, Section 704 and 702; the unauthorized use of military Medals or Decorations, and the unauthorized use of the Uniform of the Armed Forces.   Augustine Hernandez, 76, of Montebello, was summoned to appear in court Wednesday but did not, due to a medical condition which left him hospitalized, according to a family member.
                 According to a document filed in support of these charges in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Hernandez was observed and photographed
wearing the uniform of a Major General of the U.S. Army while attending a memorial ceremony in Montebello, California.  The ceremony was held in December 2006 to posthumously honor Guy Gabaldon, a U.S. Marine who was awarded the Navy Cross.
               The charges allege that Hernandez wore ribbons on his uniform during the ceremony, including the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.  
            Members of the military community who attended the ceremony became suspicious of Hernandez’ uniform and ribbons and hired a private investigator to investigate whether or not Hernandez was misrepresenting his military service.  The private investigator subsequently shared evidence with the FBI indicating Hernandez had never attained the rank of General and had never received the awards for which he wore ribbons.   An FBI check with the Federal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri containing Hernandez’ official military personnel folder revealed that Hernandez was honorably discharged by the U.S. Army in 1954 as a Private, First Class, and contained no record of Hernandez having earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star or the Purple Heart.    
            The Silver Star, the fifth-highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the U.S. Army, is a service medal and ribbon authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States in December 1942.  

            The Bronze Star, the tenth-highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the U.S. Army, is a service medal and ribbon of the armed forces of the United States, authorized by President Franklin Roosevelt under Executive Order 9419 in February 1944.   
           The Purple Heart is a service medal and ribbon of the armed forces of the United States awarded in the name of the president to those who have been wounded or killed while serving.  
           Hernandez is scheduled to be back in court for a continuance of his hearing in August 2007.  If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum sentence of one year in jail and other penalties.  
            This case was investigated by the FBI in Los Angeles and St. Louis and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.   
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Date: August 17, 2007 9:16:50 AM PDT
 
Gus Hernandez appeared in Federal Court yesterday and pled guilty to all counts of impersonating a military officer, wearing the uniform of a military officer and wearing the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart without authorization and without being awarded those medals.  He also admitted that he did not receive a battlefield commission and that his award certificates are bogus. He admitted that his highest rank was a PFC in the Army.
 
Gus was sentenced to two years probation and a fine of $270.00.  The U.S. attorney asked for a $2,000 fine and community service but the judge was lenient because of Gus' age, apparent ill health and his being destitute. He was unable to pay the fine and was given one week to pay.
 
The FBI is shipping Gus's confiscated uniform, medals and ribbons to their Washington D.C. office where it will be included in an FBI traveling display and will be taken across the country for exhibit.  The FBI hopes to deter others from similar illegal acts.
 
The judge opined that the shame and humiliation was sufficient to deter Gus from repeating what he has done.

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Hernandez, Trino

deceased

. 06/2005
Trino Hernandez

WAUKESHA - Trino Hernandez, 80, of Waukesha, was promoted to glory Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Trino served as a decorated Private First Class in World War II, having been awarded the Medal of Honor  the Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Medal He was employed at International Harvester for 33 years before retiring in 1977. Trino was an avid bowler and a dedicated volunteer, having delivered for Meals on Wheels for eight years. He was a life member of Soat-Vergenz Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.721.......

......Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Jan. 8, at the Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave. There will be a VFW service at 6:15 p.m., followed by a 6:30 p.m. parish vigil service. Services continue Wednesday, with closing prayers at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home and then to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian burial. Burial with military honors will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association or to the Wisconsin Veteran’s Home, Highway QQ, King, WI 54946, would be appreciated.

Trino’s family would like to extend their greatest appreciation to the staff at the Wisconsin Veteran’s Home in King, where Trino had been residing for the past eight years. The care Trino received was exemplary and the staff is to be commended for their compassion and caring attitude....

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Herran, Luis E. 03/2007 Miami, FL Claims to have been a member of the Army Rangers.  Claimed to have seen combat in Grenada and traveled the world.

ACTUAL RECORDS and more

 

 

 

 


LESS THAN 6 months service. No Ranger, or overseas duty etc
Hersey, Merrick 12/2007 . http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,159069,00.html
Man Guilty of Lying About Service
The Columbian  |  December 28, 2007

A 64-year-old Vancouver man pleaded guilty Dec. 27 to using an altered military discharge certificate to secure pension and medical benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Merrick Hersey never served in the military and never received medals as he claimed, according to a news release from Emily Langlie, spokeswoman for the Western Washington U.S. District Attorney's Office.

Hersey used his false application to secure benefits totaling $2,687, Langlie said. Hersey is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Strombom on March 21.

He was charged as part of "Operation Stolen Valor," an investigation into fraudulent claims of military service.

According to the plea agreement, Hersey filed a falsified military service discharge certificate and application with VA in February 2005 to qualify for benefits. He claimed he was unable to work due to post-traumatic stress disorder sustained during military service.

The falsified military discharge certificate claimed he was on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps from June 1967 through April 1968, that he had been awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star Medal and that he had received an honorable discharge.

The Bronze Star is awarded to service members for valor or for meritorious service. The Purple Heart is awarded to Soldiers, Sailors, Marines or Airmen wounded or killed in combat.

Use of an altered military discharge certificate to obtain benefits is punishable by up to one year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine. As part of his plea agreement, Hersey agreed to pay restitution, Langlie said.

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Heyward, Kevin   . 03/2005
12/2005
Claims NAVY SEAL Worked for SEOS Ltd, Orlando, Fl
HICKS,  MARK EDWARD Winterhaven/Lakeland FL 04/2008 Claims Special Forces Sniper, Ranger, Diver MORE
Hicks, Robert Wayne . . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... you wouldn't believe us if we repeated his tales....Claims 100% disability for wounds, 4 Purple Hearts .
Hieatt, William Brad
aka Hieatt Jr., William Brad 
aka Hieatt, Brad
aka Dennis
Kentucky, Tennessee 01/2003

Multiple reports through 2004

CLAIMS OF VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT
Claims: Captain in the United State Marine Corp; was shot down while performing the duties of a helicopter pilot in Vietnam; worked as a CIA agent while "In Country"; numerous medical operations due to his nature of illness’ and injuries sustained while in combat in Vietnam; cold sweats, severe headaches during the night and other sleep disorders due to Agent Orange; VA  refused to assist him in anyway. Seen wearing  the Capt.’s insignia, Vietnam Veteran, along with other patches representing his Vietnam tour, on his Rolling Thunder vest.

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Date 06/18/2001 62245 PM Eastern Daylight Time

 From 2drifter@bellsouth.net (2drifter)

..... My name is Brad Hieatt usmc 69 73 3rd maw vmhl 367 snakes......

 William Brad Hieatt

THE STORY

DD214

Military records

From the Mrs.

Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Subject: State Director TFO Tn
...  Let it be known, that I, Fred M. Raney have accepted the duties as Tn State Director of Task Force Omega at the request of Brad Heiatt, former Tn State Director, due to personal reasons. I shall serve this office in an interim capacity until next elections are held.
       Very respectfully,
       Fred M. Raney USN (ret)

10/30/04: Please note that Brad Hieatt is no longer a member of Rolling Thunder.  He was removed from membership of Tennessee Chapter 3

Hinojosa, Fortunato  Jr. . 05/2006
04/2007

Posts on FreeRepublic.com

Claims to be a former Ranger class 13-87. Claims to have fought in the Battle of Mogadishu.

His profile can be found here. http://www.freerepublic.com/~speedaddiction/

Class picture is found here: https://www-benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/photo/13-87.jpg

He claims:  "There are two black guys right behind the class sign. Go up three from the black guy on the right and over one to the right. 
I am in the olive drab jungle fatigues."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/
1637096/posts?page=39#39

REAL RECORDS:  http://mysite.verizon.net/res6rexj/busted/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=178708

 

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:48:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nato Hinojosa <natonator2000@yahoo.com
Subject: Apology from Fortunato Hinojosa III

Sirs,
 
I submit this apology to your site and to all Rangers and combat veterans I have surely offended by my actions and claims.  On various site on the internet and to several people I met I claimed to have been assigned to 3rd Ranger Battalion and to have fought in Panama and the Battle of Mogadishu.
 
These were nothing less than lies.  While I did serve in the US Army (1988-1991), I was a 31K (Combat Signaler) and was not even Airborne Qualified, let alone a Ranger.  I served during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, but was not in the theater, I was in Korea assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Signal Battalion at Camp Colbern.  Before being shipped to Korea I served 11th ADA Brigade at Ft. Bliss, Texas
I cannot apologize profusely enough to the men who did live through the deeds I lied to have been a part of.  Because of my job (I own a business) I interact with many veterans passing through, usually make it a point of conversation.
After being exposed as a fraud, I had an encounter with a vet.  It was somehow liberating to state what my service consisted of and not claiming any heroics.  In the long run, being busted is a good thing.  I only hope that the men I have offended, can find it in their hearts to forgive my transgressions.
Thank you,
 
Fortunato Hinojosa III
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:02:50 -0400
From: 
Subject: Lies continue
To: info@pownetwork.org

That letter was dated 18 July 2006; however, he continued to write lies about his military record after providing you with this letter of apology.  In the following posts as Speed_Addiction on the Cycleforums website.

“I already put my time in the Army, Dude. I was in Iraq the FIRST time we went there.”
09-12-2006 01:20 PM

[And then with regard to PFC Tillman being killed by friendly fire] "In a confusing situation like that, Rangers identify themselves by shouting, "Rangers!" or "Rangers Ho!" 11-09-2006 05:50 PM

In the first post he claims to have been a Desert Storm veteran, which is a lie according to his DD-214, and his own admission.  In the second post he is attempting to pass as someone knowledgeable about Ranger combat operations, without actually saying he's a Ranger.  This is a violation of the spirit of the agreement not to post lies about his military record, especially coming from someone who was court-martialed and then dishonorably discharged.  The details about his deceit can be seen at the attached web site.

http://www.cycleforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=263509&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

Hinsch, Rodney Lee 07/2004
03/2005
04/2008
NAPA, CA Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...
Don't miss this wonder boy. Click  for claims and actual records

Here we go again:
http://www.thejournalnet.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=113&ArticleID=49703

"His" uniforms and misc memorabilia are prominently displayed at the Indiana World War Memorial Museum in Indianapolis.

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Hires, Billy R. Sr  12/2002 . Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...

Member of Florida AL Post 272
Claims Army 64-67, 
Claims to have been a tunnel rat
Claims CIB, Silver Star, 2 Purple Hearts
Claims Special Forces
Claims worked in the Pentagon

Actual Records 

Hoke, Robert F 05/2007 FL, TN, MD, PA Claims Navy SEAL, Medal of Honor, Navy Cross,  retired Oct 2006 as E-9 ACTUAL RECORDS
Holben, James Michael 12/2005 Akron, OH CLAIMS: 

James m Holben
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Military.com member since 2002
Service: Marine Corps
Status: Retired Military
Rank: E-5
Location: OH , US
Bio: not available
Interests: not available
Conflicts & Operations: not available

He claims to have served 28 years in the Marines. He claims 2 tours in Vietnam. He claims 2 Purple Heart among other decorations.  
No way he could have served 2 toured in Vietnam at his age. He also states that he served in the 1st Gulf war.

Records from the Akron Ohio Clerk of Courts that indicate Holben was arrested in Akron numerous times between Sept 1989 to March 2000.

ACTUAL MILITARY RECORDS


EXPOSED 

on myfoxcleveland.com 02/26/2007

http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail
?contentId=2507331&version=1&locale=EN-US&
layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1