Heroes or Villains?

INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

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

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Reported Claims of:
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 and more.

APOLOGIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Individuals reported as of 01/2012
CLAIMS AS NOTED 
#  =  on list over 15 years

All claims highlighted in lavender may be eligible for prosecution under U.S. Code Title 18  or under the  STOLEN VALOR ACT signed into law Dec 20, 2006.

Note: The names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple claims
that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE. 

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.
All names are first checked here  http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ if POW claims are made. 

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 ( The maximum fine for a criminal offense is $250,000, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 3571(b)(3) ) 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 84 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.
 

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Name                                          Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
ABAL,  JOSEPH A 04/2011 FL CLAIMS AND TRUTH .
Abbate, Steven 05/2004  . Claims Medal of Honor, black ops.... works with another of questionable claims and character - PISTILLI - as Sensei. Deceased 2007
Abbondanza, Sgt. Major Ralph 09/2010 NY

We have an upcoming "mission" to honor a Marine who is said to be a Navy Cross recipient, however, I can not find any information about this individual at all.  Is there a way of corroborating his being awarded the Navy Cross?  His name is Sgt Major Ralph Abbondanza and he is said to be a survivor of the Bataan Death March.  He passed away in New York. 

 

I did a quick check of our database at http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/.

I didn't find any awards for a Sgt. Major Ralph Abbondanza. Our database should include citations for higher awards like the Navy Cross, although there is always the remote possibility that there is an error. I myself can't find a Navy Cross award for the sergeant major although I hesitate to say its impossible.

 

 

Marine Corps Silver Stars and above are very easy to track, thanks in large part to the great efforts in the 1950s of Marine Corps Historian Jane Blakeney. Vietnam War Marine Corps awards are a little “iffy” but with the help of numerous friends, we’ve pretty well completed that listing, so I would estimate our database of Marine Corps Awards of the Silver Star and higher exceeds 97% completion, and that our Military Times database is at or near 100% complete for Navy Crosses.

I have run multiple checks of our database including alternate spellings of Ralph Abbondanza’s name, and come up with NOTHING. I am convinced that he is NOT a recipient of the Navy Cross and it is extremely doubtful that he has a Silver Star.

Further, I checked his name against the NARA database of Japanese World War II POWs (as a Bataan Death March Survivor), he would have been a POW. While the information in that NARA database is not as complete as the Military Times Award database, it is pretty close. There is no record for Mr. Abbondanza in the NARA Database which you can access at: http://aad.archives.gov/aad/index.jsp  This at least, makes his Death March Claims suspect as well.

Sincerely,
Doug

 

 

ACTUAL RECORD

 

After much though and much loss of sleep, I have determined to reach out to have history and honor corrected.  Mr.  Ralph Abbondanza is a man guilty of Stolen Valor.

After just having the gut feeling after hearing about this man’s record but then after personally reviewing his NP553 and seeing how he himself has added the Navy Cross & Silver Star, has put me in a very uncomfortable position. I have spent many hours researching online his name and the ship he was assigned to (LSM-190, which was hit by a kamikaze and sunk, weeks before the Japanese surrendered the War). It is apparent Mr. Abbondanza could have never been involved with the Bataan Death March and most likely never a POW. Although this man has managed to get himself appointed at a President of a Brooklyn chapter Of the Ex POW and even get his name and story on the WW2 Memorial down in DC.

I have spent the weekend in many conversations with high ranking members of the FDNY who treated this man like the hero they thought he was, they have included him in trips to Walter Reed and other hospitals as well as introductions to High ranking Generals, The FDNY feels personally betrayed and embarrassed over this situation as well.

This is also a man who claimed to have been offered a CMOH but turned it down for actions in Vietnam; he also claimed to be in Korea. A man who claimed to be a Marine for over 30 years, but was only a Navy Sailor for 3.5 years. A man who has befriended Gold Star Parents introducing himself as a Command Sgt Major.

Mr. Abbondanza it seems took advantage of the loss of military record in 1973 by falsifying documents as well as fabricating stories and has even managed to receive pensions for injuries which may have occurred during his POW story according to people that have befriended him over the years.

For Marines such as Jordan Haerter who earned the Navy Cross and for soldiers such as Francis Michael Bania who had to endure the cruelty of the japanese this must all be made right.

F.

Abbott III, Marshall Rand
aka Randy Abbott
05/2005

05/2010

Carlsbad, Oceanside CA  Claims he was issued the Medal Of Honor for some type of mission that had nothing to do with any type of conflict or war.  He works at Weseloh Chevrolet,  right next to a Marine Corps Base.... he says this to Marines so that they will like him, and so they will buy a car or truck from him.

Claims RECON Marine, based at Camp Pendelton.  Claims he is a paratrooper and has over 10,000 jumps, [highly unlikely, that would be 3 jumps a day every day for like ten years.]  Claims he was an instructor and jump master.
He uses these stories to get sympathy and financial assistance. He is now in a wheel chair from numerous back surgeries,  He has had several ( 3 separate women)  domestic violence charges against him in the past ten years in San Diego County. He also claims he was a hit man for the most prominent outlaw motorcycle club in the west.
 

ACTUAL RECORDS
Abel, Warren Douglas
aka "Doug"
05/2007
02/2008
05/2009

09/2010

Cincinnati, OH

Lancaster, Ohio

Claims Capt, USAF, Special Forces. Claims Sniper with work in Cuba, Osuth and Central America.  
 
2009-   in Cincinnati, with a big horse boarding and training facility still playing the role of Captain in the Special Forces, PBR Bull Riding Champion, and former big executive with Southwest Airlines.

2010- The latest is that he was a hit man for a motorcycle club out West. Also still reliving his grand and glorious military days as a sniper, special forces guy.....still spinning his story.

Served USAF Jan 23, 1984 - Feb 28, 1984. No military education, no awards or decorations.

Worked for SW Airlines as  a ramp agent (baggage buster) from 2002-2004.

Aben, David Maurice 07/2011 NC Claims CWO3, Navy Seal. Has SEAL license plate. Has been seen wearing a SEAL ball cap. He claimed that he was injured in a helicopter crash.

 

 

http://www.theapexherald.com/view/full_story/9919042/article-Police-reports

......and David Maurice Aben, 55, of Apex was cited Sept. 27. Charges in the incident were assault inflicting serious injury and assault with a deadly weapon. .....

 

 

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. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed as a service to the public, and in honor of my fallen SEAL Teammates… 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 (SEAL Teams and predecessor units from 1943 to the Present Day) for anyone named DAVID MAURICE ABEN. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable.

 

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be evidence in the form of court documentation) since his claimed participation in SEAL training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that DAVID MAURICE ABEN has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL, a Navy UDT “Frogman”, a member of any Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), or a member of the Naval Amphibious Scouts & Raiders (S&R).

 

Many SEAL imposters when confronted with the information I have provided will resort to claiming that their records are sealed, burned or their SEAL Operations were Classified and that there are no official records of them.

Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully complete the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training program and then the follow-on secondary training program. The names of all those who successfully graduate from that training program sequence are compiled in the SEAL database. Later participation in classified operations has "no impact" on whether or not a person is listed as a graduate of the training program.

 

There are records of every man who has qualified for the title of “SEAL”; there have been and will continue to be secret missions, but there are NO secret SEALs.

 

Once again I must stress that although I am a US Navy veteran, and a former SEAL, I am a civilian performing in an entirely unofficial role. I strongly recommend that you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr. DAVID MAURICE ABEN's claimed SEAL credentials. To do so you may contact the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego by calling (619) 522-2823, or you may contact the FOIA COORDINATOR at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego, California, and submit a formal FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT inquiry in writing addressed to:

 

Commander

Naval Special Warfare Command

FOIA Coordinator

2000 Trident Way

San Diego, CA 92155

 

Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please contact me at your convenience.

 

Respectfully,  Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO.

Owner http://www.extremesealexperience.com/

Acel, Stephen  02/2004 . Claims SEABEE, Vietnam Vet  "12 years in the fleet and 14 years as a Sea Bee."   Uses ANYONE'S actual service as his own from vets posted chats and profiles on AOL
 
Online known as Gsmythy02@aol.com .  

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

St. Louis MADE A POINT to note: Service in Vietnam or in its territorial waters is NOT 
a matter of record -- [CLICK blue text FOR RECORDS.
]  Claims 100% PTSD - VA has no records of care/disability.
ACHAVAL,  MARIO OSCAR 08/2011 TX
Subject was arrested in San Antonio w/out incident. No further details.
ACORS,  LLOYD ELVIS 08/2008 . THE CLAIMS ACTUAL RECORD
ADAMS, DWAYNE  E 05/2010 TX  While serving in the Texas National Guard while attending college in Austin Texas in 1996 - the Airborne Infantry LRS unit   was forming up an Airborne Task Force in order to participate in an extended Annual Training exercise in Australia known as "Operation Tandum Thrust, '97".. The Texas National Guard called upon Airborne qualified volunteers throughout the state ranks to Augment our unit and double it's numbers to fill out the 200 plus troopers required for the mission.   Well, one of the volunteer augmentees was an  Army Major by the name of Adams.  He stated that he had served with the Ranger Regiment in active duty Army. While in  uniform in the fall of 1996 at Camp Mabry - he wore SF and Ranger tab with Jump wings,  pathfinder and possibly halo wings..

The unit conducted Airborne refresher training and a  proficiency jump at Camp Swift Texas in  1996  and several soldiers were injured on the jump. Rumor was that MAJ Adams was one of them. The following month, we
 learned from our Company Commander  that an investigation revealed that MAJ Adams had in fact never
 been to Airborne school at all, and had fabricated his records.

So, in fact, that bad jump was his only jump and the results were  a broken leg for him. My commander actually briefed the entire task force formation of the situation and suggested that MAJ Adams  was likely to be discharged from the Army. He also stated that  MAJ Adams had worked in a personnel records assignment at some
 point while he was in the Active Duty Army (before joining the reserves or national guard - whichever he was in when he tried out for the task force) and that while he was serving in the military records assignment - that he had fabricated his awards. 
 
 "Dwayne E. Adams" with pictures and all  is now  being investigated for accusations of stealing $200,000 from Bexar
 County (San Antonio, Texas) Democratic Party while serving as the Treasurer in 2009. If you read one of these articles you see that his attorney notes his service in the military and his status as a  war veteran. It seems that an image of military valor is being misplaced upon him again. 
 
ACTUAL RECORDS

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re: RANGER TAB

I did not find a green card on Adams, Dwayne E. I searched the 70's-today.

RLTW
 
RTB

 

ADAMS, REGAN

aka Wolf, LtCol Warryck Regan Lee

aka: Warryck-Regan Lee Wolf

aka Lt.Col Warryck Wolf

MAY ALSO BE USING TAMMY LYNN ADAMS (ALTHOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HER MOTHER)

01/2011

04/2011

05/2011

11/2011

 

SC CLICK for the tale .
ADAMS, RONALD  L 06/2008 LEXINGTON, KY

New Miami, OH

Hamilton, OH


CLAIMS retired, or honorable discharged Marine.
Claims he was shot.. that's what ended his military career or he'd have gone on to be a merchant marine.
Claims his date of birth is 23rd of April 1970, born in Kentucky and his parents were Ruth and Eddie Adams. 
  Seriously believe he is 57-60 yrs old.
Claims he receives a monthly military pension.
Claims  moved into Hamilton to be closer to the hospital. 
Claims many health problems with his back and knee.
Claims he was shot in the knee while serving in Iraq in the early 90's.
Claims he served during the Desert Storm conflict and he says he was shot there and received a Purple Heart.
ST LOUIS COULD LOCATE NO MILITARY RECORD.
ADAMS,  SEAN STEPHEN

aka yamahaki

01/2012 KY Adams claimed to be a PJ. He has also claimed to be a factory Race car driver and more.

http://www.timetechtalk.com/forum3/18630.html

SAYS IT ALL!

NO SEAN ADAMS is listed as a graduate of USAF pararescue training.
Adams, Terry Lee  04/2003 Memphis, TN Thrown out of American Legion - conduct VERY unbecoming - accused of theft and worse by Legion members. Claims black ops in Laos, found himself zipped "in a body bag".  Claims Marine D.I. Caused problems at WALL with Family member and USMC..... Now raising money to send items to troops in war. If prior alleged conduct repeated, troops may never see a thing.... 
Campaigning for STATE positions in both Legion and VFW (5/2003)

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

NO RECORD of Vietnam Service. Record of "AdminClkCrs - 1970"
Aderholdt, Troy J.  04/06/2010

CO

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Agioto, Joseph Anthony
aka Agiato, Joe
2000
2005 YET, AGAIN
Florida Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 
 
SEAL, Police officer


 Note USMC logo on shirt.

Served from April 1958 to January 1960. Records indicate no SEAL training. Rank at discharge "FA".

 Coral Springs Police state also "impersonated a police officer"

AGRO,  LES

aka Leslie Agro B

12/2010 SC

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/dec/13/riding-toward-healing-and-peace/

UPDATE: Summerville man admits to fabricating story

Riding toward healing and peace: Gentleness of horses helping wounded Gulf warrior

By Schuyler Kropf
skropf@postandcourier.com
Originally published 12:00 a.m., December 13, 2010
Updated 11:57 a.m., December 14, 2010

Editor's note:

Les Agro, the Summerville electrician who claimed to be a member of the Navy's elite SEAL commando team and a participant in the 1991 liberation of Kuwait, and whose story was featured on the front page of the Dec. 13, 2010 edition of The Post and Courier, admitted Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, that his account was false.......

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Man's military story turns out to be untrue
Charleston Post Courier
"If we knew why, we'd be rich," said Mary Schantag, a founding board member of POW Network, which strives to keep military records accurate. ...
Ahnefeld, Clarence Rollin  05/2011   Claims NAVY SEAL sniper.  Claims he wakes up throughout the night due to nightmares about all the death he's encountered. He tells employers the same story and he claims that he was severely wounded around December 2009 and that he recovered for about five months after.

 

Emacs!NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND

 

 

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. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed as a service to the public, and in honor of my fallen SEAL Teammates… 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 (SEAL Teams and predecessor units from1943 to the Present Day) for anyone named
CLARENCE ROLLIN AHNEFELD. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable. In point of fact the last name AHNEFELD does not appear anywhere among the 17,600+ entries in the SEAL Database.
 
Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be evidence in the form of court documentation) since his claimed participation in SEAL training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that CLARENCE ROLLIN AHNEFELD has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL, a Navy UDT “Frogman”, a member of any Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), or a member of the Naval Amphibious Scouts & Raiders (S&R).
 
When members of the Naval Special Warfare community meet others who claim similar service, but whom they do not recognize, there is a conversational exchange of information that establishes the bona fides of each to the other. There is no set formula for this exchange, nor for the information that is exchanged, but it ALWAYS takes place, and the REAL Naval Special Warfare members can ALWAYS spot an imposter as a result of this exchange. If Mr. AHNEFELD persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions:
 
-Since there is no listing in the SEAL Database for the name you are currently using, WHAT NAME DID YOU USE during SEAL training?
-What was his Training Class Number? (No SEAL ever forgets his class number, and there are no secret classes)?
-Where did his training take place? (Training has been conducted at several locations over the years; different portions in different places)?
-When did he graduate from SEAL training? (i.e. a specific graduation DAY/DATE)?
-Which SEAL Team(s) did you serve on, and when?

 
The answers to those questions are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request. Asking him these questions will make it very clear to him that you are not only informed on the subject of Navy SEALs, but that you are aware of the truth regarding his fraudulent claims.
 
Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully complete the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training program and then the follow-on secondary training program. The names of all those who successfully graduate from that training program sequence are compiled in the SEAL database. Later participation in classified operations has no impact on whether or not a person is listed as a graduate of the training program. There are records of every man who has qualified for the title of “SEAL”; there have been and will continue to be secret missions, but there are NO secret SEALs.
 
Once again I must stress that although I am a US Navy veteran, and a former SEAL, I am a civilian performing in an entirely unofficial role. I strongly recommend that you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr. CLARENCE ROLLIN AHNEFELDÂ’s claimed SEAL credentials. To do so you may contact the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego by calling (619) 522-2823, or you may contact the FOIA COORDINATOR at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego, California, and submit a formal FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT inquiry in writing addressed to:
 
Commander
Naval Special Warfare Command
FOIA Coordinator
2000 Trident Way
San Diego, CA 92155
 
Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please contact me at your convenience.
 
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
Defense Analyst – Soviet Threat specialization 1981-1993
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org - Webmaster
Author - "NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters"
AHSON,  JEFFREY  R 12/2008 MI
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Obituary Review

AHSON OBITUARY/Ellis

JEFFREY AHSON, NAVAL ENSIGN, DIES AT 79

By Paul Ellis


KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Jeffrey R Ahson, a native of Chico Calif, died yesterday at his home due to emphysema at age 79.
"Ahson was a genuine American hero," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeraldine Fyfe.
Mr. Ahson was promoted to ensign after his display of bravery at the Battle of Midway. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Cross for crossing the burning deck of the USS Emery to pull four wounded sailors and a wounded gunner to safety followed by manning the gunner's seat and shooting down three enemy fighter planes.
After retiring from the military, .....
-30-

This same one keeps cropping up…TOTALLY BOGUS.

First of all, if this was a 2008 death, and subject was Age 79, that would make his year of birth 1929. The Battle of Midway was June 4 – 7, 1942…Ahson would have been 13 years old at the time….

I don’t know why, but this guy keeps cropping up.

 

Sincerely,

Doug

 

C. Douglas Sterner

3111 Thatcher Ave.

Pueblo, CO 81005

(719) 564-1755

 

Aimetti Americo "Rick" 04/2010

09/2010

Long Island, NY

Posted a Facebook profile photo of himself which shows him wearing US Navy LT choke white uniform.  Aimetti is not and never was an officer in the Navy.  He served aboard USS LIBERTY for less than 18 months before he was honorably discharged in 1968 at enlisted rank of E-2.  30+ years later during the late 1990's/early 2000's, he somehow managed to get a VA doctor in Long Island willing to sign off on medical forms that he was "injured" during the LIBERTY's bombing by Israel, and was awarded the Purple Heart at that time.
 
  
Aimetti lives in Long Island and is a New York regional director with the USN Sea Cadet Corps., a youth program sponsored by the Navy League of the US and funded by Congress.  Although the Navy authorizes adults in the sea cadet program to wear certain USN uniforms when instructing cadets, the dress white chokers that he is wearing below are NOT authorized.  Furthermore and MOST IMPORTANTLY, wearing of any USN uniforms MUST BE CLEARLY INDICATED OF US Naval Sea Cadet affiliation by the wearing of 3" x 4" shoulder patches on both shoulders to prevent confusion with actual Naval officers.  As you see, Aimetti has posted a photo (below) with these patches either whited-out or absent to give the appearance that he is an actual Navy officer.
 
Rick Aimetti - Facebook.com profile page photo.

 


Came across this video on youtube about the USS Liberty. The person making the video interviews a one Americo Aimetti about his first hand experience during the attack. Thought you might find it interesting. Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecvPvYtEYDI

If you input his name into the search you will also find a few other videos with him. One I think Is a radio interview. ...

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Americo Aimetti is listed as the CO of NEW YORK (LPD-21) Division, US Naval Sea Cadet Corps. The photo of Aimetti on the web site shows the NSCC officer cap device and the rank insignia on his shoulder boards appear to be NSCC; the star for an unrestricted line officer is replaced with the same NSCC insignia as the cap device.  I do not recall Full Dress White being authorized for NSCC use. If it were, it would require shoulder patches and NSCC buttons.

The photo isn't large enough to tell if he has NSCC decorations included with his Navy decorations but I think the first ribbon in the bottom row is the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. If he left active duty in 1970, he would have been just at the start of the second eligibility period?

Akers, Shawn Paul 03/2006
09/2006
10/2007
Missouri Claims: 
  • SEAL, BUD's class # 118 (ironically also the first numbers on his license plate)
  • partial name change (last name he was "allowed" to keep, had to change first, middle. Will tell only a woman he marries what real name is) Mom, family had to adapt to calling him by "new" name. Also claims he "died" at one point in order to go totally covert in foreign country, family was informed of "death" and later resurrected with new ID.
  •  DOB change (got to pick his new birthday upon discharge)
  •  SS# change (upon discharge, along with partial new identity)
  • was member of DS-12, and Black OPS, answered only to CIA and President Clinton. 
  •  removed from active duty when he was shot during covert ops
  • allowed to return to ailing mother after being shot in head in secret location overseas
  •  DOES carry military photo ID in wallet, has faded DoD sticker on vehicle, no vet plates, DD214 nowhere to be found. Claims he hand-carried his military discharge papers to Pentagon to be sealed up. DOES have formal Navy picture with Stars and Stripes, presumably enlistment picture.
  • claims requirement to go to local VA hospitals once a month for updated shots, blood tests, visits with former commanders to check on his "welfare", since SEALs do not get therapy. Just in case he's ever reactivated. Commanders fly in special for him.
  • Uncle is Lieutenant Commander and is now mercenary only. Uncle got him into BUD's, by-passed basic training. He never had to serve on board a ship.
  • Currently armed to the teeth.

2007 -    Claims continue - and "armed to the teeth" confirmed 

 

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ALBERT, JACK  . .

WAS RETURNED TO THIS POSTING AFTER NEW CLAIMS WERE REPORTED 04/25/2005

The rest of the story
Albritton, Stephen Travis 06/2009 Perry, Taylor County, Florida
CLAIMS: Navy Cross, Bronze Star w/V, Prisoner of War Medal, Combat Action Ribbon with TWO Gold Oak Leaf Clusters.

Claims E-1 to a WO 1 in less than four years.

Claims Medically retired,. WO 1, 2nf Force Recon

                

Mypace
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=98576238

"As for meger acopmlishments I served six years with distinction and pride. I have been in three sepreate occursions of war, buried six friends, and brought them home to their families. I have a navy cross the second highest award in this country. A bronze star with combat v. a prisoner of war medal, combat action ribbon with two gold oak leaf clusters, I jumped through the ranking system from being a lowly e-1 to a WO 1 in less than four years...unheard of. Seeing how you know all about reconnisance then I suppose you were out there scouting the lines for your branch risking friendly fire."

ACTUAL RECORDS

Alexander, Kenneth 05/2010 CA

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=80981

and, the de-bunking…

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/05/marine_alexander_post_050710/

Fighter’s Marine record exaggerated in print

By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday May 8, 2010 9:49:36 EDT

When former Staff Sgt. Kenneth Alexander stepped into the mixed martial arts cage Friday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., he did so after acknowledging only days earlier that he looked the other way when details about his wartime record were embellished.....

.This is finally coming full circle now. The news agency posted their revision:  http://www.news10.net/sports/story.aspx?storyid=81102&catid=3
ALLEMAN,  STEVE "IRA" 01/2011 AZ Claims .
ALLEN, JOHN-DAVID 09/2010

06/2011

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Claims Awards:
Distinguished Service Cross, 2 Silver Stars, 2 Legions of Merit, 2 Bronze Stars with a "V" device, 4 Purple Hearts, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, 4 Meritorious Service Medals, 4Air Medals, Joint Service Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal with gold star, Vietnam Service Medal with 4 stars, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Emirate of Kuwait), Gallantry Cross with Palm, Combat Infantry Badge ....
 

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/06/20/2067460/bartenders-can-be-combat-veterans.html

It took decades for the effects of war to catch up with John-David Allen, down at one end of the bar this afternoon, relaxed and chatting. If anyone appeared to have come through three tours in Vietnam and one in the Persian Gulf unscathed, it was him: He retired as an Army colonel in 1995 with the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars and four Purple Hearts. Five years after he left, he started having flashbacks......

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Allinson, Harold "Cherokee"  03/2006
09/2006
KY Claims Special Forces, turned down the Medal of Honor. MORE
     

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