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 12/2011
 CLAIMS AS NOTED 
#  =  on list over 14 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 120 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.

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Name                                          Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
Arender, Loyde "Snake"  09/2007

05/2009

 . http://www.combatwife.net/mmsnake.htm


http://iwvpa.net/arenderlp/index.php


http://semperfiheart1.homestead.com/Words.html


http://members.tripod.com/snake_arender_usmc/CryingInTheRain.htm


http://members.tripod.com/snake_arender_usmc/Words-From-The-Heart_index.htm


http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=700019815&tstart=0&mod=1190206393457

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From: Loyde P. "Snake" Arender

Dear xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I sincerely appreciate all the time, dedication, and work that you have devoted to our fellow 3/26 Marines and Corpsmen over the years, so I wanted to contact you first regarding our 26th Marine Regiment websites which have somehow been destroyed / deleted from the internet by "unknown parties".

Although I can not absolutely prove who deleted our websites, I personally believe that the deletion was done by former xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I know for a fact that the "two of them" had both my Bronze Star Medal with V and Purple Heart Medal "revoked by the (Acting) Secretary of the Navy B.J. Penn with help from xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  cronnies at IGMC (Inspector General Marine Corps)".

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "used us as cannon fodder in the minefields of the Batangan Peninsula in Quang Ngai Province" and I TOLD Him so back about 2005.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, I am sorry that our 3/26 websites have been deleted.

Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful, especially to My Friends)

Loyde P. "Snake" Arender

 

 

 

 

As of 03/30/2010 - Mr Arender has failed to surrender/return to Quantico, the awards/medals that were rescinded by the SECNAV as he was requested to do by same SCNAV.

 BS and PH are bogus. In 2009 the awards were rescinded after an investigation by the Sect of the Navy that took several years and included testimony from his commanding officers and the men he served with.

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He is former 3/26 Vietnam Marine who has a very creative imagination.  Bad paper did not preclude his being hired as a Monroe LA policeman. 

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07/01/2009

To those who might possibly believe the claims of Mr. Arender:

After an exhaustive, 5-year investigation, SecNav concurred earlier this year with a USMC recommendation to rescind the Bronze Star w/Combat distinguishing device, and the Purple Heart Medal from Mr. Arender, since they were fraudulently obtained. Mr. Arender acted on his own to fabricate eye witness accounts, and doctored other official awards documents, to have himself awarded the aforementioned medals. Obviously, no one person, much less a retired, 81-year old Colonel and a former Corpsman, could ramrod or pressure the USMC into making such a recommendation. Such allegations are preposterous, which any sane person can determine.

Further, if it were up to those former members of 3/26 who were associated with Mr. Arender and his efforts to proffer himself a “hero,” we would have preferred to see him keep his various websites up and running. That way, he would have made himself liable to being charged and prosecuted for a 3rd degree federal felony under the Stolen Valor Act, for falsely purporting to be a PH recipient. Instead, I strongly suspect that Mr. Arender well knew what he left himself exposed to if he kept those websites up and running, and prudently opted to shut them down. While I doubt that he will ever admit to such, his efforts to blame others for the demise of his websites is consistent with his “modus operandi “ for the past 20+ years: it’s everyone else’s fault.

Should anyone doubt the accuracy of why and how Arender’s BSM and PH medals were rescinded, we have a hard copy of the 115-page inquiry that was submitted to HQMC in April 2004 which served as the basis for the subsequent investigation. It is “Unclassified” and available for review.

Robert T. Hickinbotham

LtCol, USMC (Ret)

K/3/26, 1969

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07/08/2009

Sent to the Monroe News-Star for consideration as an editorial:

Former Monroe Cop Has Bogus Combat Medals Taken Away

Loyde Arender, a former Monroe Police officer, has recently had Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals rescinded by the Secretary of the Navy. After an exhaustive, 5-year investigation by the Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy, Acting Secretary of the Navy B.J. Penn concurred earlier this year with a Headquarters Marine Corps recommendation to rescind the Bronze Star w/Combat distinguishing device, and the Purple Heart Medal from Mr. Arender, since they were fraudulently obtained. It was determined that Mr. Arender acted on his own to fabricate eye witness accounts, and doctored other official awards documents, to have himself awarded the aforementioned medals nearly 20 years ago. By his own admission in a recent e-mail, Arender acknowledged that the awards had been taken away. Despite the compelling evidence contained in the investigation that the medals were fraudulently obtained, Arender disavows any wrongdoing in the matter, and blames Officers and a platoon Corpsman from his battalion in Vietnam with having the medals taken away from him. The POW Network, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to information distribution on U.S. Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, also provides an alphabetical listing of “Phonies & Wannabe’s” who proffer themselves as war heroes. Mr. Arender is included in this list. See http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies1051.htm.

Robert T. Hickinbotham

LtCol, USMC (Ret)

K/3/26, 1969

ARLT, RONALD  P

aka Tanner "Jake" Scott

aka Jake Nun-Ya

aka JAWA

 01/2009 Dallas, TX http://the-truth-about-ronald-p-arlt.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

This glass case contained all of his numerous metals…6 purple hearts, 2 silver stars, 1 bronze star…just to name a few. He told me he was a Delta Force Army Ranger...

He would describe events in Iraq and ask questions about Dallas as though he had never been here.  He purported to have been in the Special Forces (Delta Force) as a sniper earned silver stars, and on one occasion discussed his time in the military where he also displayed a Purple Heart that he also supposedly earned. 

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ACTUAL RECORDS
ARMISTEAD, RICHARD COLES 06/2008 Niles, OH
  • Claims he was High Commander of the VFW (claims his post is Newton Falls, Ohio, but has said other ones, too).
  • Claims he was in the Army, has said he was in the Special Forces, said he was an Army Ranger.  Says he served at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, said he has his own Honor Guard that has won awards for the best Honor Guard in the country.  
  • Claims he is currently a Colonel in the Homeland Security Forces.  
  • Claims he's had dinner with President, spoken on the floor of Congress for veterans rights. 
  •  He tells people "I didn't fight in Vietnam to end up broke."  
 ACTUAL RECORDS
armstrong, james j 03/2010  
Current Business Owner:
 http://www.strongarmsllc.com/ 
STRONG ARMS INTERNATIONAL
96 Linwood Plaza, Suite 330
Fort Lee,  NJ 07024-3701

Phone:  201.338-4778
 
 
Armstrong has stated on numerous occasions and to many different people that he is a recipient of both the Bronze Medal with Valor and the Purple Heart for actions related to his military service in both the US Navy and the US Army during the 1990's. He said he destroyed the original medals and the citations he received related to these honors.  In early 2009, he purchased both these medals and wore them on a USN Sea Cadet uniform in March 2009.
 
Some of the stories he has told include: that he was the medic in Mogadishu who is shown in the movie "Black Hawk Down,"  that he was the naval corpsman assigned to a US Marine Corps platoon when he jumped atop a fallen Marine and took a bullet under enemy fire in order to save the Marine.  Another version is that he threw himself upon a grenade.
 
However, a review of his military records under the Freedom of Information Act only confirm that he was in the Naval reserves for 18 months, no Army service and his dates of service do not coincide with the conflicts that he has said he was active in.  Furthermore, his military service record is notably absent of any awards or honors received.
 
He entices youngsters to himself by ..... nonsense stories of his having been a heroic military sniper.

 

 

.....I have yet to paste a picture of my Bronze Star with V for Valor and my Purple Heart for actions during my Ranger Unit's forward deployment into Somalia.

..... I will do so in my Army Dress Uniform that show my Ranger & Airborne Shoulder Tabs, Command Markers (Green Shoulder Boards) along with all of my Breast Devices (Combat Medic, Combat Infantryman, Pathfinder, Airborne & Air Assault) as well as all 19 of my Awards and Decorations.....

VERY respectfully

WO1 James J. Armstrong, U.S. Army

2nd Ranger Bat. / 10th Mountain Div.

Recruiting / Public Affairs Officer

USS Capodanno (FF-1093) Division

 

No Armstrong, James J. 145-80-3996 attended Ranger School between the 90's and today.

RLTW
 
RTB SR TAC

 

 

ACTUAL RECORDS - Despite numerous attempts - no Army records have been located yet.
Arnold, Frank

aka Kohn, Fredrick L.

aka Arnold, Fredric		 07/2005 . http://www.doorknob52.com/html/military.html

http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?threadID=500002913&messageID=
600095234&start=0

http://www.doorknob52.com/html/military.html

"Escapee/Evadee German POW camp, Sicily, July 1943"

 Cinetrope is planning a full length feature film in addition to the short "documentary", "Between 2 Worlds" that they have already released on Mr. Arnold.  The film is based upon Mr. Arnold's wartime biography "Doorknob 52", and they are currently in production.

Search Results 
 
File Unit Title: World War II Prisoners of War Data File
Member of: Record Group 389: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General;  Series: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942 - 1947

Search Criteria
Column Title Operator Value
NAME CONTAINS ALL VALUES FREDRIC L. KOHN
 
 No records found. Please revise your search

File Unit Title: World War II Prisoners of War Data File

Member of:  Record Group 389: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General;  Series: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942 - 1947

Search Criteria

Column Title

Operator

Value

NAME

CONTAINS ALL VALUES

fredric arnold

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"ARRIVE, RAISE HELL, LEAVE"

 

SEE ALSO KURT WILKINSON

 10/2007 .

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-_aNI_cM5d6RH7Bfj8NT5O0.AUA--?cq=1&p=579 
                   A MUST READ EXPOSE WITH A SMALL QUOTE FROM IT  BELOW

QUOTE: 
Excerpt from actual conversation with Kurt, this was his response to having been called out about the Dietz pic:

ARRIVE, RAISE HELL, :}: I did not lie, I had that picture there out of respect, my accuall pic is of me runnig

This is the link to his page; see for yourself that he is still claiming that the same picture posted here is him running:

Now, PLEASE read about the REAL man behind the picture...

Celebrating The Life of Navy SEAL, Actor & Athlete, Scott Helvenston ...
END QUOTE

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Arthur, Vice Admiral Donald 10/2008

04/2009

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Navy résumé doesn't quite hold water
Questionable degrees raise doubts on vetting   click for MORE
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Atchison, Thomas 12/2006 Last known Moulton, AL  Has veteran license plates on his car.  Claims Helicopter pilot. He never served in the military. 
ATKINS, CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” 06/2010 Aurora, CO

Claims to be a member of SEAL Team 8. Has fantastic stories to tell that are always somehow short of mundane details.  He has a motorcycle vest covered with SEAL team patches. He never fails to mention it when approaching a woman.

 

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 SEAL Teammates who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their TEAMs.

If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL Database (SEAL Teams and predecessor units from1943 to the Present Day) for anyone named CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” ATKINS. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable. In point of fact there are only two (2) men with the last name “ATKINS” listed among the 17,300+ entries in the SEAL Database. One of those men served during WORLD WAR TWO, and the other completed UDT training in 1952 and would be close to 80 years of age at this time.

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 attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” ATKINS 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 a phony as a result of this exchange. If Mr. ATKINS persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions:

(1) Since there is no listing in the SEAL Database for the name you are currently using, WHAT NAME DID YOU USE during SEAL training?

(2) What was his BUD/S Class Number? (NB: No SEAL ever forgets the class number he shouted all day long, every day, for 6 months)?

(3) Where did his training take place? (NB: Training has been conducted at several locations over the years; different portions in different places)?

(4) When did he graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training? (i.e. a specific graduation DATE)?

(5) When did he enter the US Navy (a specific month and year)?

(6) When did he leave the US Navy (a specific month and year)?

(7) What were his Primary and Secondary Naval Enlisted Classification codes –NEC– or his Naval Officer Billet Code – NOBC?

There are many other questions which could be asked to further establish the level of veracity or untruth regarding his claims, such as asking for the names of other members of his graduating class, but those basic questions are absolutes. The answers to those questions are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request.

I might suggest that you also ask Mr. ATKINS to specifically identify WHICH SEAL Team(s) he served on, and when. I am in direct contact with several hundred of my SEAL Teammates whose collective experience covers virtually all time periods from the Korean War to the present; I can quickly contact those individuals to verify any specific names, events, or other claims offered by Mr. ATKINS.

Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully complete the BUD/S Training program and the follow-on secondary training program; the names of all those who successfully graduate from that training program 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.

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"
Atkinson, Billy Floyd 03/201
09/2011		 Leesburg CLAIMS AND RECORD

Nw posting on Billy Atkinson in the SpecialOperations.com forum website...

http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=105600

It looks like it caused a bunch of pissed off SF guys to email VFW National and say, "WTF!"

 

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ATKINSON, FRANK, H

ATKINSON, HOMER, F

 ATKINSON, FRANK H

ATKINSON, FRANK H

ATKINSON, H F

ATKINSON, HOMER F

 05/2009 MO

MAY BE MOVING TO TX OR OK

 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE  past Commandant Atkinson claims Silver Star and Purple Heart and had refused to run for  another term as Commandant since another Silver Star in the post was exposed as a fraud.

According to Atkinson, he served in both Korea and Nam.  

     

ACTUAL RECORDS

SERVED IN THE NAVY

ATWELL, DOUGLAS PAUL 01/2010 Port Deposit, MD
CLAIMS  "he ain't afraid of anybody because he was a Ranger". 

He was convicted of embezzling a 1/2 million dollars from the DOD. Just Google "Douglas Atwell and golf balls" and you get have page after page of information on that matter.

He  lives in Port Deposit, Md and belongs to the local VFW in that town. 

 

ACTUAL RECORDS
 
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: Rgr Check: Atwell, Douglas Paul

No on Atwell. There is only 1 Atwell to have Graduated and it is not Douglas. 

RLTW
RTB SR TAC
Atwood, Rod
aka
Rodney W. Atwood		 04/2006 .

http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4624733,00.html

Memories take flight at meeting in Vero Beach for Navy pilots
By KEONA GARDNER
keona.gardner@scripps.com
April 16, 2006

VERO BEACH —...."People who haven't done it don't know what it's about," said Atwood, a retired commander who received the Navy Cross for bravery after being shot down in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. .....

Asked if they had a good time in the Navy, Atwood hesitated.

"Well, I got shot down," he said....

Providing all the information required, St. Louis could NOT locate a service record for Atwood.
 
Aucker, Raymond E.  1999
2000
06/2006		 EXPOSED Fri Jan 07,2000

Raymond Aucker  under federal indictment for posing as a SEAL.

Aucker hit by charge of altering his record

U.S. prosecutor says former Panther Valley superintendent changed military certificates.

By CHRIS PARKER
Of The Morning Call

Former Panther Valley School District Superintendent Raymond E. Aucker  was charged  Thursday in federal court with falsifying his military records to show he had received a  Vietnam Campaign Medal and Service Ribbon, a Purple Heart and a Navy SEAL medal that doesn't  exist.....
2005 - 
He did NOT serve in the navy from 1971 to 1975.  He entered service in 1974.  He claimed he was in the Mekong Delta and the nearest town was Da Nang.  Also, his buddy was  a truck driver on  the Ho Chi Minh Trail.  Obviously, he didn't know what he was talking about.   He has always been phony.
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The  SEAL phony group busted Aucker three or four years ago; he was superintendent of a school district in PA, and he left in the middle of the night and headed west.  We tracked him to Georgia and Alabama and kept him from being hired by the school systems there.  You're right--he's one of the worst frauds we have dealt with.  His Master's and Ph.D. are phony, too.
 
Larry Bailey
US Navy SEAL (ret.)

Denied licensure to teach by both Arizona and North Dakota

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Ex-Panther Valley official sentenced
Oct 20, 2000

BY FRANK ANDRUSCAVAGE
Staff Writer

The former superintendent of the Panther Valley School District has been ordered to perform 200 hours of community service for falsifying his military records.

Raymond Aucker, 46, was sentenced earlier this week by Judge Mark W. Bennett of the U.S. District Court in northern Iowa. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 4 in Sioux City, Iowa....
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06/2006 - Reportedly applying for a position at a TX VA facility!

08/2006 - Raymond  Aucker has been given a position with the Veterans Administration in Los Angeles ... he will be starting in about three weeks.

AUSTIN, BRIAN R 03/2010 . http://www.facebook.com/brianraustin
Avanzato,  James

"Jimmy" 		12/2011 TX

 
He was featured as a hero by channel 10 on July 4th and quite a few people swear he really was a Navy Seal because of it. He's now been sighted sporting  a brand new Navy SEAL hat.

 
Sir,
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 JAMES AVANZATO. 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 JAMES AVANZATO 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 recommend that you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement
regarding Mr. JAMES AVANZATO'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.
AVEY, DANIEL SUMNER 08/2010 CA http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/08/dan-avey-longtime-radio-reporter-dies-at-69.html
Click here to find out more!

Musing with the news obituaries staff
 Dan Avey, longtime radio reporter, dies at 69

 ACTUAL RECORDS

 

Not SF, Never in Vietnam.
AVILA, ORLANDO E 01/2011 Clewston, FL
 
Claims he was a Former Special Forces and was part of the Navy SEALs team that captured dictator Manuel Noriega , along with many other stories about his experiences in the military . Claims he lost his DD214 and signed a sworn affidavit stating his branch ,rank ,and years of service. His wife confirmed that he was never in the military.          
No military records found.
Ayala, John 04/2007

05/2011

 Wash DC


05/30/2011

Im emailing to ask you to remove me from your page.  I never claim to be in the military or tried to offend anyone.  I just wanted to honor the Ziets for there good work. The medals was removed back in 2007.

Thank You

--
John "Unique King" Ayala
DC Chapter Leader/East Coast Director
Alliance Of Guardian Angels

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How the story changes.... An apology for the vets who earned it would be so much more appropriate.


Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/05/phony-heroes-seek-honor-genuine-article#ixzz1Nw5a974y    
 By: Scott McCabe 05/28/11
 
.......John Ayala, the head of the D.C. chapter of the Guardian Angels, showed up on that site as someone falsely claiming to have received the Purple Heart awarded to service members wounded in combat. Photos show Ayala with a Purple Heart and Vietnam minimedals tacked to his red beret.

Ayala, who has not served in the military, said he felt he earned his Purple Heart when he was attacked while patrolling the streets of Southeast Washington during the crack cocaine epidemic of the early 1990s.

"We do our own thing to honor ourselves. The Purple Heart represents when I got stabbed in the back with an icepick in 1991, Ayala said........"
 
John Ayala, Wash DC leader for the Guardian Angels is 37 yrs old. 
He is wearing Vietnam mini-medals, including the Purple Heart.
Ayers, "Doc" Ronald Michael .  VA Beach area Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...
8 months POW		 .

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Other individuals can be found on various web-sites. 
Their statements have yet to be substantiated or have been proven false.

Those that have admitted lies/apologized....

 

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 

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