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 05/2012
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 80 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.
 

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Name Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
Timmins, Richard 08/2005 Canada Canadian claims to be Vietnam Special forces sniper
 
Claims to have served 2 tours in S.E. Asia in the late 60s and early 70s
as a "scout/sniper" with the USMC SF
 
Graduated from Quantico as master gunnery sargeant , master scout/sniper
TIMMINS, RICHARD A ARMY 
Only one to serve in Nam. 

TIMMINS RICHARD A    AR    E00    62N4O   C

62N
  CONSTRUCTION MACHINE FOREMAN
  CONSTRUCTION MACHINE SUPERVISOR

TODD, LAWRENCE 02/2009 AL Claims Special Forces and Vietnam. NOT SF
ACTUAL RECORDS
TOLIVER, RICHARD 12/2008 .

Results 1 - 10 of about 206 for second generation Tuskegee Airman Richard Toliver. (0.16 seconds) 

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  1. Col. Richard Toliver - Pilot

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    richard toliver's flight suit patch. Col. Richard Toliver is a 2nd generation Tuskegee Airman, having graduated from Tuskegee University with a degree in ...
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  2. Member's Bio

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    Thus, he and his peers proudly consider themselves “Second GenerationTuskegee Airmen. Colonel Toliver entered active duty in February 1963 as a Project ...
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12/11/2008

Please see links to Richard Toliver, who constantly (in correspondence, news articles, etc.) tries to pass himself off as a "second generation" Tuskegee Airman...he even went to Iraq (see ARTICLES) telling the troops over there of his self-acclaimed status...
 
Toliver has repeatedly been told that there is NO such thing as a "second generation" Tuskegee Airman!!!! In order to be a second generation Tuskegee Airman, you FATHER had to be a Tuskegee Airman...and since the "Tuskegee Experience" only lasted from 1941 to 1949 (Toliver was born in 1938)...he was born BEFORE the "Tuskegee Experience" began!!!!!
 
FYI...Ron Brewington

 

 

Toll, Barry A. . . Claiming SPECIAL FORCES and "GREEN BERET"... MORE: TOLL, BERRY claims
Tomlin Jr., Martin Owen  05/2009 .

Martin Owen Tomlin Jr.

 

 

Martin Owen Tomlin, Jr. entered into rest unexpectedly at his home on May 7th 2009. Martin was born in Gadsden, Alabama on January 1, 1948 to..... before joining the United States Army at age 19. After his return from service he went back to the University of Alabama and completed his Bachelors of Science in Business in 1978.After his best friend was drafted, Martin decided to join instead of waiting. Martin enjoyed his military life and counted it an honor to serve his country. He was in Vietnam from 1967 to 1971. During his career of distinction, he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star Oak Leaf (2), the Bronze Star for Valor (3), the Purple Heart (3) along with a host of other awards and commendations. Martin was a triple tabbed Green Berea Special Forces Ranger. He jumped with the Golden Knights Elite Parachute team ....

.... this veteran does not have any of the awards listed on the DD-214 provided. All awards are verified.

 ACTUAL  RECORDS.

tomterrific4u

Thomas Roger Johnson aka Dom Tom Johnson aka TomTerrific4u@yahoo.com

01/2007
02/3007
Rockville Centre, NY

There is a guy with an EXTENSIVE page on MySpace.com calling himself  tomterrific4u. He claims a Navy Cross and battlefield commission for the Mayaguez Incident in 1975 at the age of 20. 

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Toner, Tyler Dean  09/2007

09/2010

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About me:
For those who have heard about me from Gunny  T's Angel on the Semper Fi Angels page....I served 12yrs in the Marine Corps as Scout/Sniper, Demolishions Master,  WSI Master Diver and SEAL Graduate!! I served in  the First Gulf War from AUG.'90 to May'91 with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines STA Plt...serving in Desert Sheild, Desert Storm and Task Force Pappa Bear!! I was also involved in the closing of Subic Bay Naval Station...(that was very depressing!!), 3/9 also went to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope from ..o May'93!!!! From there I transferred into the 3rd GSF (Global Strike  Force) >where I was involved in some very covert  operations until my bad helicopter incident in which my back  was severly damaged and I was released from Active Duty in 2000, otherwise I would still be in!!!! I am 100% >disabled veteran and I have an extensive  working knowledge of the VA, so if I can be of any assistance to anyone....please don't hesitate to contact me!!!! 
Semper Fi~ God Bless and God Speed~ GySgt.
 Toner, Ty D. DragonFury

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2010 on FACEBOOK

.....he said: 'i was in for 10 yrs and then lat moved into the air force fer 5 yrs' (the spelling mistakes are all his).

ACTUAL RECORDS
Torgesen, Arthur 

aka Torgensen, Arthur

07/2008 MN

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/25969239.html?page=1&c=y
He escaped Vietnam, but not his demons

Arthur Torgesen "had been in pain for years"

Stationed in Vietnam in an area known as "The Devil's Back Yard," Arthur Torgesen twice eluded death while nearly everyone else in his unit perished. People close to him say Torgesen was awarded two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. But for all his great escapes, he could not outrun his demons. ...

Torgesen fled a bunker in Cu Chi before explosives wiped out more than two dozen other members of the 25th Infantry Division, said Dennis Olson, a fellow Vietnam veteran. But when Torgesen talked about cheating death before an ambush that killed 150 others, he told Olson he felt guilty and wondered if he could have "prevented the whole thing" by firing a warning shot...

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http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/s515501.shtml?cat=1

Updated at: 07/22/2008 05:13:22 PM

By: Nicole Muehlhausen, Web Producer

Columbia Heights man charged for slaying wife, arson

A Columbia Heights man faces arson and murder charges after allegedly stabbing his wife to death and then set their home on fire last week.

The Anoka County Attorney's Office charged 63-year-old Arthur Anthony Torgesen with first-degree arson and second-degree murder Tuesday in connection with events on July 18.

Police said Torgesen called 911 just before 9:20 a.m. and admitted to killing his wife, 59-year-old Sherrill Harnden, and starting the fire......

Arthur Torgesen

 

ACTUAL MILITARY RECORDS

Torres, Elliot Poncho 
aka Elliot Duke

01/2001

. Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

claims far exceed ACTUAL record in hand - No SEAL, NO special ops, NO wounds, NO Panama.  

TOTH,  DEAN ANTHONY 02/2010 KY

For Immediate Release

February 19, 2010

United States Attorney's Office

Western District of Kentucky

Contact: (502) 582-5911

 

Former Marine F-18 Pilot Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Received Nearly $150,000.00 in Fraudulent Disability Benefits

Louisville, Kentucky—After two days of trial, Dean Anthony Toth, age 38, of Oldham County, Kentucky, pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs by filing a fraudulent claim for military disability benefits, and for structuring bank transactions, United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.

Toth served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1995 to 2004, and was an F-18 pilot who was named the 2003 Marine Instructor of the Year.  Toth admitted that between July 2007 and November 2008, he conspired with Daniel Ryan Parker, a former employee of the Disabled American Veterans, to file a fraudulent claim for military disability benefits, claiming that he was deaf in both ears.  Parker worked with Jeffrey McGill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs employee, to falsify Toth’s file.

Toth’s military medical records showed yearly audiometry exams, all of which reflected that Toth’s hearing was within normal limits.  Toth is now a pilot with Southwest Airlines.  In mandatory yearly physicals conducted by the Department of Transportation in March 2006, March 2007, and March 2008, Toth reported no hearing loss or problems and passed a conversational voice test conducted at six feet.  Nonetheless, Toth pursued a military disability claim for hearing loss, and Toth admitted that he knew that Parker would falsify his medical records to support his claim.  In return Toth agreed to pay Parker two-thirds of any retroactive payment he received.  On August 10, 2007, Toth took a hearing exam and the results indicated that his hearing was "within normal limits."  Parker and McGill, however, altered Toth's exam results to reflect that Toth had profound hearing loss, and McGill personally reviewed Toth's claim.

As a result, Toth's claim was approved for 100 percent disability based on hearing loss with special monthly compensation for deafness in both ears.  On October 31, 2007, the VA paid Toth $93,240.00 in retroactive disability payments and Toth also began receiving over $2,500.00 per month in disability payments.  These monthly payments were tax free and would have continued for life.  Toth deposited the $93,240.00 in his bank account and in November 2007, Toth withdrew $30,000.00 in cash from his bank, in three separate $10,000.00 withdrawals.  Toth admitted that he structured these withdrawals to avoid bank reporting requirements for transactions over $10,000.00. Toth later gave Parker an additional $32,160.00 in the form of a cashier’s check.  The total payment to Parker of $62,160 represented exactly two-thirds of the retroactive payment.  Parker subsequently shared that kickback with McGill.

The maximum potential penalties for Toth are 10 years’ imprisonment, a $500,000 fine and supervised release for up to three years.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser and it was investigated by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The plea was entered before Jennifer B. Coffman, Judge, United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky.  Toth is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Coffman on May 17, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., in Louisville, Kentucky.  Parker and McGill pled guilty previously, along with all 11 other co-defendants and are scheduled to be sentenced on April 19, 2010, at 2:00 p.m.

TOTH 2009

 

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20102210324

Vet pleads guilty in scheme to defraud VA

By Andrew Wolfson • awolfson@courier-journal.

com • February 20, 2010

Dean Anthony Toth .....  the only defendant to contest the charges at trial, claimed the $62,000 he gave Parker was a donation to the DAV — not bribes to alter his records entitling him to $93,000 in back benefits and $2,500 a month for life......

 

 

TOTI, EDWARD F 04/2011 FL

http://www.claytodayonline.com/content/3274_1.php

EDWARD F. TOTI

Mr. Edward F. Toti, 83, passed away quietly at home on Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Orange Park, Fla.  .....He was a decorated veteran of three wars World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. He trained as a Navy Seal and served 30 years in the U.S. Navy. ......

EDWARD F. TOTI is not listed as a SEAL....

Don

ACTUAL RECORDS
 
TOWDEN, CHUCK 02/2012 HIGH POINT NC
Tells anyone who will listen about his classified SEAL operations.  Claims he served with SEAL TEAM SIX, and EIGHT, at NAB, Little Creek, in 1985.
NOT A SEAL
TOWNE, WILLIAM  R
AKA LITTLE BEAR
04/2008 Born in Whare, MA

Derby, CT, 

Naugatuck, CT 

Lake George, NY

Salisbury, CT

Lakeville, CT

Claims Navy SEAL, Prisoner of War

Has DAV license plates
        

NOT a POW nor a SEAL.
TOWNSEND, JOSEPH 11/2009
09/2010
ROCKLEDGE, FL

He told me he was a Company Commander with G. Co. 507th P.I.R. and made the D-day jump.

Townsend is wearing EVERY major U.S. Army award but the MOH…DSC, DSM (Note it is WAY out of order and way down in his rows) SS, DFC, Soldier’s Medal, BSM, and PH. Also showing a THREE-TIME award of the CIB......

..... 14 in 1942 ?!?!?!?!  certainly not a Company Commander in the 507th at Normandy.
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....he told me he had spend over $10,000 in lawyers fees and has been trying to get his pension sense 1980 , with no results. I asked him about his DD214. He told me his service records we're destroyed in 1972  and in addition what records he, himself had we're destroyed by his Ex wife in a disagreement (By the way his Wife was a former E-8 Master Sgt) ,He did tell me he had his last discharge dated 1980,..... 

 I did let him know that I was in Special Forces ,when Operation "White Star " was going on  and questioned him on what team, He was with. He did not answer That question, but told me he and four others was in a Special Operation ,Code name "Five Fingers" This team was out of the White Star Group  and that three of the SF Troopers we're lost during this operation...

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If that was his claim to fame, why is he wearing the beret flash of the 7th Special Forces Group? Why are the medals on the right (as you look incorrectly displayed? Why don’t his jump wings have a red patch behind them for 7th group, why is the SF tab above his crest on the left side, instead of where all his wings are supposed to be, why are the wings incorrectly displayed, what 3 wars if he served in combat in to earn a CIB with 2 stars (indicating 3 wars), and finally why is he wearing an ascot neck scarf which is passe and why is it light blue indicating infantry instead of dark green indication Unconventional Warfare branch?

2010 - Just a side note  -  on the DONATION jars is a photo of our boy with his white star flash and full px medal display standing in front of the rolling wall looking smug. The jar also stated again what he's been putting out that after 40 years of service WWII, Korea, and Vietnam that he was getting screwed out of his pension and needs help for his blind wife and his own nursing home care. Marty   thinks this guy is the real deal and chauffeurs him around like a rock star ........
 

No military records could be found.

 

 

 the flash worn by Townsend

http://www.groups.sfahq.com/white_star__hotfoot.htm

is from '61/'62; Townsend is NOT listed in the book, "Who's Who From White Star" by Stephen Sherman; all the rest of us are listed by location and referenced orders,.

AW  

  PS:  the reason that the flash is only for  '61-'62, and Hotfoot-White Star was '59-'62 is because the Green Beret' was not authorized until 5 Oct '61,and the Beret was later "delivered" to those of us already there by Air America

TRACHT, DARRELL LEE 01/2012 SC Was at the Jamil Temple gun show in Columbia, SC this Sunday, when I overheard a vendor wearing a camouflage outfit with the nametag TRACHT speaking to some potential customers for his South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit classes. According to Mr. Tracht, he was in the Army as part of "Special Forces Team Delta" and worked with SEAL Team 10 and another SEAL team.
 
This is from his website ( http://www.trachtstacticalandhunting.com/default.html): "As the owner, I my self served many years in the Special Operations. I have taken what I have learned and experianced in all my years as a Operator in combat."
 
If he is gaining his customers by lying to them from the beginning, I wonder what else he is teaching them.
 

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Anyway I saw this guy today at a gunshow in Columbia, South Carolina calling himself Mr. Tracht, he didnt offer his first name when I introduced myself to him. He was decked out in multicam, with an "infidel" and "sniper" tab, he also had a SEAL gold Trident pin on his tactical ball cap, his booth besides selling firearms offered tactical firearms training, and sniper training. This is his website, http://www.trachtstacticalandhunting.com/About-Us.html, he claims "many years in special operations" but offers no unit or service records and only one grainy pic with no name tap or unit patches. 

He was NOT a SEAL.  His Facebook says he was Army SF and about to be medically retired, but his AKO says he was a SSG assigned to a BCT company at Fort Jackson
 

ACTUAL RECORDS

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"IMPORTANT" TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I'M COMING TO YOU FOR HELP. I'M
THE OWNER OF TRACHTS TACTICAL AND HUNTING FIREARMS. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED
TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR OPERATION HOMEFRONT. AS A VETERAN WITH MANY
COMBAT TOURS TO BOTH OIF AND OEF AND MORE. I WAS FORCED WITH MEDICAL
RETIREMENT FOR PTSD AND TBI. I HAVE WHAT IS CALLED HIDDEN WOUNDS. SO
THIS IS OF MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. OPERATION HOME FRONT HELPS WITH.
*FIANCIAL ASSISTANCE
*EMERGENCY FOODS
*EMERGENCY HOME REPAIRS
*CRITICAL BABY ITEMS: FOOD AND DIAPERS
*AUTO REPAIRS/DONATIONS
...*HOME AND APPLIANCE REPAIR
*FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
*LOCAL MOVING ASSISTANCE
*COMMUNITY EVENTS
*WOUNDED WARRIOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
 
HELP THE ONES WHO GAVE US FREEDOM
 
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE PLEASE SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO
OPERATION HOME FRONT S.C
ADDRESS 336 EASTOVER RD. EASTOVER SC. 29044
 
EMAIL ADDRESS IS SHARON.RICE@OPERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET
PH#803 465-3284 FOR ASST.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT OPERERATIONHOMEFRONT.NET/SC FOR MORE INFO.
ALL DONATIONS HELP SC SOLDIERS

 
TRAN,  DE HIEU 03/2010 MI

http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/srv0000007793315

FERNDALE — ..."He stated he had just returned from his fourth tour of duty in Iraq a couple of hours earlier," said Ferndale police Sgt. Patrick Jones. "He had captain's bars on the collars of the uniform. The officer questioned him and determined he was impersonating an officer."

De Hieu Tran, 41, is charged with a misdemeanor count of unauthorized wearing of a military uniform and driving on a suspended license.....


Contact Michael P. McConnell at mike.mcconnell@dailytribune.com or at (586) 783-0269.

Fake Marine in court  http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/22814293/    

 

 
 
 
 
"Records show Tran is charged with: impersonating a federal agent, a three-year felony; wearing a Purple Heart without authority, a one-year misdemeanor; and wearing a military uniform without authority, a six-month misdemeanor....."
Transon, William Louis 

aka BILL TRANSOn

07/2009 Iron Station, NC
  • Claims two-tour Vietnam Vet
  • Known to wear the Army Special Forces Green Beret to special events. 
  • Claims "Edgeman", a marksman and pyrotechnics guy who could burn a building down without leaving a trace of evidence of how it was burned, etc.  
  • Reported to work in his full Army fatigues, with his Green Beret on.
  • Reportedly,  all employees tried to avoid him on the days he was "playing soldier." 
  • Attended and posed as a Vietnam Vet in Lincolnton , NC Veteran's Day Parade.
  • Claims  that his step brother signed them both up for their second tour of Vietnam under the Buddy system and they went through the Army Special Forces training together. 
  • He claims his step brother supposedly is MIA, he did not come back from Vietnam . {he is not on the POW/MIA list.}
  • Claims his birth parents died when he was a baby, his adopted parents are deceased as well, he has an estranged step sister in FL whom he has not seen since his adopted Mom's funeral over twenty years ago and he has no living relatives at all. 
  • Volunteers at the Lincolnton/Lincoln County, NC Chamber of Commerce. Named him Ambassador of the Year in 2008.
  • Volunteers for the Crimestopper's organization in Lincoln County , NC and became Secretary.  Has told some he RUNS  Crimestopper's.
  •  He is on the board of the Hesed House of Hope for Lincoln County
  • Reportedly claims fake college degree and Mechanical Engineer degree
  • Claims he used to be a builder in Michigan
  • Also a dead beat dad - denied son was his under oath.
  • He has now been named as Chairman of the Ambassador committee with the Lincolnton/Lincoln County, NC Chamber and his benevolence continues to grow as he tries to fool everyone he meets.
NPRC FOUND NO MILITARY SERVICE 

 

Travalena, Fred 11/2003 Branson, Las Vegas FRED TRAVALENA was born in the Bronx, NY and raised on Long Island. As a young adult he served in Special Services with the US Army. He moved to Los Angeles 28 years ago to build his world of entertainment. He has delighted audiences worldwide throughout his multi-faceted career with his characterizations of highly visible public figures and has earned nicknames such as “The Man of a Thousand Faces”, “Mr. Everybody”™, and most recently “World Famous” by NBC’s EXTRA! REPEATED requests including a DoB were sent to NPRC. the ONLY record located was his fathers - same name. special services.
Treuter, Charles Richard 02/2011 . Exposing DocChuck: Charles Richard Treuter's Stolen Valor Exposed
Charles may take comfort in the fact that as of August, 2010 -- A federal appeals court ruled earlier this month that the Stolen Valor Act passed by ...

exposingdocchuck.blogspot.com/.../charles-richard-treuters-st...
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Trias, Robert A. . . Claimed 2 x WWII POW (dec'd) AZ (01/2001) .
Triebwasser, Glenn 09/2006 Topeka, KS
Topeka Man Wants Shorter Sentence Due to SEAL Service
11:14 AM Sep 26, 2006
AP
A Topeka man accused of killing a passenger when he lost control of his truck says he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a US Navy SEAL.
Glenn Triebwasser was convicted of involuntary manslaughter under the influence of alcohol last month. He also was convicted of driving on a suspended license, failure to maintain a single lane and a seat belt infraction. ...
 But the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California, says his name doesn't appear in the Navy's records of SEALs. Coronado is the primary training facility for the SEALs.
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TRIMBLE, TONY
AKA ANTHONY TRIMBLE
03/2008

02/2010

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I confronted Trimble years ago about his lies to others about his “Green Beret” exploits.

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TRIPLETT, KEN 09/2009 LAS CRUCES

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_13304848

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_13322056

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24981

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TROTMAN,  JAMES E

aka

E Trotman

10/2009

08/2011

12/2011

 

PALM DESERT CA Trotman claims to have been an Air Force One co-pilot during the Reagan Administration, and a Wing Commander at March AFB. He claims his father was a Tuskegee Airman. His father's name is not Trotman.

When confronted,  James Trotman was invited him to submit his military record. He declined and resigned his   position.

08/2011 -  James E. Trotman, is still fooling the public. He claimed to be an Air Force One Co-pilot. He cannot produce a claimed military record. He joined the Air Force Association and has recently appeared at a Navy League meeting.

12/2011:  Trotman is at it again. (see attached) This time he is listed as E. Trotman (maybe typo) He is also on the board of the Navy League.
click

 

 

NO MILITARY RECORDS COULD BE LOCATED

Trower, Richard 09/2000 New Jersey Claims Medal of Honor "for my heroism in saving my troops and leading them to freedom" , "89th Airborne Ranger Unit as a Pathfinder", Purple Heart for "a serious shrapnel injury sustained in the field"    INKNARMOR@aol.com .
TRUEHEART,  JAMES ROBERTS 07/2010

09/2010

AUSTIN, TX
Claims that he was a Navy SEAL.  He was in fact in the Navy,  however, he was a member of the Special Boat Unit, a Naval Special Warfare support element.  His claims range from telling people that he has 27 confirmed kills to he got in trouble in Iraq for ripping a guys ear  off. 

Reports received regarding a Monday night of hell week when Trueheart quit during log PT in BUD/S class

259.  He was also a SWCC/SBU instructor and had multiple interactions with other SEALs.
 

The latest thing is that he is telling people is that that one the SEAL's that was killed in the past died "in his arms."

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ACTUAL RECORDS

 

 

 

...... it seems likely that Mr. TRUEHEART has dallied with a number of women and widely shared his false SEAL credentials in the process.

 

I greatly appreciate your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. 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 whho 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
JAMES TRUEHEART. In point of fact that name does not appear anywhere in the SEAL Database. 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
attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that JAMES TRUEHEART 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).
 
As you, yourself, are no doubt aware, 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. TRUEHEART 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: Graduates names are listed with their fellow class members)?
(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?
BC?

 
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. TRUEHEART 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. JAMES TRUEHEART.
 
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
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations 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
TRUITT,  JASON  ANDREW 01/2012 CA
http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20120128/NEWS01/701289955/0/COLUMNISTS18/Hunting-for-a-few-good-memories
 

Jason Truitt didn’t want to come elk hunting in Colorado.

 
Jason Truitt
 

....Truitt served in the military as a Navy Seal and was wounded in the line of duty during seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It was a harrowing seven tours. He was shot 11 times. He was declared missing in action, twice a prisoner of war. Once he was MIA for two months and 14 days.

He was tortured and disfigured. He was shot in the stomach, requiring several feet of his intestines to be removed. His tattooed skin is covered in scars. He has vision in only one eye.......

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This guy Truitt, that stuff doesn't even happen to rambo...


Looking at this person in the provided pictures, he does not look like he fits the bill of a Navy SEAL.  He has jeweled teeth, tattoos on his neck and under his jaw... 

 

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NOT A SEAL

 

 


 

DON'T MISS    http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=28516



 



02/01/2012
Did Bakersfield man lie about being Navy SEAL?
Bakersfield Now
Jason Truitt went on a special hunting trip, and allegedly told organizers he was a former Navy SEAL who'd been wounded and served a number of tours. As soon as the story from a Colorado newspaper hit the Internet, people who know Truitt said the Navy ...

Bakersfield Now

 

Trumpower, Charles Joseph 

aka Elliott Storm
02/2003 
02/2004
02/2005
12/2005
06/2006
04/2007
09/2007
CT CLAIMING BRONZE STAR w/VALOR device. Claims 2nd Lt, Claims/wears 3 Purple Hearts, 2 Bronze Stars w/V.  The jacket in EARLIER pictures boasted 8 ribbons. This NEW pic has more and includes V device on Bronze Star and 2nd Lt bars.. Claims he worked with Ollie North.

MORE

TUCKER, JIMMY NEIL

aka WHITE OWL
aka SAUL
aka SAUL TUCKER

05/2008

08/2008

MO

KS

Tucker attended a PTSD group therapy session at the KC Vet Center, and has also attended groups at the VA hospital. The day he came to the Vet Center, he told us he was a Blue Beret who was attached to the Green Berets who were attached to the Marines.

When he told his story at the Vet Center, I called him on it. He immediately went to the VA hospital and checked into the psych ward, which makes me believe he is claiming PTSD. When he checked out, he immediately left town and moved to Lawrence, Kansas,

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/717992.html 

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:acTukBWpaCMJ:www.kansan.com/stories/2007/nov/15/Stewart/+%22Jimmy
+Neil+Tucker%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

....He told me several stories, ranging from beating prostate and brain cancer with frankincense, myrrh and prayer, to Russian double agents threatening his life, to attaining doctoral degrees in music at Oxford....

http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:KCxkSWIkqCAJ:www.conniedover.com/reviews.shtml+%22Saul+Tucker%22+musician&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

Numerous videos of White Owl:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=chrisbfromeg
ACTUAL RECORDS
TULLIS, THOM

AKA TULLIS, JOHN THOMAS

aka  COL THOM TULLIS

07/2009

05/2010

CA/NV
Attending a recent bi-annual meeting/dinner of the Cohiba Club/Good Guys of Morgan Run was one 
Col. Thom Tullis http://www.thesocialdiary.com/thom2006.htm
Thom Tullis of Travel O2
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Tullis_Thom_1225605209.aspx

http://thesocialdiary.com/jewelball2007.html
 
http://www.margomargo.com/holleran2.html
http://www.thesocialdiary.com/fenisonxmas2008.html
 
Col Tullis started talking about his illustrious career as an Air Force hero.  He claimed to have worked on top secret missions closely with Oliver North, Duane Clarridge and Tom Clines in Nicaragua and to have been called to testify at the Iran Contra hearings as one of the ring leaders.
 
He claims to have flown combat missions in Iraq due to his extra-ordinary prowess as a fighter pilot. 
 
He claims that he is being asked to return to Nicaragua to help (secretly) get the ordinance out of the harbor before Daniel finds it.
 
He is in attendance at all of the San Diego High Society events posing as all the things cited above.  He is actually toasted at these events as a "Big time highly decorated war hero, big time CIA operative, big time Iran Contra figure".  One of the Society page links calls him "war hero Col Thom Tullis".

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Air-Force-Colonel-May-Be-Military-Imposter-94378089.html

Local Man Accused Of Being Phony Military Hero
KGTV San Diego
"He's a fraud," said Mary Schantag, who runs the veterans' services group called The POW Network. Her online database, the "Wall of Shame," has exposed ...
ACTUAL RECORDS

THOM TULLIS

05/21/2010
arhttp://www.10news.com/news/23625914/detail.html

 

 

Tully, Clarence Darrow 'Duke'  11/2008 FL http://sundaygazettemail.com/Opinion/Editorials/200811160252

Former Charlestonian Robert Bornmann sent this lookback item: "Clarence Darrow 'Duke' Tully, Stonewall Jackson High School class of 1949, played the bugle in our marvelous Stonewall marching band. In Arizona, John McCain picked Tully to be godfather of his first child. Tully, publisher of the Arizona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette, boasted that he was an Air Force hero of the Korean and Vietnam wars - but ultimately was exposed as a phony who never served in the military.  He is now retired in Florida."

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TURNER, Chastity  -  Camp Arafjon, Kuwait with the 2123rd Transportation Unit (HET). 2004 . Unfortunately, there is a problem with Turner's story, you see, she has never left Kuwait to go on any missions. She is a liar. 
The only time she left Kuwait while deployed was to come home on R & R.
.....  it is Chastity's fault and she needs to come clean and apologize
 to the Veterans, the VFW, to you, and to the good people of Maysville, publicly.
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TURNER, JOSEPH 04/2008 Greenville, SC 1. shot in the leg
2. only survivor of his unit that came under attack
3. POW for four days
4. diagnosed with PTSD and given meds.
5. now stationed as guard at entrance to base
NEVER A POW
Tynes, Thomas Lee 11/2007 FL I've read your story about Mr. Tynes and I find several of his statements which are highly suspect.  
Tyrell, Tom   08/2003 Milwaukee, Wisconsin  Yahoo ID "celticknight88"    Claims:  Vietnam POW Ranger,  SF, CIA.

Sole Survivor of Several Missions
former CIA operative/assassin
sniper
knowledge of/training in chemical weapons/toxins

 
Anyhow, the guy is just odd as hell. Here are a few snippets from some of his internet messages and claims in chat rooms:

 
"having been in the Rangers planning is of the essence
celticknight88 (4:36:35 PM): having been Special Forces I know what I am doing
celticknight88 (4:36:56 PM): having been CIA I have it all mapped out"
...............celticknight88 (6:54:46 PM): I have killed over 100 people
celticknight88 (6:54:59 PM): didn't even understand why
celticknight88 (6:55:05 PM): it was called Nam
celticknight88 (6:55:22 PM): all I knew was that they wanted me dead so I killed them
celticknight88 (6:55:39 PM): come back here and get shit on constantly because I did
celticknight88 (6:55:54 PM): I served with honor
celticknight88 (6:56:10 PM): I was nominated for the Congressional Medal Of Honor
celticknight88 (6:56:34 PM): received this plaque signed by Westmoreland and Nixon personally

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

NEXT


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....

 

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