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May 13, 2009 - 2:0
The leader of a statewide veterans group who fought for homeless
veterans in Colorado Springs is in jail in Denver today, unmasked as a
former mental patient who posed as a wounded Marine officer and 9/11
survivor.
The man who called himself Rick Duncan - purportedly a former Marine
captain and 1997 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy - is in fact
31-year-old Richard Glen Strandlof, a former mental patient who never
served in the military
and falsely claimed that he was in the Pentagon during the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks, according to David Walsh of the Colorado
Veterans Alliance (CVA), which Duncan founded......
Pam Zubeck of The Gazette contributed to this story.
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http://www.gazette.com/articles/strandlof-54140-veterans-sterner.html
Web dating site depicts bogus Marine as hero
May 15, 2009 - 6:37 PM
THE GAZETTE
On a Web site called Connexion.org, a profile that appears to be
that of Marine imposter Rick Strandlof mimics the kind of Web pages
posted by privates and officers alike to document their lives in war......
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Local veterans advocate exposed as impostor
Story By: Susan Davies
Source: KOAA
Published Wed May 13, 2009, 09:47 PM MDT
Updated Thu May 14, 2009, 05:41 AM MDT
He was a local activist for veterans issues who claimed to be
a 9-1-1 survivor. He said he was a marine captain serving three tours
of duty in Iraq and wounded in the line of duty. But federal
investigators say he lied about all of it - even his name.
The man we knew as Rick Duncan was an advocate for homeless
veterans. He started the Colorado Veterans Alliance. But fellow
veterans say he was really 31 year old Richard Strandlof - a former
mental patient who never served in the military.
Local veterans became suspicious of Standlof's stories and
asked the FBI to step in. He was arrested Tuesday night in
Denver on a traffic warrant in connection with a violation in El
Paso County. Members of Colorado Veterans Alliance held a special
meeting Wednesday night to decide whether or not to remove Strandlof
as executive director of the organization.....
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Advocate ousted for allegedly posing
as ex-Marine
By ALYSIA PATTERSON
Associated Press Writer
DENVER
(AP) A Colorado Springs-based veterans organization has voted to
disband after members accused its founder of fabricating an identity
as a former Marine captain who served three tours in Iraq and was at
the Pentagon on 9/11.
Richard Glen Strandlof, 32, who used the name
Rick Duncan, founded the Colorado Veterans Alliance about two years
ago. Major Carl Redding, spokesman for the U.S. Marines, said there is
no record of Richard Glen Strandlof or Rick Duncan serving in the
Marines.
The accusations were first reported by The
Gazette......
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http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12537680?source=commented-
Many faces of 'fake vet' Rick Strandlof exposed
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The
story of the Marine who wasn't
- JULY 2009
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
He spoke over a video link, his dark brown hair still cut in the
buzz that was part of his military persona. As a child,
Strandlof said, he had the same ...
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http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/won-over-by-a-phony-warrior-veterans-felt-they-had-an-ally-in-a-retired-marine-but-he-turned-out-to-be-a-fraud-by-deedee-correll/
Won
Over By A Phony Warrior Veterans felt they had an ally in a retired
Marine. But he turned out to be a fraud.
By DeeDee Correll
Los
Angeles Times
July 8, 2009
Pg. 1
Column One
Won Over By A Phony Warrior
Veterans
felt they had an ally in a retired Marine. But he turned out to be a
fraud.
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