Jacob R. Cruze, Las Vegas phony colonel

Jonn Lilyea | February 11, 2012

Our friends at POW Network have another high-profile phony notch on their belt with Jacob R. Cruze, who claims service in almost every conflict in recent memory, including three tours of Vietnam. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, doubts were raised at a Ranger convention in LV;

In 2004 in Las Vegas, Cruze raised suspicions of former Army Rangers when he showed up at the Riviera for their annual conference wearing a dress-blue uniform bearing a colonel insignia and numerous ribbons and medals on his jacket. But when he was asked about his military career by attendees, his comments didn’t fit with events, locations and dates of military operations.

Wading into a shark tank wearing a meat suit, I guess would be a good metaphor in this case.

Here’s his actual records;