Ken Willis; phony Vietnam vet politician
Down in Worth County, Georgia, there’s this fellow, Ken Willis who is trying to be on the Board of Commissioners. A few years back, he ran for the office of County Coroner after being a deputy coroner for 5 years. Back then, he campaigned as a Vietnam veteran, according to Scotty;
The only problem with that is that he never left Fort Benning, GA during his extremely brief military career;
Yeah, combat troops were with drawn from the field in Vietnam in August 1973 and then he enlisted two months later and then discharged as a PV1 15 months later. I think he enjoyed Victory Drive just a little too much, but that’s not in Vietnam. So this is being posted in hopes that he doesn’t lie during this campaign.
Category: Phony soldiers
This POS could have gotten away with it if he had used the term “Vietnam Era Veteran” instead of “Vietnam Veteran”, but insinuating that you were in Vietnam is SO much sexier, now he’s in a world of hurt…
True but anyone with any dignity would not. I was in both Nam and Thailand for the festivities but because I only served in theater for two months, I do not consider myself a Vietnam Vet and have a big problem referring to myself as a Vietnam Era Vet because I did not qualify for the rack fruit salad. Just a personal respect thing in respect for those who served full tours.
Club, If I am not mistaken since you served at some point during Viet Nam, you are considered a Viet Nam Era Vet. I think that applies, regardless of where you served. I will never call myself a Viet Nam Vet cause I was not in country and I have too much respect for those who were.
What do you suggest that we who served during the timeframe but not in country call ourselves, Club Manager? Personally, I did not claim it at all for several decades just because there didn’t seem to be a good way to say it without implying more than what I did. When someone finally came up with the “Viet Nam Era” thing, it seemed like an easy thing to say that also explained exactly how we served, and was also clear that we claimed nothing more than what we did.
Maybe this is not the place for this question. And I want no misunderstanding about why I ask. Each of us had different comfort levels with how we are identified, and many of us remain sensitive about the topic. I support all of us along that continuum, and am simply curious if there might be a better way to distinguish who was where and when.
No disrespect is intended or implied here for Club Manager or any other veteran of that era who served honorably.
One of the finest men I ever knew served in the Air Force during Vietnam. He was a Vietnam Era veteran and made no bones about making the distinction between Vietnam Era and a true Vietnam vet. Anyone who served honorably during that period should proudly proclaim themselves as Vietnam Era veterans. Club Manager, the honor is within the person, not in the amount fancy. colored ribbon on the uniform.
PV1 after only 15 months? I bet he had an expert badge in floor buffing, rock painting, and dandelion picking to show for it, too!! Maybe he had a few too many Article 15’s? He’s playing the poser game in GA, and they don’t take that lightly, it ain’t Connecticut!
There’s only one man who could make Ft Benning into Viet Nam – John Wayne.
This story is actually a couple of years old – I’m curious if he did get elected. BUT, he was busted out about his claims (see link below). And wouldn’t you know, he actually served from 1972-1975 but his real records are sealed.
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=775798
I wonder if he still claims to have been in The Battle of Chieu Hoi in the Au Scheit Valley?
Proud…Don’t give em ideas. Besides Au Scheit Valley was all hard core grunt ops. 😀 Just ask Oliver Stone.
He was in the battle of Phuk Mei in the Phoni As Phuk Delta…..
Maybe he was one of those on the sooperseekrit mission to catch the notorious VC leader named Ho Lee Shitt in the Phuk Tup Valley only to end up in Ai Am Phukt?
I think you are indeed onto something here…his 15 months at Benning were indicative that the rest of his life would be Phul Uf Zhit.
Him, Bernath, and Visconti pulled missions together at Noh Weh.
With Chevalier flying the C130 that dropped them in, I assume.
And dUlLaSs as jumpmaster!
Isn’t dropping that big a quantity of concentrated STUPID a violation of the Geneva Convention?
Seriously, the amount of STUPID in DullASS alone hurtling toward the ground…
Rumor has it that Willis really loved pulling duty at Tu Loong Dong. He was particularly enamored with Phouk Mi As Valley.
nbcguy54…Don’t know who dropped the bomb on him but the local Fox channel is all over him. Thanks for the link.
Glad to hear that, Sparks, I hope they stay on him like stink on a road kill skunk!!
I busted him out in a public forum 2 years ago, I guess he thought it went away. My thing is he needs to apologize to the true Nam vets. There is a better video of the exposure , I put up the link when I get home today.
This is a link to a better video and story of the exposure.
http://worthit2u.net/worth/2012/07/13/republican-forum-held-in-sumner/
I’m getting “error 403 forbidden” at that url Chris.
Yeah, I called them, that bust our cops made last night on that Amber alert couple out of MS, so many people went to read it, it crashed their servers.
He’s probably claiming PTSD from the TV interview…
Well, if he’s a lying sack of shit, he is well qualified for public office. He really ought to run for Congress, though. That’s where the greatest concentration of lying ass bullshitters are to be found.
He wasn’t elected before.
I haven’t been keeping up with his recent run for office though.
He is running for a county commissioner office now
Glad he was outed. I’m sick of these turds.
Since he was dumb enough to include his e-mail address, wefr125940@yahoo.com, why not fill up his in box with your thoughts.
I’m a Vietnam Era Vet. Here in MN that qualifies me for a license plate that says “Vietnam Veteran”. I won’t buy one out of respect for the brothers who were actually in country.
If the only thing he is saying is that he is a Viet Nam veteran, then technically, I don’t see anything wrong with that – – – ,
BECAUSE – – – ,
Guys who served in previous wars, regardless of duty assignment and/or location, were, and still are, identified as “Second World War veteran”, “First World War veteran” (are any of those still living?), “Korean War veteran”, “Cold War veteran”, et cetera.
Only when referring to the war in the old Republic of Viet Nam, have we begun making that distinction.
Instead of calling someone a “Viet Nam Era veteran”, why not identify them as a “Cold War veteran”?
Even if a soldier who served during the ‘Sixties and/or ‘Seventies never left the continental United States of America, military conscription and active service was STILL difficult, unpopular, psychologically stressful, and at times, physically perilous, due to the anti-war demonstrations, assassinations of public figures, bombings of university buildings, and race riots, et cetera.
Maybe one or two of you guys can sort of help this guy out, by diplomatically suggesting that he begin calling himself a “Cold War veteran”.
Hey, that there Cold War wasn’t anything to sneeze about, because I well remember my own terrified thoughts at sitting completely helpless smack dab in the center of a prime nuclear target!
There are folks around – probably on the forum -who remember working at intel sites in Germany and intercepting fire missions from rocket forces equipped with nuclear-tipped missiles targeted on where they were sitting. I imagine THAT jacked their pucker factors up… thank God they all turned out to be practice FMs!
NRAS duty. Aw, the good old days of “busting cookies”.
John, you do have a point, technically. But over the years the vernacular and meaning of “veteran” has changed somewhat, some due to politics, some to just clarify matters. Some folks will need to help me out here, but the term Viet Nam “Era” veteran wasn’t even coined until we started looking at various benefits such as medical and educational. I don’t recall ever hearing the terms WWII “era” veteran, or Korean War “era” veteran. But when Agent Orange and other service related claims started becoming common, there was a split in the definitions and hence Viet Nam veteran came to mean someone who was there and perhaps became eligible for certain benefits because of THAT service vs. Viet Nam “era” veterans who weren’t eligible for certain benefits. I’m sure there will be more to add by others as I am not fully knowledgeable about this.
The short answer is that over the years the term Viet Nam veteran has come to universally mean you were there (or off the coast or in the skies) whereas Viet Nam “era” veteran simply has come to mean you were in the Military but not “there”. BTW, Cold War “veteran” is a term also regognized and used now….
Vietnam Veteran means the Veteran was in Vietnam. Vietnam Era Veteran means the Veteran served during the Vietnam War but not in Vietnam. This shit about VN Era plates going to VN Era Veterans is just that: shit. Ditto the organization Vietnam Veterans of America who accept for membership anyone who served during the VN War years, so long as the dues are paid up front. Both are invitations to pretenders. And both the MVA/DAV and VVA make money from the bullshit.
When I exposed him, he told me point blank he had been to Vietnam, it wasn’t till he found out I had his records that his story changed. He blamed it on trying to remember from 40 years ago. And that his VA card just says Vietnam, not Vietnam Era,,( yeah I know, I and Scott both ask to see the card, because I have never seen a VA card with Vietnam on it), but he refused. If the other sites servers ever come back up, you can see more to this story.