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Howard Gordon Clewell resigns because of his stolen valor (Updated)

| June 15, 2018 | 69 Comments
Howard Gordon Clewell resigns because of his stolen valor (Updated)

WISC reports that Howard Gordon Clewell, the historian of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion and the husband of the Department Commander, resigned his position when he was busted for wearing badges that he didn’t earn while he was in the Army; Howard Gordon Clewell served in the U.S. Army decades ago, but numerous […]

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Captain Sharon Arnett Gallagher

| June 14, 2018 | 108 Comments
Captain Sharon Arnett Gallagher

Someone sent us the above forged CAC card which accomapanied several emails and the following photos. It appears that the young lady in the photo is a real soldier, that her last name is Arnett and she’s a Private First Class; I’ve been unable to find her with a reverse image search. But she probably […]

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Brett Tutor; TLC’s phony PJ

| June 12, 2018 | 145 Comments
Brett Tutor; TLC’s phony PJ

Someone sent us their work on this Brett Tutor fellow. He’s a carpenter on The Learning Channel’s Trading Spaces. He also claims that he spent a year in the Air Force and trained as a pararescueman, known in military circles as a PJ. From his bio; Brett enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age […]

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Floyd Garrett; Desert Storm phony

| June 9, 2018 | 126 Comments
Floyd Garrett; Desert Storm phony

The Tallahassee Democrat tells the story of Floyd Garrett, a 47-year-old veteran who had a stroke recently. Floyd claims that he earned two Purple Heart Medals during the first Gulf War. Soon afterward, Garrett was assigned as a scout in the Operation Desert Storm combat zone of burning Kuwaiti oil fields, unknown chemicals and landmines. […]

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James Krupsky; phony wounded Beirut Marine

| June 8, 2018 | 115 Comments
James Krupsky; phony wounded Beirut Marine

Our partners at Military Phonies shared their work on this fellow, James Krupsky who pretends that he was wounded at the Beirut bombing of October 1983, that he earned four Purple Heart Medals. He also pretends to be his wife on social media, then he denies that he even has a wife; Except for serving […]

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Gregory Schaffer, phony SEAL, sentenced again

| June 6, 2018 | 39 Comments
Gregory Schaffer, phony SEAL, sentenced again

We first wrote about Gregory Schaffer more than six years ago, before we knew his name. He was pretending to be a Navy SEAL to attract underaged girls to his bed. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison for one such encounter. Now he’s been sentenced to 40 more years locked up for filming […]

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Spodofora out

| June 6, 2018 | 31 Comments
Spodofora out

We’ve been talking about Stafford, New Jersey mayor John Spodofora for six years for pretending to be a Vietnam veteran. Every election cycle would see the phony US Navy veteran secret squirrel win the election. Well, that has ended finally. He was defeated by a narrow margin in yesterday’s primaries; Adios, finally, Johnny-boy.

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Robert Stephen Willey is NOT a SEAL

| June 5, 2018 | 89 Comments
Robert Stephen Willey is NOT a SEAL

Our buddy, Don Shipley sends us this fellow, Robert Stephen Willey, who claims that he is a Navy SEAL. Just eight years ago, he was arrested in Florida for robbing a bank and for bad checks. He was a fugitive from justice out of Michigan at the time. Mr Willey shows folks this sad-ass forged […]

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