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UPDATE: Maggie DeSanti – Media Darling or Stolen Valor Con Artist?

| October 28, 2019 | 165 Comments
UPDATE:  Maggie DeSanti – Media Darling or Stolen Valor Con Artist?

We thought that it was time for an update on significant events surrounding Margaret C. DeSanti. We wrote about Margaret in 2014 here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=57300 Then, the recent 2019 follow-up with Margaret here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=92064 FoxNews carried the story here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-five-one-more-thing-21oct2019.mp4 FoxNews did not respond to emails asking for a correction. Background Research There was a lot […]

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Robert Glaub – Phony Silver Star and Purple Heart

| October 28, 2019 | 126 Comments
Robert Glaub – Phony Silver Star and Purple Heart

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on this Robert Allen Glaub fella.  Robert is 56 years old as of Oct 2019 and lives in Torrington, Wyoming.  He often goes by “Rob” as well as his nickname “Goosinator.”  Sometimes he lists his last name as “Glaub-Leonello.” Glaub posted photos of himself in his […]

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Justin Paisley – Taking it to the Grave

| October 21, 2019 | 22 Comments
Justin Paisley – Taking it to the Grave

We first posted about Justin Aaron Paisley here and then here.  As a quick reminder, he was the phony Marine dog trainer making a living off military credentials – credentials that didn’t exist. Justin has recently died, but it seems he was plagued with criminal and legal issues prior to his death. https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/02/03/justin-paisley-k9-trainer-parker-military-marine-claim/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/watch/police-issue-arrest-warrant-for-justin-paisley-following-cbs4-reports/vp-AAGIqn8 https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/09/05/justin-paisley-lyndon-villone-dog-trainer/ […]

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Maggie DeSanti – Phony Army Nurse Still At It

| October 21, 2019 | 526 Comments
Maggie DeSanti – Phony Army Nurse Still At It

One of our ninjas highlighted these recent stories. You may recall a 2014 TAH posting about Maggie DeSanti here. Well, she’s back at it and in the news over the past couple of days. “When she was an Army nurse during the Vietnam War, DeSanti rappelled from helicopters to treat wounded soldiers.” https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-army-vietnam-veteran-nurse-84-challenges-tsa-agent-to-10-push-ups-before-honor-flight 84-year-old US […]

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Eric Winstead – Phony SEAL & Fake MoH

| October 14, 2019 | 124 Comments
Eric Winstead – Phony SEAL & Fake MoH

The folks at Military Phony give us their work on Eric James Winstead who lives in Rockmart Georgia.  Winstead claims to be a retired Master Chief and Navy SEAL. Winstead passed around a resume claiming he retired after serving for 22 years in the Navy, achieved the rank of Master Chief (E-9), obtained a “Department […]

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UPDATE: ‘Alaska Bob’ Glaves’ “Restricted” Files

| October 11, 2019 | 147 Comments
UPDATE: ‘Alaska Bob’ Glaves’ “Restricted” Files

Dave Hardin was going to do an update on this but before it spills over into the Weekend Open Thread, I will do a starter post here for awareness and you may want to check back for a separate post from Dave on this subject. The Peninsula Daily News has published a followup article about […]

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William Murphy – Phony Combat Marine

| October 7, 2019 | 182 Comments
William Murphy – Phony Combat Marine

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on William Alfred Murphy Jr. who lives in Moselle, Mississippi. Murphy proudly posts his photo of when he was back in the Marine Corps, and claims he is a 100% US Marine Corps disabled veteran. And he caught the dreaded PTSD from rescuing the dead and […]

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Stolen Valor suspect and Valor Vulture Blumenthal wastes no time at grabbing attention from tragedy.

| October 3, 2019 | 81 Comments
Stolen Valor suspect and Valor Vulture Blumenthal wastes no time at grabbing attention from tragedy.

Seven people aboard a vintage World War II plane were killed Wednesday when it crashed shortly after takeoff, erupting into flames at Bradley International Airport, just outside of Hartford, Connecticut, authorities said. State Police Commissioner James Rovella told reporters at an evening news conference that the families of all but three of the victims had […]

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