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Greg Witter – Back on “The Trail of Tears”
Some of you may recall Gregory Earl Witter, whom MilitaryPhony wrote about here and Jonn followed up and wrote about here. Over the years, Greg has gone by Greg Lonewolf, Greg Lakota and Greg Wolf, perhaps in an effort to secure a love interest. He pitches himself as “the last of his people” (i.e. Last […]
Ty Hampe – The Rest of the Story
The folks at MilitaryPhony published additional military records on Ty Hampe – the individual claiming to have two CIBs and a Purple Heart. You may recall that TAH published an article about Hampe here. Hampe’s Facebook page has a post of him in uniform and then a closeup of the uniform. Hampe also had a […]
John DeSomer – Fake POW, 8 Bronze Stars, 4 Purple Hearts
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on John Edward DeSomer. DeSomer died on November 7, 2019. His obituary got huge distribution across at least 9 newspapers and 3 online news services, if not more. The obituary raised some eyebrows with all the military accomplishments and DeSomer was not listed as a Prisoner of […]
Gregg Ramsdell Pleads Guilty to Stolen Valor
We previously posted about Gregg Ramsdell here when he was charged with stolen valor, but in a brand new development Ramsdell has pleaded guilty to the charges. The Ledger-Enquirer reports that Ramsdell was paid $76,000 for PTSD as a direct result of war events that he now admits he made up. According to the plea […]
Bob Glaves: Stolen Valor Hurts Everyone
Greg Taylor of the Peninsula Daily News wrote a Point of View article about how Veterans Day is special and he talks about a recent “development” in their community… This summer, the Peninsula Daily News featured a front-page story about a Vietnam veteran riding his motorcycle to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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