Vietnam
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: FoxNews did not respond to emails asking for a correction. Background Research There was a lot of […]
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 […]
UPDATE: ‘Alaska Bob’ Drama
Military Phony has been in contact with Jesse Major, the reporter who did the original story about ‘Alaska Bob’ in the Peninsula Daily News. They are ready to go with the story and he did say that he confirmed that the NPRC documents that MP/TAH posted are indeed authentic. The only thing he is waiting […]
“Alaska Bob” Glaves – NOT a Vietnam Veteran
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Robert Elgin Glaves Jr, better known as “Alaska Bob” or just plain “Bob.” Bob claims to be a Vietnam veteran, having joined the US Army at 17 years old and fought in both Vietnam and Cambodia. Unfortunately, he contracted cancer from chemicals used in Vietnam, […]
Ed Doyle – Phony Korea & Vietnam Ranger
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Edward Michael Doyle who was a featured veteran in the New Brunswick (GA) newspaper. Click the icon below to read the article. Rather than paraphrase the entire article, we will briefly list his claims here: Service: Army, 26 years Duties: Ranger Rank: Sergeant major Awards: Distinguished Service Cross; Purple […]
Ron DaRonche – Another Elko NV Phony CIB
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Ronald “Vito” DaRonche, who is another POW*MIA Elko Awareness Association partner of Les Brown. In fact, DaRonche was listed as the Senior Vice Commander under Les Brown when the organization was first formed and created a website. DaRonche claims he is a twenty-five (25) year […]
Ken Desautels – Phony Vietnam SEAL
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Kenneth Alfred Desautels who claims he was a SEAL in Vietnam by the act of wearing a US Navy SEAL insignia on his finest for Memorial Day 2019. Desautels lives in Leicester, Massachusetts and is 74 years old as of June 2019. The Telegram.com carried […]
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