Purple Heart
Indiana Purple Heart License Plates for Spouses
Representative Bill Goodrich of Indiana has proposed a bill to allow spouses of deceased Purple Heart recipients to continue to display the Purple Heart license plate. Goodrich authored the following article which appeared in The Times of Hamilton County. Supporting our Purple Heart heroes, spouses Each year, thousands of brave men and women say goodbye […]
Ferdinand Marcos and Stolen Valor
Ferdinand Marcos, the previous president of the Philippines, is back in the news for claims of Stolen Valor. Ferdinand Marcos’ military claims have long been in dispute. The biggest controversy arising from Marcos’ service during World War II, was that of his claims during the 1962 Senatorial Campaign of being “most decorated war hero of […]
99 year old 82nd Airborne vet finally receives medals from WWII
This story about Marvin Cornett receiving his earned awards decades after bureaucratic incompetence was sent in by Jeff LPH 3. Reminds me an awful lot about my grandfather, who’d be 101 now. He too was wounded in Italy and never received a Purple Heart for it. Like Sergeant First Class Cornett, he also believed that […]
Tucker Charged with Stealing from Wounded Warrior Project
And the hits just keep on coming! We previously posted about William Travis Tucker a couple of times last month. He was charged with stolen valor for claiming to have been awarded a Purple Heart, Silver Star as well as claimed to have been a P.O.W. – we posted about that here on Dec 2, […]
Robert “Mr. Bob” Walker – Official Records
You may recall a recent post about Robert Walker, who was featured on the front of a magazine called the Chadds Ford JunXion, which is a local community magazine. On the cover and in the writeup, claims were made about a Navy Cross, a Silver Star and a Purple Heart for combat actions in Vietnam. […]
“Buck” Thrailkill – Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Desert Storm
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on David Walkup Thrailkill, or better known as “Buck” as he likes to be called. Buck comes to us from Fayetteville, North Carolina and is 57 years old at the time of this writing – December 2020. We actually had military records on ol’ Buck for […]
“Blue” Maurer – Retired Navy SEAL, LT, Corpsman, Silver Star, Purple Heart, Air Assault Badge
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Steven Louis Maurer, who prefers to go by “Steve” or his nickname “Blue.” Maurer comes to us from Grants Pass, Oregon and he is 59 years old at the time of this writing – December 2020. As you can see in the above photo, Maurer […]
“Mr. Bob” – Vietnam Vet, Navy Cross, Silver Star & Purple Heart
The Chadds Ford JunXion, a local community magazine, featured Robert Walker on its front cover for the November 2020 edition. Robert lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania – just west of Philadelphia – and is 70 years old at the time of this posting. Robert recently retired from the Pocopson / Unionville Chadds Ford School District (UCFSD) […]
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