Silver Star
Nearly 70 years later, Korean War Marine veteran awarded Silver Star
On Wednesday, a Korean War veteran received a long overdue military valor award. 89-year-old Salvatore Naimo received the Silver Star for his heroic actions during the Korean War. In 1951, his platoon was under attack by Chinese forces. Naimo carried two injured marines to safety while injured himself. Then he proceeded to fight off enemy […]
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. […]
“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 […]
Valor Friday
Late last week the KoB sent in the story about a recently recovered Marine returning home to rest. Private First Class Thomas Johnson was lost on Tarawa 22 November, 1943. He was brought home almost 77 years later to the day. The Marine Corps sent an honor guard and conducted a flyover at the funeral. […]
“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) […]
Patrick Dowdee – POW, 2 Silver Stars & 3 Purple Hearts
DISCLAIMER: In the challenging age of COVID-19, the National Personnel Records Center is operating at a reduced capacity and is only entertaining emergencies and funerals at this time. Although we filed for Mr. Dowdee’s military records, we don’t anticipate they will come until sometime in the winter or spring of 2021. In the meantime, we […]
Daniel Greenwell – Phony SEAL and Fake PH & BSM
The folks at Military Phony sent us their work on Daniel Austin Greenwell. Greenwell is from New Harmony, Indiana and is 32 year old at the time of this writing – Sept 2020. As you can see from the first photo of him, he wears a Navy SEAL Trident on his Navy uniform. On Greenwell’s […]
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