From the Jungles of Vietnam to the Rubble of 9/11 – Man’s Story is Inconsistent

| September 25, 2023


A man claiming to have been a firefighter at 9/11 and buried in the rubble, is creating quite a stir as many doubt his story.

He also has claims of Vietnam that further invite scrutiny.

Radio host claims to have been firefighter buried at WTC on 9/11. Was he even there?
The Observer found inconsistencies throughout radio personality “the Captain” Matt Bruce’s story of 9/11 heroism, military service and record as a firefighter.
By James Peter | September 23, 2023

He was trapped for 13 hours in the rubble of the World Trade Center on 9/11.

That’s what conservative radio host Matt Bruce told an audience this year during the Remembrance of 9/11 ceremony at Sarasota National Cemetery.

“‘Mayday, mayday, mayday,’ those (calls) were real,” said Bruce during his speech. “And I probably was one of them.”

No way. Hell no. Not a chance.

Those were the reactions of current and retired firefighters from the city and state of New York to Bruce’s story of survival.

A former Sarasota-area resident now based in the Tampa area, Bruce refers to himself as “the Captain.” He hosts a nationally syndicated late-night talk radio program called “Captain’s America Third Watch,” which appears along with “The Alex Jones Show” in the 40-show lineup of Genesis Communications Network.

Then, later in the article…

Bruce’s story of his service in Vietnam is inconsistent.

The 9/11 Sarasota Remembrance event program states that Bruce served two tours in Vietnam, earning two purple hearts, a bronze star and a silver star. The latter is the third-highest military commendation for valor that the U.S. awards. The speaker bio further states that Bruce “finished his eight years in the military with the New York Army National Guard.”

Bruce submitted this biographical information to USF and approved the final version that appeared in the 9/11 event program, Moreira said.

In an interview with the Observer, Bruce said that he had done combat tours in Vietnam in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, and that he was stateside from 1970 onward, some of which time was spent recuperating from injuries sustained during combat.

Further…

Bruce’s extensive LinkedIn profile, which is written entirely in the first person, states he served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1974.

That section of the profile includes a photo of a soldier walking away from a burning hut in Vietnam. On the LinkedIn profile, the photo’s caption reads, “Capt Matt Bruce, Vietnam 1968 on Patrol…”

Screenshot of a photo and caption found on the LinkedIn page for Matt Bruce, host of the radio show, “Captain’s America Third Watch.”

That same photo appears in the U.S. National Archives. The photo was taken on May 5, 1966, during Operation Georgia, a U.S. Marine Corps Security operation, according to the National Archives.

Bruce denied having written any of the information that appears on the LinkedIn profile, which begins with his high school record at Cazenovia Central School, where it’s stated that he graduated in 1965 with a C+ in general studies.

As far as his LinkedIn profile, Bruce is resorting to the tried and proven “I Din Do Nuttin – Musta Been Some Other Dude” excuse.

Maybe Matt Bruce in fact cheated death.

All we can say with certainty is that Bruce’s stories have been brought into question based on inconsistencies. We don’t have his official military records but we wanted to make you aware of the brewing controversy rather than wait months for his results to come back.

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thebesig

Unless those who were boots on the ground in Vietnam mastered special shape shifting and object hovering skills that those of us who were boots on the ground in latter combat theaters were not aware existed, or something fishy is going on… Here are some discrepancies:

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thebesig

His right collar looks like it’s hovering above his shoulder, his head also looks small in proportion to the rest of his body.

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Anonymous

Concur. Someone else’s pic, bad Photoshop– aw, just make it blurry, nobody’ll notice!

KoB

“…mastered special shape shifting…” Odo had no comment. But I’ll make a comment. I am of the opinion that this Meal Team Six Buffet Assault Commando is a lying sack of sh^t that is standing in the blood and on the bodies of people who actually did what he is claiming. I eagerly await the results of the FOIA so that we can well and truly trash this POS with all of the facts. Tampa is BCE’s AO…maybe we can get Big Country to pay this warthog (apologies to warthogs everywhere) a visit and have a little “chat”.

HT3

A leading member of the Piece of Shit Hall of Shame.
Standing on the shoulders of not 1 but 2 sets of heroes and shouting “Look at me! Adore me! Praise me!” Yeah, well fuck you!
A guy from my HT/DC shop wanted to join the FDNY more than anything, and I heard he did in early 90’s. His name was NOT among the fallen on 9/11. He’s got to be retired now, but I know he’d be serving this douche nozzle a knuckle sandwich. Sounds like he thinks the ‘World Trade Center’ movie with Nick Cage & Michael Pena was about him.
If he served in Vietnam, he’d be in mid-50’s on 9/11. Unless he was a Captain of Battalion Chief than the math doesn’t add up.

MustangCPT

2 sets of heroes or one certified BAMF such as Cyril Richard “Rick” Rescorla, COL, United States Army (Retired). You know, the guy who served with Hal Moore in Vietnam and died while coordinating the evacuation of coworkers at the World Trade Center. The parallels between COL Rescorla’s life and this clown’s bullshit tales can’t be a coincidence. Fuck this guy.

RGR 4-78

Well said.

pookysgirl, WC wife

Every year on 9/11, Powerline posts a tribute to Rick Rescorla. This line always gets me:

Using a bullhorn, he shepherded his charges into the tower’s one usable fire escape and exhorted them that it was “a day to be proud to be an American.”

ninja

More about his Viet Of The Nam “service”:

“The LinkedIn page states that Bruce was part of “LRRP’s, ‘Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Teams,’” and served two tours and eventually rose to the rank of company commander in the 101st Airborne.”

And of course, the typical explanations:

“When asked if there were any official records of his military service, Bruce told the Observer that they were destroyed in a fire.”

“The one in St. Louis? “Yes,” Bruce replied.”

“Bruce later told the Observer that documents regarding his military career and/or firefighting career were unlikely to be found because he possesses a top secret security clearance.”

“I’ve done some things for the government before that I can’t talk about,” Bruce said. “I’ve done some things before 9/11 that I can’t discuss.”

🙄🫣

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5JC

He would be a perfect fit for the FJB administration. I hear they need a new envoy to China

ninja

Does his cap have the word “China” on it

🤔

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Green Thumb

Probably on the balcony at All-Points Logistics.

tshe

They were too painful for him to discuss.

Anonymous

Like getting kicked out of that all-you-can-eat buffet?

26Limabeans

“I’ve done some things before 9/11 that I can’t discuss.”

Who the hell hasn’t?

MustangCPT

I did a LOT of things before 9/11 that I shouldn’t discuss and quite a few after 9/11 as well. Most involved large quantities of alcohol and women who wanted companionship, especially in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Anonymous

Could “chief” lose some weight before appearing in uniform, at least? Just sayin’.

SFC D

I was a LRRP once. OK, maybe a couple times. After an extended kegstand in college, the next sound I made was LRRRRRRP 😉

rgr769

A slam dunk he is a full on phony pony. The claim his records are classified, and they burned up in the records center fire anyway is a dead give-away.

RGR 4-78

That is the cold, dispassionate 1000-yard stare into reality.

pookysgirl, WC wife

It’s a good thing TAH Bingo isn’t a drinking game, otherwise we’d all be in the ER.

Army-Air Force Guy

That explains why they didnt give me my DD-214 at the Ft. Stewart transition point 30 years ago. I had a TS clearance, of course. 😂

ninja

“…Bruce was part of “LRRP’s, ‘Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Teams,’” and served two tours and eventually rose to the rank of company commander in the 101st”

No Bullwinkle Badge?

😉😎

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5JC

The badge wasn’t established until 1974. He would have been in the National Guard then. Probably was in the National Guard the whole time and never went to Vietnam.

26Limabeans

Probably more like school crossing guard.

Charlie

lol

SFC D

Hall monitor.

Army-Air Force Guy

Cafeteria Lady helper.

ninja

That was a “Tongue In Cheek” comment based on a previous SP4 Signal Corps TAH Commentator who wears the Bullwinkle Badge on a Santa Claus suit as well as displaying it in his Shadow Box.

He claims he received an “Honorary AAB Certificate” from the AA school in 1984 (Fort Campbell) and feels he is entitled to wear the Badge because he served with the 501st Signal Corps Battalion, 101st Airborne Division while serving in Vietnam in the early 1970s.

He never attended an AA school.

😆😉😎

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SFC D

The Brotherhood (and Sisterhood) of the Signal Corps disavows any and all affiliation with the aforementioned asshat.

ninja

The bad part about it was he admitted on TAH he really did not know how to do his job as a 31L20, Field Radio Relay Equipment Repairman (now THAT is a very scary thought).

At least he was upfront and honest about that.

He was a 31L20 for 9 years and only spent 3 months in a 11D20 slot while being discharged from the Army in the mid 1970s.

Yet all he talked about on social media was his time as a “Scout” and his “Stetson” and his “Spurs” while stationed at Fort Hood.

So sad that he was not proud to be a member of the Signal Corps…EXCEPT that one time when the 1st Signal Corps Brigade Association came to DC to hold a parade celebrating their 25th Anniversay in 2007..All of the sudden, he stripped from his Kilt anything that had to do with the Screaming Eagle, Air Assault and went Full Signal (except he still wore the Infantry Blue Cord or as rgr769 affectionally calls it “The Rope Of Doom.”)

🙄

At least you and 26Limabeans are proud of what you both did in the US Army.

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rgr769

I’ll never forget the airmobile radio wrencher. His tales of combat when he was on bunker guard are legendary.

jeff LPH 3 63-66

What unit was LRRP (SOG) attatched to when you were there.

rgr769

The LRRP companies were part of the Infantry Divisions or separate brigades in Vietnam. They had nothing to do with the MACV-SOG units, such as the strategic recon units of CCN, CCC, and CCS. LRRP (Long Range Recon Patrol) units conducted tactical reconnaissance within division and brigade Areas of Operation. My company was attached to the 196th Infantry Brigade HQ outside Da Nang.

They were redesignated as Ranger companies in 1969. But how they were organized and operated remained the same. They still conducted long range recon patrols of six-man teams.

SFC D

I see his name pop up on the Daily Timewaster now and then. And he’s probably lurking here right now.

Anonymous

Eh, Ft Hood(lum)…

Green Thumb

Fucking Canteen Commander.

ninja

😆😅🤣🫡👏👏👏👏

MustangCPT

LRRP? I wonder if he’s friends with a certain purple-suited drunk we AlL kNoW aNd LoVe?

ninja

Not only was Matthew Bruce a First Responder to the World Trade Center with the FDNY, he was also a “Dedicated War Veteran…”

12 Minutes Of Pure BS..

🥸🥳

https://youtu.be/qR402nqp-Z8?feature=shared

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5JC

Completely full of it.

Anonymous

He’ll never get over Macho Grande.

SFC D

He was there, staring into the gates of hell, shoulder to shoulder with Joe Biden.

5JC

I would like to know more about his lieutenant Colonel Brigade Commander son.

ninja

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-bruce-69796114

Matt Bruce

Radio Talk Show Host at “The Captain’s AMERICA – Third Watch”…

Self-employed

Almeda University

About:

“It is with a high degree of honor as a combat wounded Vietnam Veteran, Retired Fire-Rescue Captain, First Responder to the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001, former Owner of a Trucking Company-Freight Agency who hauled for the Military and having a career United States Marine Corps Officer son, that I make every attempt to get the story out from our First Responders & Military serving all of us while they help keep America FREE & SAFE, as a News Reporter & Host of my own Talk Radio Show, “The Captain’s AMERICA – Third Watch.”

“I am an American first, a Bible-believing Christian second, a Conservative third and a Patriotic, Constitutional Independent fourth, who is proud to call myself an “Independent.”

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thebesig

His actions indicate that of someone who has metaphorically elevated his pedestal so high that he’s seeing “eye to eye” with God. Now, if he’d only read that Bible that he claims to believe in, and understand it, he wouldn’t be pulling these stunts for which he is getting pilloried on this thread for.  👺 

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ninja

LOL, LOL, LOL!!!

😆😅🤣😂👍👍👍👏👏👏

SFC D

I’m pretty sure Jesus woulda whupped his ass like he was a moneychanger.

MustangCPT

Especially in this version:

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SFC D

I can’t wait to see that! He’s only gonna turn the other cheek one muthafuckin time…

MustangCPT

And he tells the harlot to go and sin no muthafuckin mo’!

MustangCPT

Man, I’m going straight to hell!😂

SFC D

There’s a section reserved for TAH denizens.

MustangCPT

I doubt that. If that’s the case, Lucifer doesn’t stand a chance. We’ll be running that mother in no time.

SFC D

Shhhh. Thats the plan.

Skivvy Stacker

“When asked if there were any official records of his military service, Bruce told the Observer that they were destroyed in a fire.”
“Bruce later told the Observer that documents regarding his military career and/or firefighting career were unlikely to be found because he possesses a top secret security clearance.”
“I’ve done some things before 9/11 that I can’t discuss.”

Well my gosh. How many times have we heard this before and they always turn out to be telling the truth? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Anonymous

Damn, the ’73 records fire sure gets around– went out of its way (mostly got WW2 and Korea stuff) for this dude it did! /sarc

Anonymous

P.S. Since when is firefighting “top secret, can’t tell ya” too?

Eggs

I think it’s Top Secret when it’s burnin’ up all them sealed personnel records 🤔🤣

SFC D

He went full Enron.

5JC

But how did the fire burn up his records for being buried in the rubble from 9/11? Wait….

I got it.

Grandfather paradox.

It’s going to start a Koggleblitz.

We are all doomed.

Hack Stone

That fire must have consumed Hack Stone’s end of tour award when he left III MEF. Hack Stone rotated in June 2023, starting to think it may never get here.

Daisy Cutter

Wheels turn slowly. Stay by your mailbox.

ninja

Our very own beloved Punster Jeff is gonna love what Steve Balm posted…

NY Firefighter…from Florida.

Bruce’s son is a “Career United States Marine Corps Officer..”

Get Em, Jeff!

https://my.firefighternation.com/m/profile?screenName=1dlcy1u4y6bae

My Training:

“NYS Fire Training Academy: EVOC Instructor, HazMat 1-2-3, Hazardous Materials Handling, Initial Fire Attack, Pump Operator 1-2, Engineer and Maintenance, Fireground Tactics 1-2, Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue, Flammable Liquid Firefighting, Building Codes and Enforcement, Fire Police and Fire Enforcement, Code Enforcement Training, Licensed Amateur Radio Operator”

About Me:

“I am a retired 25 year Fire-Rescue Captain who now is a Host of a Weekday Morning News-Talk Radio Show heard locally in the Tampa Bay area and have a Weekend Nationally Syndicated Conservative Talk Show.”

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26Limabeans

“Licensed Amateur Radio Operator”

Call sign?

ninja

26Limabeans: 😆😅🤣👌👍

“Bruce replied with 18 blurry photos of various certificates and documents hanging on his wall. Of the 18, one was completely legible. A certificate from the Manatee County Amateur Radio Club.”

https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2023/sep/23/radio-host-claims-buried-wtc-911-was-he-even-there/

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Grunt

MAYTAG

bmorgan

BRU HA-HA

SFC D

FCC has this:

Bruce, Matthew C, KI4VOB

  • 10245 Bay St NE
  • St Petersburg, FL 33716
  • Licensee ID: L01278786
  • License Class: Technician
  • FRN: 0016429177
  • Radio Service: HA
  • Issue Date: 03/11/2017
  • Expire Date: 05/02/2027
  • Date of Last Change: 03/11/2017 (License Renewed)

*NOTE: This is public information, not an attempt to dox poor Brucie.

President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

Technician class.
Good for a certain small segments of the HF band (10m?), and most anything above the 6meter (50-54MHz) band (2m & 440 are the most common).
Nothing wrong with that.
I have a General class license (KC7JDS), and barely get on the 2m band myself.

I have a Technician class myself, use the 2M band occasionally. Planning on upgrading, but sometimes life gets in the way.

Green Thumb

Call sign: Dirtbag.

11B-Mailclerk

QU33F

jeff LPH 3 63-66

Got on the site after running around all day.
I looked at his pics with the FD officers cap and shirt that told me he wasn’t an FDNY Officer and he wasn’t involved in any firefighting that day. The only non FDNY Depts doing any fire fighting was the Port of New York/New Jersey Port Authority fire fighters who responded from the airport/airports. If he did get called from Oswego County up by Rochester NY on the Mutual aids, It would have taken hours to get to the scene and the Towers were down in a very short Time. I was at a customers site at Depository Trust on water street when the first tower came down. The closest mutual aid depts were Volunteer Nassau, Suffolk and close NYS Volunteer Depts adding some New Jersey Paid Depts came. My dept supplied our Tower ladder and support truck for lighting which I was a member of but was still at my reguler job to the scene for fire fighting along with other Nassau county Volunteer Depts. Nassau And Suffolk County NY Volunteer depts had their apparatus stationed in FDNY Fire Houses to help out with NYC fire fighting operations which didn’t go to well with the hard core FDNY union guys but were welcomed at other houses where there were FDNY guys that were also Vplly’s out on Long Island. I see Bruce has some nice training from what I read but is the training on the level which if not, he is taking a chance of members of his Dept seeing the embelleshment.why does the A Hole have to give a bullshit story that he was in the collapse zone under the wreckage. On a side note, There are the same number of FDNY Fireman that gave the ultimite sacrifice as of now, the same number who succucumbed from the 9/11 illness which are 343
Would like to see his FOIA report on his Mil service.

Steve1371

I missed the part about Bruce being from Oswego county. That is indeed a hell of a long way from downtown Manhattan! Didn’t know the twin towers fell that far. It would take most of a day to travel that distance.
I was working the road for APA Transport back then . Left North Bergen for Burlington Vt around 02:00 and looked over at the sky line on my way out. Towers standing tall. Returned to NB that nite and NY C was like a ghost town. Could smell rotting flesh on the NJ side for months after.

ninja

His Fakebook page:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100001848218780

He self identifie as a “Vietnam Combat Veteran.”

😆

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26Limabeans

And that’s Joe Biden taking up the rear with an M-60.

ninja

😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆

Ole Brandon Boy:

“I kid you not…There I was, in Viet of the Nam, minding my own business, when I heard my Dad’s voice whispering in my head ‘Now, Joey Boy”…And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how I learned to fight Cornpop…I Kid You Not…”

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tshe

Ben Stiller up front. A still from the movie “Tropic Thunder.”

AW1Ed

Busted.

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Anonymous

Yup, “full retard,” alright…

ninja

We thought the Meme was hilarious cuz we bet good ole Matt Bruce has watched “Tropic Thunder” numerous times….

One Of The BEST Movies Ever Made…😉😎

Here’s another meme reference Old Ralphie Northam (remember him? Mr. KKK? Mr Blackface?) who once claimed to have been a “Desert Storm” veteran, yet worked at Lanstuhl Air Base as a Child Neurologist during the Gulf War:

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=73065

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5JC

8 years of active service and all he got was a T-shirt. They must have hated his ass.

President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

“…..past rutabaga.”

5JC

I left him a Love note that was promptly deleted.

5JC

Sadly I am now blocked, nevermore shall I see the great man..

ninja

Link to his radio show/podcast:

http://www.thecaptainsamericathirdwatch.com/

Don’t know if it is outdated since it seems to have originated from Tampa, Florida.

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ninja

He said he “came back from Vietnam”.

https://youtu.be/7-_X-nhfmx8?feature=shared

Mental Illness Is A Terrible Disease

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ninja

🤔

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ninja

Does it look as if he is wearing O3/CPT bars on his cap?

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Anonymous

Cue “Fortunate Son”– there I was, ladies, in the sh*t…

Green Thumb

While I was taking it in the ass….

thebesig

If someone goes onto his Facebook account, and notify the women on his friend’s list of this link, and they start questioning him, we might get sock puppets.  😀 

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SFC D

Sockpuppets! Send sockpuppets!

ninja

😄😁

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SFC D

ninja

Bad Boy, thebesig..

Bad Boy…

😆😅🤣😂

rgr769

We always can hope for them. But they have become exceedingly rare.

rgr769

Yep, those are the railroad tracks of an Army O-3.

Green Thumb

Tub of shit.

He probably broadcasts his podcast from All-Points Logistics.

atlanticcoast63

…Give the guy this: he went big…

bmorgan

Yep. Go big or go home.

Anonymous

Pass the cheeseburgers…

Green Thumb

and a side of lies.

MustangCPT

Phildo style.

bmorgan

Who’s the Captain of your ship?

Say my name. Say it!

ninja

“Via email and phone, the Observer requested Bruce share any records documenting his military service (e.g. discharge papers), firefighting career, training and/or certifications.”

“Bruce replied with 18 blurry photos of various certificates and documents hanging on his wall. Of the 18, one was completely legible. A certificate from the Manatee County Amateur Radio Club.”

“Matt Bruce emailed the Observer to state he sent a packet of documents via USPS on Sept. 22. A request for a tracking number and/or clear photos of the documents went unanswered.”

https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2023/sep/23/radio-host-claims-buried-wtc-911-was-he-even-there/

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ninja

Check out the “Certificate Of Military Service” as well as something from the American Legion in the photo he submitted as “proof” of his “Military Service..”

😆😉😎

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bmorgan

This is a page right out of Alaska Bob’s playbook. Stand by the mailbox, the documents are on the way.

Green Thumb

And then head to the local roadside bar and proceed to drink up the donation money.

SFC D

“A certificate from the Manatee County Amateur Radio Club.”

Probably the only legit piece of paper on that wall.

ninja

Yep..Yep…Yep…😉😎🫡

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26Limabeans

Love the two stool bar.
Lots of ham clubs in Florida. They do good work.

RGR 4-78

They should have “shopped” a PRC 77 with a short whip onto the manatee. That would have been unique.

JustALurkinAround

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, CAPTAIN!!!

William's Gone, Man

Whatever he is wearing in the first photo, it certainly has nothing to do with the FDNY.

Also, look up Phillip Lorne Lovin on this site.

Name Edited.
AW1

ninja

This TAH postng on Phillip Lorne Lovin is better…😉😎

“Phillip Lorne Lovin: Phony Marine Colonel”

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=69768

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AW1Ed

Thanks!
Oh yeah, Beat Army!

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SFC D

There’s something about that aircraft that just seems off…

KoB, a little help?

ninja

SFC D’s name finally came up on that durn DA FORM 6!

😆😅🤣😂

SOS to our very own beloved KoB!!!

gabn

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ninja

TAG…You’re It!

gabn

😉😎

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Green Thumb

The new Army Soldier.

Anonymous

McLovin?

ninja

😁😆

Daisy Cutter

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Daisy Cutter

The original photo…
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Daisy Cutter

Marine vs. soldier.

26Limabeans

Blast going off behind him and he didn’t even trip over the log.

Green Thumb

That is probably where he took a dump.

Daisy Cutter

That’s pure Hollywood. Walking away while explosion happens behind you, never flinching, flames licking your backside.

Green Thumb

Walking all upright and shit. Probably left his tactical awareness back at the hotel.

Don’t worry about snipers or counterattack.

Messkit

To be fair, snipers and counter attack personnel are being blown up behind him…

Green Thumb

Yeah.

That was one powerful dump he took.

Green Thumb

With a smoke and a couple of cool one liners.

Wilson

He looks like a warrior in the fight against Diabeetus. Or maybe a fictional Postmaster General.

Green Thumb

Now that was funny.

Daisy Cutter

“I love the smell of burning archive records in the morning.

Smells, like… like…”

ninja

PUBLIC INFORMATION.

Matthew Clay Bruce was born in October 1947.

The Observer article stated “Bruce confirmed that he is from Cazenovia, New York, a small town of about 3,000 people located 20 miles east of Syracuse.”

What is very interesting is that in a 3 May 1977 Newspaper article from The Post Standard in Syracuse, New York, a William C. Bruce, age 29, formally of Chittenango, New York, was charged with Second Degree Criminal Possession of A Forged Instrument.

Bruce had been indicted in July 1976 and a Superior Court Warrant was issued for his arrest.

He was brought back from North Carolina to face the charge.

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ninja

Some Official Documents from Madison County, New York has his first name spelled as “M-A-T-H-E-W” versus “Matthew” with two “Ts”.

Chittenango and Cazenovia are both in Madison County, New York.

Daisy Cutter

Is “forged instrument” code for prison shank?

Asking for a friend.

ninja

😆😅🤣😂

tshe

Have any of you thought of this angle? – Matt Bruce survived both Vietnam and 9/11 because God wanted him to tell his story.

If that doesn’t send a shiver down your leg, you ain’t human.

5JC

God also wanted him to tell the truth You could see where this might be a problem.

Hack Stone

The truth, or “the truth”. Remember, it’s not a lie, if you believe it.

Mick

It’s “his truth”, and he’s gonna tell it.

MustangCPT
ninja

“In an interview with the Observer, Bruce said that he had done combat tours in Vietnam in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, and that he was stateside from 1970 onward, some of which time was spent recuperating from injuries sustained during combat.”

In 1971, he was indeed Stateside.

In Cazenovia, New York.

He was a Squad Leader with the Cazenovia Civil Defense Snowmobile Squad.

Newspaper article is from the “Cazenovia Republican” dated 17 March 1971. The “Cazenovia Republican” is the hometown newspaper for Cazenovia.

Guess he IS indirectly related to Alaska Bob. This is what he told The Observer about the status of his Military documents:

“Matt Bruce emailed the Observer to state he sent a packet of documents via USPS on Sept. 22. A request for a tracking number and/or clear photos of the documents went unanswered.”

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rgr769

I know a soldier that did four consecutive years of combat service in the Viet of the Nam. And three of those years were in a LRRP/Ranger company. He also now resides in Florida. But he isn’t our Brucie-boi. I wonder if Bruce started his first year in Vietnam while he was still attending his senior year of high school.

Maybe that packet of documents is coming by Injun canoe through the swamplands.

ninja

rgr769 wrote”

“Maybe that packet of documents is coming by Injun canoe through the swamplands.”

😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆😅🤣😂

Or via Alaska Bob…

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=91788

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SFC D

Alaska Bob got lost in Kelly’s canyon and was never heard from again.

Hack Stone

Help me find my keys and we’ll drive out of here.

MustangCPT

You won’t get very far if you’re driving a 1980’s vintage Jaguar…

tshe

A second time – “Alaska Bob got lost in Kelly’s canyon and was never heard from again.”

The echo from Kelly’s Canyon.

rgr769

Ninja, wasn’t Alaska Bob supposed to be dead back in 2020? IIRC, he said he had a terminal cancer and had less than a year to live, back in 2019.

Daisy Cutter

It’s POSer math.

USMCMSgt (Ret)

Cocksucker.

Mick

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Shack!

ninja

In the 29th April 1970 edition of “The Cazenovia Republican”, the hometown newspaper of Ole Mattie Boy, his engagement to Roberta May Lee was announced.

Note the spelling of his first name. Mathew with one T.

The engagement article stated that he graduated not only from Cazenovia High School, but also from the Oak Ridge Military Institute in Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

He also attended the Valley Forge Military Junior College in Wayne, PA.

In 1970, he was in business with this Father running an Bruce Apple Farms.

He was born in October 1947, which means he most likely graduated from High School around 1965 or 1966.

https://www.oakridgemilitary.com/

https://www.vfmac.edu/

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ninja

Yep.

In 1975, he was conducting business as an Apple Farmer.

Still wondering what he forged in 1977 that he was arrested and brought back to New York from North Carolina.

Wonder what/where/why he was in North Carolina in 1976.

Perhaps something to do with his apple farm?

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ninja

Hmmm…

This article came out on 17 September 1975.

The article states he was appointed an agent for the Mascot Agency, Syracuse, of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.

We are still researching if he was found GUILTY of the charge brought against him in 1977 “Second Degree Criminal Possession Of A Forged Instrument.”

That is a Class D Felony.

Something DID happen, because the 1975 article also states he used to be in that Apple Farm business.

Maybe he committed insurance fraud? Thus the reason for his arrest?

We now wonder if he went to Prison or Jail for 5 years, because in 1982, he went BACK to that Apple Farm business….

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ninja

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5JC

How about them apples?

MustangCPT

Yeah, more like road apples. 🍎💩

ninja

Well, this is all adding up.

Mathew Clay Bruce was a Squad member of the Cazenovia Civil Defense Snow Squad in his hometown of Cazenovia, New York around November 1970.

He went to two Military Academies…the Oak Ridge Military Institute in Oak Ridge, North Carolina and the Valley Forge Military Junior College in Wayne, PA.

He was the Sports Editor of his High School Newspaper (Cazenovia High School). Most likely graduated from High School in 1966.

Perhaps he tried to join the Military after High School Graduation.

Or perhaps he had aspiration to become a Military Officer.

Instead, he joined his Dad’s Apple Farm Business, got married and had a son (Michael) around the 1970-1971 timeframe.

For some reason, he decided to go into the Insurance Business around 1975…and around 1976/1977, he got arrested for Second Degree Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument (maybe related to Insurance fraud…)

Don’t know if he was found guilty.

Do know he went back to the Apple Farm Business 4-5 years later in 1982.

Become a Registered Voter in Pinellas County, Florida in 1998 as a member of the Republican Party.

Civil Defense/Military Academies and 9-11 equals someone re-creating their life in Florida, away from New York by embellishing/riding on the Coattails of REAL Heroes/First Responders of 9-11 as well as Military who served in Vietnam and Post 9-11.

He is covering up something from his past.

Majority of those who lie or embellish Military Service seem to do that.

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rgr769

Well surprise, surprise! It looks like military high school for a year or two is the extent of this POSer’s military experience.

ninja

“USF 9/11 Remembrance Event Set For Sarasota National Cemetery”

https://www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu/news/2023/usf-sarasota-manatee-911-memorial.aspx

“The featured speaker at the remembrance event on Sept. 11, which is organized by the Sarasota-Manatee campus and the USF Office of Veteran Success, is retired firefighter Matt Bruce. USF Federal Credit Union is the title sponsor.

“Bruce was injured during the attack on the World Trade Center while a state fire inspector on duty with the Fire Department of New York on Sept. 11, 2001. He is a Vietnam War Army veteran and the recipient of two Purple Hearts and Bronze and Silver stars.”

“For those of us who were there, we will never forget the true heroes of the day, the ones who died,” Bruce said. “It’s all about never forgetting what happened, the evil force that did it and those we remember for all eternity.”

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jeff LPH 3 63-66

FDNY Fire Inspectors are members of the NYC FD, unless the World Trade Center falls under The Port Authority of New York, New Jersey which Might use NYS Fire Inspectors. I replyed to your comment which had his training on the link which mentioned building code enforcement and fire enforcement if that means a Fire Inspector. so maybe I’m wrong about my comment about him.

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I also forgot to mention. Was he there to do an inspection?? If so, how did he get to the trade center from Oswego Cty, NYS so fast unless he was already in the city and I am sure their are NYS Fire inspectors much closer.Sounds fishy now and am sorry about maybe that I was wrong on the above comment.

5JC

He wasn’t a fake “fire inspector”, He was a fake “rescue fire captain”.

jeff LPH 3 63-66

@5JC
You mean that article from Fire Nation link that ninja put on his comment wasn’t real??? Being in the Volunteer fire service for 30 years, I looked at his Quals which looked legit from my time in the fire service. The guy was also wearing an officers white hat.

5JC

He made the claims not me.

Green Thumb

And a real life Manhole Inspector.

rgr769

Welp, he done effed up claiming a silver star. Ninja, check his name on that Silver Star data base.

rgr769

The Silver Star data bases I checked have no Mathew or Matthew Bruce as being awarded the Silver Star.

Wilson

Everyone at the USF Credit Union is appalled.

An old Arty Sgt

It’s just funny how he claims he served in the Army 1966 to 1974 when at the same time, he started Utica College in 1969 and finished in 1971 then started as Fire Rescue which he left in 2001. Nothing about being buried at 9-11. He’s just a bad wannabe.

Green Thumb

That’s an understatement.

Dude looks like he was taking tickets on the train at the time.

Choo Choo.

Mick

Ninja:

Is there a motorcycle, a leather vest covered in POSer bling, a tiger stripe camouflage doo-rag, some dumbass-looking white-framed wrap-around mirror-lens sunglasses, and a service dog involved anywhere in this steaming hot mendacious mess?

How about a sadly gullible and fawning wife/girlfriend who he’s been deceiving for years regarding his phony tales of amazing derring-do?

A case of Stolen Valor of this magnitude has got to include all of the above.

It’s just gotta…

26Limabeans

Concur. His recent showcasing seems to have skipped over
the usual bling festooned biker attire.
Perhaps no club will have him?

Wilson

The Pagans said he is too hardcore to allow him to join.

Green Thumb

But I imagine there is a North Florida MC that would be all to happy to welcome him.

Phildo Monkress and the boys ride again….

MustangCPT

Sorry but Phildo can’t hang with the Black Widows…

RGR 4-78

The only thing hard core about this fellow is impacted fecal matter in his lower digestive tract.