Kissing Bobby Dias; storytelling phony

Apparently, because her website was POW Network, Mary got this little tale told by an idiot by the name of Robert Anthony Dias who thought he was adding to the oral history of Vietnam veterans (reprinted just the way he wrote it);

In 1967 I was stationed on the USS Paul Revere, stationed of the coast of Vietnam- we took soldiers onto the ship for rest and put them back a few days later in our small landing craft. A part of my duties was asked of me by President Johnson- run around south-east asia in a helicopter assigned to me(I did not do the piloting)to meet and greet leaders and whoever I thought would help the US. I was in Hanoi with General Thang of the army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam(north)at the Hanoi city jail(big sign on the one building said,in english, “Hanoi City Jail”. Seeing one prisoner behaving so badly that I said to Tang that the prisoner was a “mad dog”. I turned to Thang and said “Do you have a human being I could take back with me?”. He said back to me: “The war is ending and we will be one country,right”. I said: “Yes, everybody is working on it”. A twinkle came to his eye and he said “I have an angel for you”, he motioned to me to follow him down a hall and looked back to me to say “Two angels”. Thang and the jailer brought out two Americans. Me, an E-3, was a little unnerved to motion to these POWs to follow me. I had been ordering admirals and general in changing how to fight the war but these two were very important to me- they had earned much respect from me- more than the fancy admirals and generals. I took them to the helicopter, a ornate four-seater. Pilot,co-pilot and I and the two Americans crowded in. The pilot and co-pilot laughed at me for coming out with something nobody had done before in Vietnam and TWO of them!
When we got back to the aircraft carrier(I called ahead and said I had a surprise)there were alot of officers on deck to greet us. As if they had never been away for long they saluted and asked for permission to come aboard. One got down and kissed the deck. I had not eaten that day(4 pm already) so I left without even asking their names- do you know and can you please tell me their names? It was a very special event to me. A very special event to many people.
Robert Anthony Dias,
Seaman USNR
aka Kissing Bobby

Yeah, Kissing Bobby is a moron. The President gave him a helicopter at the end of the war? And I’m pretty sure that the president at the end of the war was Richard Nixon, but my memory may be faulty on that point. But the National Personnel Records Center says “Who?”

Dingus Bobby, stfu.

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