Restoring Valor

David sends us a link to a Stars & Stripes article taken from Cape Cod Online in regards to our buddy, Doug Sterner and his wife, Pam, and their new book due out next month, “Restoring Valor: One Couple’s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America’s Military Awards System“. One story in the book is about Glenn Marshall, and an article in a Connecticut newspaper about the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Chairman;

[Sterner] used his connections to do some research and quickly found Marshall’s story had the all-too-familiar whiff of a phony. He tried, with little success, to tell The Day reporter she’d been duped.

Six days later, the Cape Cod Times reported Marshall’s biography was littered with embellishments. He had indeed served in Vietnam, but for four months. His frequently told story about being at the Battle of Khe Sanh in the spring of 1968 — to Vietnam-era Marines what Iwo Jima was to the few and proud in World War II — was completely bogus. Marshall was a senior at Lawrence High School in Falmouth while Marines fought back against the 77-day onslaught, the Times reported.

Marshall’s lying, as well as a 1980 rape that was also uncovered by the Times, led to him initially stepping aside temporarily as tribe chairman and, ultimately, being ousted.

That’s just one chapter in the book due out February 4th. TSO and I were privileged to read excerpts of the book in draft form, we even get mentioned in the book. So make sure that you put it on your list of books to buy in a few weeks or pre-order it now from Amazon, so you don’t forget (and shipping is free for pre-orders).

Category: Book Review