{"id":29627,"date":"2012-04-23T05:35:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T09:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29627"},"modified":"2017-01-15T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T19:25:12","slug":"dallas-wittgenfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29627","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wittgenfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/enhanched-ribbons-awards-1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29628\" title=\"enhanched ribbons &amp; awards-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/enhanched-ribbons-awards-1.png?resize=500%2C483\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/enhanched-ribbons-awards-1.png?w=556&amp;ssl=1 556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/enhanched-ribbons-awards-1.png?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This guy&#8217;s records are a big question mark. He&#8217;s wearing a CIB, but according to his records, he was a commo guy in Vietnam, so there is no way he&#8217;s authorized to wear a CIB. He&#8217;s also wearing infantry brass with the blue background and a blue rope which he&#8217;s also not authorized to wear. But his FOIA says he was awarded a CIB;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-foia-1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-foia-1-300x248.png?resize=300%2C248\" alt=\"\" title=\"Wittgenfeld foia-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-foia-1.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-foia-1.png?w=751&amp;ssl=1 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>But then I&#8217;ve never seen a FOIA that listed Letters of Commendation and Certificates of Achievement, either. So all of that makes me suspicious. Here&#8217;s his record of assignments from his Form 2-1;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-2-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-2-1-300x185.jpg?resize=300%2C185\" alt=\"\" title=\"Wittgenfeld 2-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-2-1.jpg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The dates of his assignments coincide to the history of his two Ranger units, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.75thrra.com\/history\/d75_hx.html\">75th Ranger Regiment Association<\/a>. But like I said, if he altered his military records to add the CIB, there&#8217;s no reason to believe he didn&#8217;t alter his assignments, too. The fact that he&#8217;s listed as a 05B20 while he was in Advanced Individual training is suspicious, too. I&#8217;m sure he wasn&#8217;t a Sergeant E-5 after four months of service.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a picture of him wearing a green beret at the Wall, and that&#8217;s a Purple Heart and Ranger scroll on his chest;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-at-the-wall.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-at-the-wall-300x248.jpg?resize=300%2C248\" alt=\"\" title=\"Wittgenfeld at the wall\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-at-the-wall.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wittgenfeld-at-the-wall.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialforcesassociation.org\/about\/membership\/\">Special Forces Association membership rules<\/a>, he&#8217;s not eligible to be a member based on his assignments to Ranger units, so the green beret thing is right out. <\/p>\n<p>You and I both know from looking at these records that he&#8217;s not authorized all of the infantry stuff, but how that CIB got in his records, I&#8217;ll never know, well, unless he gives up the ghost and tells us the truth. Not holding my breath.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scottys.hideaway\">Scotty&#8217;s Hideaway<\/a>, for the stuff.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=69834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69834\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11-300x138.png?resize=300%2C138\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?resize=768%2C354&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?resize=500%2C230&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?resize=630%2C290&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?resize=315%2C145&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/11.png?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guy&#8217;s records are a big question mark. He&#8217;s wearing a CIB, but according to his records, he was a commo guy in Vietnam, so there is no way he&#8217;s authorized to wear a CIB. He&#8217;s also wearing infantry brass with the blue background and a blue rope which he&#8217;s also not authorized to wear. 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