{"id":60147,"date":"2015-06-02T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60147"},"modified":"2015-06-02T08:26:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:26:29","slug":"william-howard-shoup-phony-vietnam-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60147","title":{"rendered":"William Howard Shoup; phony Vietnam POW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=60148\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60148\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup.jpg?resize=150%2C207\" alt=\"William Shoup\" width=\"150\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60148\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Once again, Pat sends us his work on this William Howard Shoup fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carteroglethorpe.com\/?pagetype=obitlink&#038;obit_id=1558932\">whose obituary<\/a> tells another fascinating tale of an exciting youth spent in Vietnam;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> He served in the US Army and was a Vietnam War veteran and former Prisoner of War. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=60152\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60152\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-obit-268x300.jpg?resize=268%2C300\" alt=\"William Shoup obit\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-obit.jpg?resize=268%2C300&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-obit.jpg?resize=298%2C333&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-obit.jpg?w=496&amp;ssl=1 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That would be great, except that Mister Shoup didn&#8217;t enlist until 1976, when he enlisted as a construction equipment mechanic, then he served honorably at Fort Carson, Korea, and Fort Stewart where he left the service after eleven years to continue working there at the Post Auto Shop.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=60150\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60150\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-Assignments-300x218.jpg?resize=300%2C218\" alt=\"William Shoup Assignments\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-Assignments.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-Assignments.jpg?resize=458%2C333&amp;ssl=1 458w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-Assignments.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-Assignments.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=60151\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60151\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-FOIA-218x300.png?resize=218%2C300\" alt=\"William Shoup FOIA\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-FOIA.png?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-FOIA.png?resize=242%2C333&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William-Shoup-FOIA.png?w=815&amp;ssl=1 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Pat sends us his work on this William Howard Shoup fellow whose obituary tells another fascinating tale of an exciting youth spent in Vietnam; He served in the US Army and was a Vietnam War veteran and former Prisoner of War. 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