{"id":63629,"date":"2016-01-04T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=63629"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:50","slug":"edward-richards-colonel-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=63629","title":{"rendered":"Edward Richards; Colonel Sergeant phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edward<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Someone sent us a conversation that he had on Facebook with this Edward Richards<\/a> fellow;<\/p>\n

\"Dumbass\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The Chosin Reservoir was in Korea, the battle that began at Chosin, had no parachute component. The only parachute jumps during the Korean War were made by the 187th Regiment. At the time of the Korean War, the 173rd Airborne Brigade was designated as the 87th Reconnaissance Troop and it was in Alabama as an Army Reserve unit. So the fellow who wrote that Facebook post was thoroughly confused.<\/p>\n

This was his Facebook profile at the time;<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

And some of the pictures that he had there at the time;<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Someone must have warned him that we were onto him, because all but one of those photos are gone, or hidden, now.<\/p>\n

He has trouble deciding what his rank is – either a colonel or a Sergeant First Class. He’s pretty consistent about his awards, though. He thinks that he earned a 3rd award of the Combat Infantryman badge, a Silver Star, a couple of Purple Hearts and two awards of the National Defense Service Medal. I also see a Glider badge. Mr. Richards was born in 1932. In order for him to have three CIBs, he would have had to serve in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam – the only three conflicts for which the 3rd Award of the CIB has been awarded.. When WWII ended, he was 13, so it’s just not possible. The Glider Badge was last awarded when the school closed in 1947, when Mr Richards was 15 years old.<\/p>\n

And, oh, yeah, the National Personnel Records Center says “Who?”<\/p>\n

\"Edward<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The form that the NPRC wanted us to fill out was in case his records had been lost in the 1973 fire, but, if you’ve read Hondo’s post about the records fire<\/a>, since Mr. Richards is claiming Vietnam service, it’s not likely his records were lost in the fire, you know, because he has Vietnam Service Medals which would mean that he had to serve after 1959, and in order to have a 3rd Award of the CIB, he would need that service after 1959, too. Of course, if he is lying about all of that service, you know, World War II, Korea and Vietnam, then he might have had his records lost in the fire. One way or the other, he’s lying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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