{"id":64702,"date":"2016-03-06T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64702"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:11","slug":"ronnie-arthur-carter-phony-vietnam-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64702","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Arthur Carter; phony Vietnam POW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64703\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64703\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Ronnie Carter\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Someone sent us their work on this Ronnie Carter fellow. He fell on hard times and his high school buddy set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/7jfpy5gc\">GoFundMe<\/a> account for him to repair his furnace.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64704\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64704\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Headline-300x187.jpg?resize=300%2C187\" alt=\"Ronnie Carter Headline\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Headline.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Headline.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Headline.jpg?resize=500%2C312&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Headline.jpg?w=951&amp;ssl=1 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64705\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64705\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-GoFundMe-narrative-300x171.jpg?resize=300%2C171\" alt=\"Ronnie Carter GoFundMe narrative\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-GoFundMe-narrative.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-GoFundMe-narrative.jpg?resize=500%2C284&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-GoFundMe-narrative.jpg?w=619&amp;ssl=1 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what being a POW or a Vietnam veteran has to do with a furnace, well, except to garner more sympathy, but, of course, Ronnie wasn&#8217;t a POW, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpaa.mil\/Home.aspx\">DPAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64706\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64706\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DPAA-Ronnie-Carter-300x261.jpg?resize=300%2C261\" alt=\"DPAA Ronnie Carter\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DPAA-Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DPAA-Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=768%2C667&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DPAA-Ronnie-Carter.jpg?resize=383%2C333&amp;ssl=1 383w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DPAA-Ronnie-Carter.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The National Personnel Records Center disagrees with him and his claims to be a POW and a Vietnam veteran;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64708\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64708\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-FOIA-232x300.jpg?resize=232%2C300\" alt=\"Ronnie Carter FOIA\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-FOIA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-FOIA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-FOIA.jpg?w=566&amp;ssl=1 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=64707\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64707\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Assignments-232x300.jpg?resize=232%2C300\" alt=\"Ronnie Carter Assignments\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Assignments.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Assignments.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter-Assignments.jpg?w=566&amp;ssl=1 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He had about nine months of service and never left the United States. Now if his friends want to help him, that&#8217;s fine, I have no problem with that, but don&#8217;t do it because you think he was a POW or that he served in Vietnam &#8211; he didn&#8217;t do either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent us their work on this Ronnie Carter fellow. He fell on hard times and his high school buddy set up a GoFundMe account for him to repair his furnace. I don&#8217;t know what being a POW or a Vietnam veteran has to do with a furnace, well, except to garner more sympathy, but, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ronnie-Carter.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-gPA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}