{"id":78093,"date":"2018-03-06T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78093"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:46:24","slug":"william-hume-harrison-phony-beirut-bombing-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78093","title":{"rendered":"William Hume Harrison; phony Beirut bombing survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78094\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78094\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-11-245x333.jpg?resize=245%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-11.jpg?resize=245%2C333&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-11.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-11.jpg?w=426&amp;ssl=1 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/03\/06\/william-hume-harrison-us-marine-beirut-lebanon-veteran-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> share their work on this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/william.b.harrison.9\">William Hume Harrison<\/a> who claims in social media discussions to have been a survivor of the Sunday, October 23, 1983 bombing of the US Multi-National Force barracks in Beirut, Lebanon as a member of the 1st\/8th Marines of the 24th MAU. He also claims seven years of service in the US Marine Corps;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78095\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78095\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-1-409x333.jpg?resize=409%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-1.jpg?resize=409%2C333&amp;ssl=1 409w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-1.jpg?resize=300%2C244&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-1.jpg?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78096\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78096\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-2-187x333.jpg?resize=187%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-2.jpg?resize=187%2C333&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-2.jpg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-2.jpg?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78097\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78097\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-3-469x333.jpg?resize=469%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-3.jpg?resize=469%2C333&amp;ssl=1 469w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-3.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-3.jpg?w=523&amp;ssl=1 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78098\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78098\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-4-411x333.jpg?resize=411%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-4.jpg?resize=411%2C333&amp;ssl=1 411w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-4.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-4.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78099\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78099\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-5-469x333.jpg?resize=469%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-5.jpg?resize=469%2C333&amp;ssl=1 469w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-5.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-5.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He was indeed in the Marine Corps, but he enlisted months after the Beirut bombing;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78100\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78100\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg?resize=257%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-AA.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=78101\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78101\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-Assignments-257x333.jpg?resize=257%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-78101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Private Harrison joined the Marine Corps on May 29, 1984. His Recruit training was held at Parris Island SC. His graduation date was Sep. 19, 1984. <\/p>\n<p> He went from there to Marine Corps Base(MCB) Camp Lejeune NC. for training to become a  Motor Vehicle Operator. MOS 3531. <\/p>\n<p> Pvt Harrison was transferred to Camp Pendleton CA on Jan. 10, 1985 where he was assigned to the 1st Battalion 11th Marines as a Heavy Equipment Operator. He was later temporary assigned to the 1st Battalion 9th Marines with the same MOS. <\/p>\n<p> Pvt Harrison was discharged from Marine Corps on Nov. 3, 1986 as a Pvt. E-1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this fellow, William Hume Harrison who claims in social media discussions to have been a survivor of the Sunday, October 23, 1983 bombing of the US Multi-National Force barracks in Beirut, Lebanon as a member of the 1st\/8th Marines of the 24th MAU. He also claims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78094,"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-78093","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\/2018\/03\/William-Hume-Harrison-11.jpg?fit=426%2C578&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-kjz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78093","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=78093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}