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False Accusors of Stolen Valor Attack Vietnam Vet at Charlotte Airport
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:07 am
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:07 am
What is the deal with stolen valor? The people that get off to accusing people of stolen valor and verbally/physically attacking them are literally the scum of the earth.
Vietnam vet says men assaulted him over medals at Charlotte airport
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Jack Hughes is a proud Marine and Vietnam vet who still bears the wounds from the war. The 66-year-old purple heart recipient said he had a face-to-face an encounter at the airport in Charlotte that caught him off guard. “All of a sudden (a man) jumps up and he’s got a camera in my face screaming, ‘Your medals are crooked. You’re a fake. You’re not a Marine,’” an emotional Hughes told WBTV. “He kept screaming at me, telling me I was nothing, that everything I had was fake. I was a fake and phony.”
Hughes, who lives in Gastonia, said the incident happened Saturday, shortly after he and his wife had landed. He had gone to St. Louis to take part in a Veterans Day program at their granddaughter’s school. Hughes said he was wearing his suit jacket with medals and ribbons. As he entered Concourse C, the man approached him with a camera, insisting that Hughes was an impostor, he said. Hughes said the man was with a group of friends, and one of the other men “grabbed me by my jacket and told me, ‘I’m an active duty Marine,’ and he jerked it like that – jerked the buttons off of it.” Hughes said a lot of people were around, but he still felt alone. “I expected this to happen back in the ’60s.” He said the Vietnam War left him physically and emotionally wounded. It didn’t help that the servicemen back then came home to a less than welcoming return. When this happened Saturday afternoon, Hughes said he flashed back and couldn’t figure out why he was being attacked. Several organizations have people who try to identify and publicly shame fake military.
Hughes doesn’t know if that’s what the men were trying to do. He said he tried to prove his military duty. “I took out my ID right then from the VA and tried to show it to him,” Hughes said. “I said, ‘Look at this. Look at my ID. Look at my VA card. Look at what it says here.’” Police at the airport were called to the scene. No one was arrested – something Hughes is not happy about.
Vietnam vet says men assaulted him over medals at Charlotte airport
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:09 am to Spaulding Smails
Those assholes should be arrested and discharged if they are active duty
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:10 am to Spaulding Smails
And I bet those douchebags bitch about the SJW's.
What losers. That man deserved better.
What losers. That man deserved better.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:11 am to Spaulding Smails
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No one was arrested – something Hughes is not happy about.
Well that's some bullshite.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:11 am to Spaulding Smails
If one of the attackers is actually an active duty marine, there should be consequences.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:12 am to Spaulding Smails
There are legit organizations that perform extensive background checks by gathering military records... then there are fricktard copycats who have no business calling people out. I'm afraid this story involves the latter.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:13 am to Spaulding Smails
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The people that get off to accusing people of stolen valor and verbally/physically attacking them are literally the scum of the earth.
Your post to me just two days ago....
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Says the guy who steals valour regularly
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Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:13 am to Spaulding Smails
douchebags in the military?
I don't believe it
I don't believe it
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:15 am to Darth_Vader
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Says the guy who steals valour regularly
Pretty strong accusation. I don't recall you ever describing any of your service that would cause me to think you were embellishing.
Why would someone make up a story about inhaling farts in a tank when they could be a Army SEAL or a Navy Ranger?
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:16 am to terd ferguson
Guess this is Spaulding's way of telling us he's the scum of the earth.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:18 am to terd ferguson
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There are legit organizations that perform extensive background checks by gathering military records... then there are fricktard copycats who have no business calling people out. I'm afraid this story involves the latter.
If someone is using stolen valor to gain an economic benefit, I have a problem with it. It's fraud.
If someone is just dressing up as a solider to look cool, I don't see why that requires an organization to use so much time and resources to find out and shame them on the internet, ESPECIALLY since some of the people stealing valor for NO economic benefit do so because they are mentally ill.
There are plenty of real vets in need that I don't see the reason why stuff like this is even near the top of the list of priorities.
This post was edited on 11/19/15 at 10:23 am
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:18 am to Darth_Vader
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Darth_Vader
dammit darth. i was coming in here to knight for you and post that very comment and you beat me to the punch.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:19 am to CAD703X
Let's all ruin Spaulding's life, who is in
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:19 am to terd ferguson
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Pretty strong accusation. I don't recall you ever describing any of your service that would cause me to think you were embellishing.
they were trolling darth but i kinda thought they should have gotten the ban hammer for that.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:19 am to Darth_Vader
Spaulding is a fricking twat. Don't worry about it.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:19 am to Pettifogger
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Let's get Spaulding banned, who is in
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:20 am to terd ferguson
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Why would someone make up a story about inhaling farts in a tank when they could be a Army SEAL or a Navy Ranger?
no clue. you tell me terd.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:20 am to SabiDojo
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And I bet those douchebags bitch about the SJW's.
they are sjws
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:21 am to CAD703X
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ammit darth. i was coming in here to knight for you and post that very comment and you beat me to the punch.
LOL. Sorry about that. I just saw this thread he started and remembered he did the same exact thing to me just the other day. And now he's saying people who do this sort of thing are "scum of the earth".
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