Back by popular demand, OK, a couple Ex’s and I decided to bring back some of the more egregious posers that have graced the TAH site in the past, with the idea of turning it into a weekly feature. Depending, of course on the reception we receive. So without further ado, today’s relic is Jimmy Walls, embellisher and phony H-1 pilot.
Someone sent us their work on this James Walls fellow who moderates a Facebook group called UH-1 Huey Helicopter where he gives everyone the impression that he was a Vietnam helicopter pilot in the 1st Cavalry Division.
Well, he was in the Cav – 3rd Squadron 12th Calvary of the 3rd Armored Division in Germany from 1967 – 1969. In 1969, he went to Vietnam and he was assigned to the 169th Engineer Battalion in the Delta region. Funny assignment for a pilot, huh? Well, he was a parts supply guy, a TAMMS clerk, not a pilot. Not in the Cav and flying a desk. There’s nothing wrong with being a supply guy, there is if you pretend to be something you’re not. You’ll notice in the pictures above, he’s wearing aviator wings on his jacket and a 1st Cavalry patch – he was never in the 1st Cav. He’s wearing a 3rd Armored Division patch in the one picture – that’s correct.
Stop me before I have to expose another one of these guys.
There you are, as true to Jonn’s original as I could make it. Not that many here are particularly shy, so what do you think?