{"id":107176,"date":"2020-11-12T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107176"},"modified":"2020-11-12T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T16:23:05","slug":"l-ron-hubbard-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107176","title":{"rendered":"L. Ron Hubbard stolen valor?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L. Ron Hubbard as a US Navy Lieutenant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L. Ron Hubbard, famous as the creator of the Church of Scientology, secured a US Navy commission during World War II. When sent to Australia in 1942 for service in the Philippines, the US Attache said, “This officer is not satisfactory for independent duty assignment. He is garrulous and tries to give impressions of his importance. He also seems to think he has unusual ability in most lines. These characteristics indicate that he will require close supervision for satisfactory performance of any intelligence duty.”<\/p>\n

He was given command of a gun boat in Boston, but the navy yard commander said he “not temperamentally fitted for independent command.” He was relieved from his command.<\/p>\n

He was subsequently sent to Submarine Chaser training and was given command of USS PC-815. On the shakedown cruise for the new ship out of Portland, Oregon, Hubbard thought he’d located a Japanese sub. For 68 hours he engaged in “combat” with the sub. His commanding admiral concluded there was no evidence there was ever a sub. He thought that Hubbard had detected a known magnetic deposit and misidentified it.<\/p>\n

Hubbard was eventually relieved of command of PC-815 after the sailed near the Coronado Islands and opened fire on the Mexican territories. He then feigned sick to the point the war ended and he was transferred to the inactive reserves.<\/p>\n

Hubbard later created his own religion, with his own navy, and styled himself “Commodore”. Among many things in his later life was convicted of fraud in France (in absentia, since he was in hiding).<\/p>\n

With such a glorious military record during the war, it’s no wonder that the Church of Scientology would be proud of what Lieutenant Hubbard did and the medals he earned. The Underground Bunker<\/a> has had one of their readers take a deep look into Hubbard’s purported awards and decorations and they describe why he might be accused of stolen valor.<\/p>\n

The Church claims he even earned the highly coveted NDSM, which he did not meet the criteria for. The noble eagle of the NDSM weeps.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t the first time Hubbard’s been accused of Walter Mitty-like embellishment of his record. The anti-Scientology site Scientology Money Project<\/a> has also explored his wartime service and claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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