{"id":111420,"date":"2021-03-15T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=111420"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:13","slug":"lou-dallesandro-platoon-leaders-course-retired-marine-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=111420","title":{"rendered":"Private Lou D’Allesandro – Summer Camp Wannabe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe folks at Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on Louis Clifford D’Allesandro Jr<\/a>.\u00a0 D’Allesandro lives in Manchester, New Hampshire and is 82 years old at the time of this writing – March 2021. D’Allesandro is well known in New Hampshire because he has been a State Senator there for many years. It seems he recently weighed in on an issue concerning COVID-19 and a Veteran’s Home where he criticized the New Hampshire governor.\u00a0 \u00a0Several articles covering the incident stated that he was a retired U.S. Marine.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a> In an OP-ED that D’Allesandro wrote, he stated that he was a “veteran” and because of that, the issue was incredibly personal for him.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nRed flags were raised by Senator D’Allesandro’s constituents about the claims. On Senator D’Allesandro’s official NH Senate page, it states under “Military Service” that he was in the U.S. Marine Corps.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n
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NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0 The above senate page has now been edited and the military service has been removed.\u00a0 It can still be pulled up on Google cache or an internet archive.\u00a0 See comparison here<\/a> – this edit occurred sometime between March 15 and March 21, 2021.<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nOn a bill-tracking page, Senator D’Allesandro’s biography lists him as having retired from the U.S. Marine Corps.\r\n\r\n
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SOURCE: https:\/\/billtrack50.com\/legislatordetail\/1021<\/a> (Click on “BIO”)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nDuring a reelection campaign, the BallotPedia.org website stated that “D’Allesandro served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves in 1958.”\r\n\r\n
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SOURCE: https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Lou_D%27Allesandro<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThe comment above comes with a source reference – and that reference points to D’Allesandro’s official website under “Biography” which was accessed on May 16, 2014.\u00a0 Oddly, the reference to being in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 1958 no longer appears on the Biography page.\r\n

SOURCE: https:\/\/dallesandro.com\/biography\/<\/a><\/p>\r\nThen, there is this article…\r\n

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D\u2019Allesandro and several NH veterans respond to alleged Trump comments<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe fact that the current administration is so negative in their approach to veterans, it\u2019s very disconcerting and very disheartening. It\u2019s very disheartening for me who has served with many people in defense of this country,\u201d said D\u2019Allesandro, a retired member of the U.S. Marine Corps.<\/blockquote>\r\nThen, this article where D’Allesandro is referred to as a veteran and a retired U.S. Marine…\r\n

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Veterans believe colleagues will support Biden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n“Throughout the event, speakers such as Sullivan and State Senator Lou D\u2019Allesandro (D-Manchester), himself a retired U.S. Marine, also used statements and actions from President Donald Trump as a contrast to Biden\u2019s actions.”<\/blockquote>\r\nOn D’Allesandro’s Wikipedia page, there is a photo of him wearing a United States Marine Corps badge on his lapel…\r\n\r\n

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SOURCE: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lou_D%27Allesandro<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nHere is an official speaker’s biography for the NH Statewide Chamber of Commerce Summit held in December 2020.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>On July 26, 2017, Senator D’Allesandro was officially recognized by a formal submission into the Senate Record.\u00a0 This document is part of the record at the U.S. Congress.\u00a0 In this official record, D’Allesandro was honored for having “served our country honorably in uniform in the U.S. Marine Corps…”\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n

.<\/span><\/p>\r\nWell, let’s see what his official military records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) say:\r\n\r\n

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FOIA Results – Louis Clifford D’Allesandro Jr. – Summary Sheet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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FOIA Results – Louis Clifford D’Allesandro Jr. – Assignments<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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FOIA Results – Louis Clifford D’Allesandro Jr. – Photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSUMMARY & DISCUSSION<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs stated in the FOIA results – the NPRC summary sheet states that D’Allesandro’s records do not show any assignment to Basic Training in the U.S. Marine Corps.\u00a0 There is no Officer’s Candidate School (OCS) recorded either. It appears that he was discharged from the Platoon Leadership program prior to becoming a Marine.\u00a0 It would not be correct to characterize this as “retired.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nD’Allesandro offered up the following document when his political colleagues initially asked about all of this.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\nThat certificate shows a discharge as a Private (E-1).\u00a0 If an individual fails to complete Basic Training or Officer Candidate School they will get a Discharge Certificate from the Marine Corps… but they never actually became a Marine or served as one.\r\n\r\nFurthermore, If D’Allesandro had become a Marine Officer there should be an entry in his records that reflects his graduation from The Basic School (TBS) in Quantico.\r\n
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As a side note, there is a Louis Walter<\/strong> D’Al<\/strong>esandro that was in the Marine Corps for over 25 years, including 1958.\u00a0 There is only one “L” in his last name, but there were occasions that it was misspelled with two “L”s.\u00a0 Louis Walter<\/strong> and Louis Clifford<\/strong> are two different people – no relationship we could find – and their Service Numbers are different.\r\n

Louis Walter<\/strong> D’Alesandro – 048636 (<– Service Number)<\/p>\r\n

Louis Clifford<\/strong> D’Allesandro – 1866911 (<– Service Number)<\/p>\r\nBack at that time, individuals were assigned a Service Number as an identifier vs. serving under their Social Security number.\u00a0 The period of 1958 had a service number that was one digit longer than previous service numbers. We point out this distinction because we could not find a reference to Louis Clifford serving in any capacity in 1958.\u00a0 His summary sheet from the NPRC states that he joined on March 19, 1959.\u00a0 There could have been the equivalent of a Delayed Entry Program, so there is that.<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nWe reached out to Private D’Allesandro through official channels asking him to clarify how he justifies using the label “veteran” or “Retired – U.S. Marine Corps.”\u00a0 We initially reached out , waited a week, then reached out again. We have not gotten a response. We would have liked to have him comment on this issue.\r\n\r\nPUBLIC CLAIMS<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe were able to put together a few claims that appeared in the press.\u00a0 There’s always the likelihood of other claims having been made in speeches or in private conversations but we will leave that for others to confirm.\r\n\r\nWhen a Public Official has many claims being published about their military service it is incumbent upon them to clarify that service.\u00a0 \u00a0All we seem to have from Private D’Alesandro is a few weeks of summer camp.\u00a0 We wonder if Private D’Alesandro didn’t just take the money from the Corps to pay for some of his schooling and then drop out before actually earning the title “United States Marine” and going on to serve his country.\r\n\r\nIgnoring requests to clear up the matter does not help.\u00a0 It is not in the nature of most real Marines to duck and hide when their service is questioned.\u00a0 Little Louie here should sound off like he has a pair…","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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