{"id":19182,"date":"2010-05-20T05:48:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2010-05-20T05:48:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:48:22","slug":"dick-stoops-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19182","title":{"rendered":"Dick Stoops revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regular readers will remember Dick Stoops from the post I wrote last month<\/a>. He claimed he was a Ranger with 187th Infantry with three combat jumps, briefly a POW. Stoops was about to be inducted into Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame<\/a>, but there were just too many questions about him.<\/p>\n

The folks at POW Net submitted a FOIA for us and it seems that Stoops ended his six year stint in the Army as a Private First Class (not a Sergeant First Class like in the photo). It appears that he was indeed a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne Division and 187th Regimental Combat Team, but in HQs and Service companies. I don’t see any infantry assignments so toss out the CIB, too.<\/p>\n

His only assignment to Korea was from July 18, 1953 – October 1, 1953 (the cease fire in the war began on July 27, 1953) and then he was assigned to Japan until May 1954 when he returned to the States. By the looks of the units, he was a rigger or at least assigned to rigger units.<\/p>\n

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Some folks have called Stoops about the results of the FOIA and asked him what happened to all of the medals he’s wearing which aren’t in the FOIA results. Stoops responded that he had asked that the military remove them from his records (for some stupid reason). I wonder how he got the glider badge when the Army ended the school in 1948 and Stoops didn’t join the Army until 1950.<\/p>\n

There may be forgery involved;<\/p>\n

In speaking to Stoops, he provided me with several pages of Army documentation that included his combat history, number of years in war time and military and what looked to be authentic certificates of commendations from the Korean War. His induction was verified with the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office and with the Kansas Museum of the National Guard. I know that he would be more than happy to talk to you and show any proof of his service. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll update this story as more information rolls in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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