{"id":22977,"date":"2011-04-17T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T13:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22977"},"modified":"2011-04-17T09:50:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T13:50:56","slug":"another-female-phony-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22977","title":{"rendered":"Another female phony soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SGT K and David Thul sent us this link to the story<\/a> of a Native-American female, Elizabeth McKenzie, whom no one in her hometown noticed that she wasn’t in the Army. They awarded her some local honors;<\/p>\n

There was a tribal drum ceremony and a reception line. Accepting the town’s gratitude, McKenzie talked about the close calls she’d had and a war injury that brought her home. She led the march in the high school gym, carrying the American flag, and the local newspaper documented the hero’s return.<\/p>\n

But none of it was true. The 20-year-old McKenzie was never injured in combat, had never been to Afghanistan, never been deployed anywhere. In fact, she’s never been in the military.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A recruiter at the local college brought up the fact that MacKenzie had been in class when she claimed to have been in Afghanistan. Some of the veterans noticed that the rank on her cap and her blouse were different and neither matched the rank she claimed. <\/p>\n

I guess the liar class are more diverse than we could imagine.<\/p>\n

In a telephone interview with Lakeland Public Television, McKenzie said she wanted to honor family members who had served in the military and then said she would be willing to accept help if anyone was willing to provide it. Her mother, who lives in Two Harbors, told the station that McKenzie had struggled with mental health problems for years, which had led to her estrangement from family members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, the old Veterans for Peace ploy of honoring their family members with stolen valor. And throw in the “mental health problems” excuse for good measure. Her family didn’t notice she wasn’t in Afghanistan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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