{"id":28218,"date":"2012-01-06T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28218"},"modified":"2012-01-06T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T16:18:27","slug":"stolen-valor-charges-in-pacific-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28218","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Valor charges in Pacific, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nucsnipe sent us a link yesterday<\/a> about Cy Sun who won a contentious election last November for the office of mayor in his hometown of Pacific, Washington as a write-in candidate. Now it seems his opponents are trying to make questions about his military service and claims a reason to keep him from being in office;<\/p>\n

Sun’s campaign literature said he earned a Purple Heart — a distinguished service medal — and an extremely rare Croix de Guerre, a French medal given to only a few Americans, including generals Patton and Eisenhower.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The claims) seemed outlandish. And somebody with the awards that he has claimed would be fairly well recognized in this state and in the veteran\u2019s community. Nobody knows him,\u201d said Hulsey.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today we read<\/a> that our buddy Doug Sterner is on the case;<\/p>\n

Sun earned a Silver Star \u2013 the third-highest combat military decoration that can be awarded to a U.S. soldier \u2013 while serving in the Korean War, according to research by Doug Sterner, a curator for the Military Times Hall of Valor in Alexandria, Va.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army’s 2nd Infantry Division \u2013 Sun’s outfit \u2013 doesn’t list anyone with his name as a Silver Star recipient, Sterner pointed out, although he is listed by the Korean War Veterans Association.<\/p>\n

Sterner’s database also shows a “Hebert Cy Sun” was awarded two Purple Hearts in Korea. Sun was wounded in action \u2013 Feb. 1, 1951, and Sept. 18, 1951, while he was with the Army’s 23rd Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe we should all just keep our medals out of politics if they’re going to be used against us. Having said that, Sun should be working overtime to drag out the documents and quell the debate immediately. He claims that the paperwork is all boxed up, he should unbox it ASAP instead of making excuses. If you’re going to make your military service a matter of political debate, be ready to prove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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