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<\/a><\/center>Lancaster Online<\/a>‘s Cindy Stauffer tells the story of a town that had to replace a plaque on their memorial to Vietnam Veterans because Donald E. Armold thought that his service outside of Vietnam earned him a spot on the bronze plaque.<\/p>\nArmold also was the grand marshal of last year’s Marietta Memorial Day parade. His full-page bio in the parade program lists him as “VIETNAM VETERAN.”<\/p>\n
There is only one problem, and it’s a big one.<\/p>\n
Armold, 68, of Manheim Township, isn’t a Vietnam War veteran.<\/p>\n
He did serve in the U.S. Marines from 1961 until 1966, but never set foot in Vietnam, doing his service stateside and on cruises in the Mediterranean and in Guantanamo Bay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Amrold said he never claimed that he was a Vietnam veteran, but the committee says that they asked him five times if he was a Veteran of the war and he had replied in the affirmative. Of course, Amrold says he misunderstood the question;<\/p>\n
Armold [claims that] he told them only that he served during the war in an administrative capacity in New York, helping to discharge soldiers returning from Vietnam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah the memorial says right at the top “Honoring All Who Served In Vietnam”. What part of “In” confused Amrold? He was busted by his friends who knew him in his community all of these years.<\/p>\n
So, should Amrold pay for his intentional malfeasance. he says that no one has asked him to pay for it, so I guess he won’t. And he’s not exactly ashamed of what he did;<\/p>\n
“I’m not embarrassed at all. I’m not the bad guy in this whole situation. I’m a very fine gentleman who does a fine job in everything I think I can do. I don’t lie about anything.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, we can tell. To borrow from George Costanza, “It’s not a lie if you believe it”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"