{"id":30262,"date":"2012-06-05T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30262"},"modified":"2012-06-06T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T13:09:31","slug":"ted-poe-americas-got-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=30262","title":{"rendered":"Tim Poe: America’s Got Stolen Valor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor Note: <\/strong>This post is stuck to the top of the blog, scroll for newer posts.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE x4:<\/strong> The audio interview <\/a>with Tim Poe is up, it starts around 110 or so. Also more media coverage about this at Fox.<\/a> <\/p>\n

“I had volunteered for a team to go out and clear buildings and help out with the wounded,” Poe said during a taped interview on the show. “There was a guy who come up with a rocket-propelled grenade. I saw it coming down, and by the time I turned and went to jump on top of my guys, I yelled `grenade’ and the blast had hit me.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems that Yahoo<\/a> is reporting it as well.<\/p>\n

NBC had no comment on the story, but if proven true, these accusations could turn a feel-good story into a serious scandal for the network. At the very least, it sounds as if someone at NBC didn’t do their homework before broadcasting Poe’s story into millions of homes. Poe got three “yes” votes from the judges and will presumably continue on in the competition; we’ll have to see how “Talent” addresses these very serious allegations in the weeks to come. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE x3:<\/strong> It seems that America Got Talent <\/a>has finally responded about his military background. Thanks Chris for the link. <\/p>\n

Got a second link to the America Got Talent about a ex-wife <\/a>that talks about his past. Thank you to Parachute Cutie for the link. <\/p>\n

UPDATE x2:<\/strong> I just spoke with a Major at the MN National Guard PAO who confirmed this press release. If he did all this heroic type crap, it wasn’t with this unit anyway, and he was assigned to the National Guard during the time he is claiming. So, unless he served in 2 units AT THE SAME TIME, this guy is full of crap. (cue Doggy Dog and his apology to me now.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Insert Ace of Spades glowing skull here….<\/p>\n

From a commenter, I have not verified yet, but this matches the other info leaked to me:<\/p>\n

STATEMENT FROM THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD<\/p>\n

~~ Attributable to Lt. Col. Kevin Olson, Spokesman for the Minnesota National Guard ~~<\/p>\n

Sgt. Timothy Michael Poe served in the Minnesota Army National Guard from Dec. 3, 2002 until May 26, 2011, and performed as a supply specialist.<\/p>\n

His military records indicate that he served with the Minnesota National Guard in Kosovo from Oct. 10, 2007 until July 15, 2008, and was deployed to Afghanistan from July 28, 2009 to Aug. 30, 2009.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Poe\u2019s official military records do not indicate that he was injured by a grenade in combat while serving in Afghanistan in 2009, as he reports. The Minnesota National Guard can also confirm that he was not awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained in combat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have emailed the LTC, will update when confirmed. (The LTC emailed me back and gave me a second confirmation on this press release.)<\/p>\n

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According to this cat, he got hit by an RPG which led to TBI and a stuttering issue….
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