TSO’s got his hands full right now dealing with Timmy “The Craven” Poe, so he sent me a link concerning one each William John Roy. As in CSM William John Roy, US Army. It looks to be worth mentioning.<\/p>\n
CSM Roy – what a guy! According to Roy, he saw Combat in Vietnam with MACV SOG as a combat medic. Was wounded twice, got 2 Purple Hearts, plus a Bronze Star while in ‘Nam. And he also served in Germany, Bosnia, and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Per CSM Roy, he got seriously hurt in a rocket\/mortar attack near Jalalabad. But don’t worry too much. He applied to the VA for assistance. The VA looked at the paperwork he sent them, and came through for him – bigtime. They awarded him nearly $60k in disability and educational benefits.<\/p>\n
Then someone apparently took a closer look at his paperwork. And his claims began to fall apart.<\/p>\n
Seems that Roy had claimed to have served in combat in Vietnam. With MACV-SOG. In 1974. That’s odd – MACV-SOG was disbanded in 1972. And the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973. Hmm.<\/p>\n
And one of the documents he submitted to the VA was a Purple Heart certificate signed by President Nixon. But it was dated 4 months after Nixon left office. Hmmmmm.<\/p>\n
A little more digging, and it turned out that Roy wasn’t involved in the incident in Jalalabad that he claimed injured him. More investigation showed Roy also appears to have been in Germany the whole time he claimed to have been in Vietnam. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. “Uh, Houston, we have a problem.”<\/p>\n
In a way, it’s too bad this guy wasn’t COL James “Bigamist” Johnson’s<\/a> CSM. Those two would have made quite a pair, and it seems they deserve one another. Both appear to have been stupid enough to attempt to pull truly outrageous crap while simultaneously being arrogant enough to think they could get away with it. Maybe they were e-mail buddies. (smile)<\/p>\n