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{"id":38585,"date":"2013-11-24T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38585"},"modified":"2013-11-24T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:44:40","slug":"robert-l-lawton-phony-beirut-bombing-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38585","title":{"rendered":"Robert L. Lawton, phony Beirut bombing survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38586\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38586\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Purple-Heart.png?resize=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Lawton Purple Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Purple-Heart.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Purple-Heart.png?resize=500%2C325&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Purple-Heart.png?w=941&amp;ssl=1 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Robert L. Lawton has twenty years as a Marine, spent time as a Drill Instructor and retired as an E-7 Gunnery Sergeant, but I guess that wasn&#8217;t good enough for him, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/scotty-stolenvaloroffendersexposed.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/robert-l-lawton-combat-wounded-beirut.html\">Scotty<\/a>. He decided that he needed a Purple Heart from the Beirut bombing in October, 1983. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38591\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38591\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut.png?resize=300%2C161&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Lawton Beirut\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut.png?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut.png?resize=500%2C268&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut.png?w=627&amp;ssl=1 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to his FOIA records, when the bombing happened, he was at Camp LeJeune and a mechanic;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38587\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38587\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Assignments.png?resize=300%2C73&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Lawton Assignments\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Assignments.png?resize=300%2C73&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Assignments.png?resize=500%2C122&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Assignments.png?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Well, that and a Purple Heart is not on his DD214, or his DD215;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38588\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38588\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-DD214.png?resize=300%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Lawton DD214\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-DD214.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-DD214.png?resize=396%2C333&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-DD214.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38589\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38589\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-LawtonDD215.png?resize=300%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert LawtonDD215\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-LawtonDD215.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-LawtonDD215.png?resize=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-LawtonDD215.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, he did go to Beirut, but almost a year after the barracks bombing;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=38590\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38590\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut-assignment.png?resize=300%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Lawton Beirut assignment\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut-assignment.png?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Robert-Lawton-Beirut-assignment.png?w=436&amp;ssl=1 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You can see at Scotty&#8217;s place that he has scads of Merit Masts and letters of appreciation and commendations, so don&#8217;t ask me why he needed this one last phony award to make himself feel better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert L. 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