{"id":43698,"date":"2014-04-17T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=43698"},"modified":"2014-04-16T19:30:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T23:30:22","slug":"thomas-jefferson-allen-medic-embellisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=43698","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Jefferson Allen; medic embellisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us Thomas Jefferson Allen III, who was a medic in the Army Army Reserve who was called to active service twice, according to his FOIA. As you can see in the picture above, he wears a Purple Heart and either a Combat Action Badge or Combat Medic Badge, it’s difficult for me to tell from the picture, not that it matters really because he has neither in his FOIA.<\/p>\n

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When confronted about the Purple Heart, he presented this set of orders;<\/p>\n

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On the face of things, the orders look legitimate, the only problem is that A Co. 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry wasn’t in Iraq on the date for which the Purple Heart was awarded, February 2, 2008. Neither was it in Iraq on the date of the orders, August 22, 2008. In fact, 2008 was one of the few years that 4\/31st Infantry wasn’t in Iraq. In 2007, they suffered 28 KIAs, and left in November 2007 after a fifteen month tour. Then they returned to Iraq in Oct. 2009 closing out our presence in Iraq in June 2010. <\/p>\n

His military occupational specialty was as a medic with additional identifier for Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just that it would seem to be difficult to get a Purple Heart in the clinic. I’m thinking he got called to active duty once in 2006 and again in 2008 (two “M” devices on his AFRM). He deployed in 2006 (he’s wearing a 1st Division combat thingie on his pocket), then went back on active duty in 2008, but didn’t deploy. However, since the Iraq war was winding down, he decided that he needed some combat awards. A Purple Heart and a CMB or CAB would always look nice. What I don’t get, though, is that’s his official photo – did he think that no one on the board would notice?<\/p>\n

And is that a Multinational Force and Observer Medal at the bottom? There are nine medals in his FOIA and 13 on his uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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