{"id":54750,"date":"2014-08-25T09:05:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54750"},"modified":"2014-08-25T09:43:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:43:07","slug":"dennis-myers-dupes-senator-harkins-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=54750","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Myers dupes Senator Harkin’s staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dennis<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The above picture is from a Marshalltown Times-Republican<\/a> article last June about Dennis William Myers being awarded a long overdue Silver Star medal from the staff of Senator Tom Harkin (himself a Valor thief). Our buddy, Doug Sterner thought it was a little strange, mostly because Mr. Myers recounted for the newspaper the story of how he earned the Silver Star. This is from a cache copy of the article;<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Mr. Sterner says that out of 23 Marines killed in February 1971, no one by that name, Mike Kelling, was among them. Mr. Sterner asked Senator Harkin’s office for the documentation that led to the award;<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The US Navy questions the authenticity of the award and the certificate saying that they don’t recognize the form, nor do they have a record of awarding Mr. Myers a Silver Star;<\/p>\n

\"Dennis<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The format of the citation is also questionable – I’ve never seen a Silver Star citation that read like an end-of-tour award. The award always cites the specific incident, in fact you can find the exact wording on that certificate in hundreds of places on the internet if you search on “Silver Star Criteria<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

He was on the USS Chicago off the coast of Vietnam in 1971 when they earned a Navy Unit Commendation;<\/p>\n

\"USS<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

He also earned a Navy Commendation<\/del> Achievement Medal;<\/p>\n

\"Myers<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

But, then, how hard is to to pull the wool over the eyes of another phony Vietnam War veteran like Tom Harkin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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