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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI know you remember Richard Rahn in the photo above. We featured him a few weeks ago when someone sent us that photo. He had his Ranger Tab sewn onto his shoulder and that was enough to tell us that he wasn’t what he said he was. Well, the Army Times<\/a> dug into his story among civilians in Minnesota and the story is horrifying. He ingratiated himself into the company of a Gold Star family with his wild tales of losing 90 soldiers in his unit;<\/p>\n [American Legion Post 167 in Willma] welcomed him, and Rahn arrived at the ceremony in uniform \u2014 Seydel, a former airman, said he didn\u2019t recall any uniform details \u2014 and stood at attention during the speeches. He attended a post-event barbecue. He spoke with guests.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was nothing but polite \u2014 knew the protocol, everything,\u201d Seydel said.<\/p>\n That same weekend, Rahn paid a more private visit. While Greg and Kim Schmit were attending a memorial event in Washington, D.C., Kim\u2019s sister and mother were representing the family at a ceremony in the Minnesota cemetery where Joshua rests.<\/p>\n \u201cMy sister said this totally-in-uniform soldier came walking up and stated that he comes to our son\u2019s grave often … and that he had left a small statue, and wanted to know if we had gotten it,\u201d Kim Schmit said. \u201cMy mom had said that he was so sincere up until he started pointing to his ribbons and almost like patting himself on the back, the type of speeches he was giving, and my mom and sister looked at each other and thought, \u2018Something\u2019s not right here.\u2019 \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dude was a felon with two handguns in his home – not the kind of person anyone would want around their family. He pleaded not guilty to the weapons charges in court the other day, but, clearly there are other issues here – the most glaring being that most of these stolen valor guys have other issues besides their propensity for wearing stuff they didn’t earn.<\/p>\n But you should really click over and read the whole disturbing thing at Army Times. Muchas gracias<\/em> to the folks at the Army Times for the link to us, tambien<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"