T. Rafael Lee wore the Air Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and some other decorations, including the Navy SEAL trident commonly called the “Budweiser.”<\/p>\n
“That’s the one that got my attention,” said Mr. Sorace, 60, of Brookline. “I thought, ‘Wait a second. How … could he have been all these things?’ ”<\/p>\n
Mr. Sorace then watched as Mr. Lee took the stage, where Brig. Gen. William Waff of the 99th Regional Readiness Command in Coraopolis honored him as a World War II fighter pilot with the famous all-black Tuskegee airmen.<\/p>\n
Afterward, Mr. Lee approached and started talking about the military.<\/p>\n
“I said, ‘I got shot twice in Vietnam, I don’t want to hear your stories,’ ” said Mr. Sorace. “I just walked away.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He claims that he was an adviser in Vietnam and even took part in the invasion of Noriega’s Panama.<\/p>\n
Records from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis show that Mr. Lee is indeed a veteran. He was a private in the Army from 1948 to 1956 and served in Korea. At the time of his discharge, he was assigned to the Signal Corps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Despite all of the evidence against him, Lee still clings to his bullshit;<\/p>\n
“I’m not trying to boast anything,” he said last week, sitting on the porch of his trash-strewn house and poring over his medals. “If they don’t want to recognize me, fine. I did a job that I’m proud of.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’ve got the phone number of the historian of the Tuskegee Airmen Association on speed dial, it would take me two seconds to check on someone whom I doubted. But I guess that’s too difficult for the commander of the 99th Regional Readiness Command. I guess he didn’t think that wearing the Trident and the CIB together on an Army uniform seemed out of place either. So, what’s with Pennsylvania?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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