{"id":57300,"date":"2014-12-24T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57300"},"modified":"2014-12-24T09:06:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:06:42","slug":"ltc-margaret-desanti-phony-army-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57300","title":{"rendered":"LTC Margaret DeSanti; phony Army nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Our buddy, Doug Sterner, sent us links to a couple of articles, the first one in 2002 at a Rakkasan meeting (the 187th Infantry Regiment) where this retired Army nurse, Margaret DeSanti, injected herself into an interview with the Kentucky New Era <\/a>. At the time she was calling herself a “retired Captain”;<\/p>\n

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

That brings us to the present day, I guess she got promoted in her retirement to Lieutenant Colonel and, she’s wearing a Silver Star Medal – which triggered our interest in her. See, Leigh Ann Hester<\/a> is the first woman since World War Two to earn a Silver Star. But that’s just actual history, not history according to Margaret DeSanti;<\/p>\n

LTC, Margaret DeSanti, USA Retired, served in the United States Army Nurse Corps for 30 years. She was deployed in the Vietnam era during the Tet Offensive in Saigon, Pleiku, and China Beach from 1968-1970. She was one of 50 flight nurses attached to the 1st Cavalry helicopters who repelled on dust offs and was deployed to forward positions. She also served during the Desert Shield\/Desert Storm for one year. For her service to our Country, she achieved a Meritorious Unit Citation, a Vietnam Presidential Citation, a Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, a Silver Star, a Soldiers Medal, a Meritorious Service Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, an Army Achievement Medal, an Army Reserve Component, a National Service Defense Medal, a Vietnam Campaign Medal, a Kuwait Liberation medal, an Army Airborne Wings, and Chief Combat Flight Nurse Wings. U.S. Senator John McCain presented LTC DeSanti a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Maricopa Association of Combat Veterans. She is honored to have an Arizona State University nursing scholarship in her name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, not according to the National Personnel Records Center;<\/p>\n

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

The “limited information” that we provided was her social security number. But she was the keynote speaker at this high school’s Veterans’ Day celebration. And, yeah, I can’t find a scholarship that is named for her at ASU, either. I did find one at Maricopa Community College which is the same as ASU, right?<\/p>\n

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

\"LTC,<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Actually, her promotion during her retirement and the Silver Star was enough for me. So, go ahead, call me names for beating up on an old woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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