{"id":58242,"date":"2015-02-15T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T13:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58242"},"modified":"2015-02-15T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:20:16","slug":"donald-lemmond-cross-border-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58242","title":{"rendered":"Donald Lemmond; cross-border phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Our buddy, Aunty Brat, sends us a link to the story of Donald Lemmond<\/a> who alternated between making up tales about his US and Canadian military service;<\/p>\n

Last fall, Lemmond attended local citizenship ceremonies, including one at Mohawk College, under the guise of being a decorated Canadian and U.S. combat veteran. The school then invited him to speak during its Remembrance Day ceremony, which included video commemorating Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was killed in an attack at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.<\/p>\n

Lemmond wore a uniform decorated with war medals and spoke of saving lives. But a member of the audience noticed that his medals were worn improperly and that his story didn\u2019t add up, Mohawk College spokesman Jay Robb said in December. <\/p>\n

Lemmond was released Friday under conditions he appear in court to answer to the charges, which include two charges each of unlawful use of military uniforms for both the uniform and wearing a “distinctive mark,” and two charges of impersonating a peace officer using a badge, uniform or equipment. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From an earlier article<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Lemmond says in the 1970s he spent six months in Vietnam with his American cousins, where he served as a stretcher bearer for the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know that you would call it extreme valour of anything else. I just did my job.”<\/p>\n

Lemmond also says he served unofficially with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan with his cousin, a commanding officer, in 2006-07.<\/p>\n

“It was only a matter of three months, if that.”<\/p>\n

He retired in 2007 with the rank of captain, he says.<\/p>\n

As for the medals, Lemmond says he’s had them for a little over a year and a half \u2014 his cousin told him he should have them.<\/p>\n

“They’re the ones that my cousin sent me. He said they’re your medals,” said Lemmond, who lives in a small, modest suite in a Hamilton public housing high rise. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I think this one wanted to get caught. These old guys should just stop – they make me sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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