{"id":59268,"date":"2015-04-15T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59268"},"modified":"2015-04-15T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T12:12:34","slug":"rodney-dan-pratt-phony-powvietnam-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59268","title":{"rendered":"Rodney “Dan” Pratt; phony POW\/Vietnam veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Rodney “Dan” Pratt was sent to us by Scotty<\/a>. Pratt get extra points for creativity – he claims that he was in the Hitler Youth at the end of World War II and that he changed his name from Hans Macher when he emigrated here in 1946, then a few years later he claims that he joined the US Army to fight in Korea. He stayed for thirty years, rising to the rank of Master Sergeant in the Army.<\/p>\n

\"Rodney<\/a><\/p>\n

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

I don’t know about his time in Germany, but I know a little about the Army. For example, if there was any truth to his story, he would have earned a CIB each for the Korean War and Vietnam – but his little shadow box says that he earned three CIBs. He has the United Nations Korean War Service Medal and the US Korean War Service Medal, but he’s missing the Republic of Korea War Service Medal, which goes along with the other two. There’s the Vietnam War Service medal and no campaign stars, which is odd because there were always campaigns going on there. All of those service medals should be below the bottom row.<\/p>\n

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

The Department of Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency doesn’t list anyone by the name of Pratt or Macher as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam, so his tales of woe fall on deaf ears. But, it should be no surprise that he wasn’t a POW because the National Personnel Records Center says “Who?”<\/p>\n

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

That’s probably why he doesn’t know the difference between a CIB and a CAB;<\/p>\n

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

He needs a Purple Jump Suit;<\/p>\n

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