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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThere’s an article somewhere about Michael Conley who we discussed here<\/a> and here<\/a> in the last few weeks. The article is in the Bedford Indiana Times-Mail, written by Even before the event, two online sources \u2014 both run by military veterans \u2014 questioned the honors and awards Conley claims to have earned. One, a blog called \u201cThis Ain\u2019t Hell,\u201d posted photos from the event of Conley in a military uniform and medals he wore that day, referring to it as a \u201cclown suit.\u201d<\/p>\n Conley, who now lives in Georgia, denied comment when called. He has received similar criticism, and dismissed it, in the past. He has said the military records do not accurately reflect his rank and his record, and he has been working to correct them.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Conley would have had to serve in Korea to earn the first award, Vietnam for the second award and either Iraq or Afghanistan after 2001 for the third award.<\/p>\n \u201cOnly 325 have been awarded,\u201d said retired Master Sgt. Jeff Hinton of the United States Army and a Green Beret. \u201cThey\u2019re legends. … You don\u2019t see them very often, and Conley is not one of those individuals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So, you think with a simple, easy to understand bust like that, coupled with his lack of documentation for his Silver Star Medals or his Special Forces training, Conley and his supporters would finally admit the truth. Ha! fat chance.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s not uncommon for a veteran\u2019s military records to not be totally accurate, according to Sorrells.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one knows more than him how messed up his records are,\u201d said Sorrells. \u201cWe didn\u2019t see anything out of place or out of order,\u201d Sorrells said. \u201cWe\u2019re not experts, but it didn\u2019t look different than any other person\u2019s records.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Oh, OK, fine. Conley knows his records are screwed up, so there you go, he’s in the clear then. Sorry to bother you, Mike.<\/p>\nGaret Cobb<\/del> Sara Kuhl, but it’s behind a pay wall and I have the text of it right here. Anyway, Conley who claimed to be a First Sergeant, Special Forces, 3 CIB awarded, two tours of Vietnam, claimed that he was at Hamburger Hill and the Battle of Bloody Ridge. His records don’t support any of that. He had one tour of Vietnam a year before those two battles and he was a mechanic. There’s no record of him ever attending Special Forces training, and for three awards of the CIB would mean that he is also a Korean War veteran. Mr. Cobb<\/del> Ms. Kuhl takes note of all that;<\/p>\n
\nConley served in Vietnam and is a veteran of the war, and prior to 1993, if a soldier worked as a support staff for a Green Beret unit, even as a cook or mechanic, he could still wear the Green Beret hat.<\/p>\n