{"id":60194,"date":"2015-06-04T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60194"},"modified":"2015-06-04T07:23:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:23:36","slug":"robert-chickenhawk-mason-on-dennis-surrendi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60194","title":{"rendered":"Robert “Chickenhawk” Mason on Dennis Surrendi"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you remember the story of Dennis Surrendi<\/a>, the fellow who tried to pass himself off as a poor Canadian teen who was Shanghaied into the Vietnam War by the evil CIA and made to fly helicopters. You know, because he was a 19-year-old neurosurgeon who had already walked away from a pro-hockey career and so the CIA needed him to fly helicopters against the Communists. <\/p>\n

Of course, Surredi had lifted almost word-for-word his Vietnam experiences in his book “Set Me Free” from our new friend, Robert Mason, the award-winning, bestselling author of the book “Chickenhawk<\/a>“. Last week, Surrendi settled out of court<\/a> with Mason and his wife, Patience by publishing an announcement in his local rag that he had been lying.<\/p>\n

Before the announcement in the newspaper, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, probably Dudley Dooright, himself, had intended to prosecute Surrendi, but since the Mason’s settled for the notice, the police have lost interest. The Nanton News<\/a> has been forced to backpedal on their earlier stories about Surrendi;<\/p>\n

He deceived a lot of people, including Nanton News staff, and we\u2019re angry and sickened that we printed such horrendous lies. To the Vietnam veterans, and to their family and friends, we sincerely apologize for spreading this deceit.<\/p>\n

Veterans in this country and our great allies, including our neighbours across our border, have earned our complete and utter respect for the causes that they have fought for so valiantly. And they\u2019ve certainly earned the right to retell their stories. It\u2019s part of our shared history, and we commend those veterans who have taken the time and bared reliving those experiences so that we might have even a small glimpse into the horrors they faced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Calgary Sun<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Const. John Rotheisler, commander of the Nanton RCMP detachment, says the Crown has decided against charging Surrendi under section 419 of the Criminal Code, which deals with unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates.<\/p>\n

Instead, the RCMP is now following up multiple complaints of copyright infringement, both in Canada and from the U.S., where Surrendi\u2019s book was also published.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeking guidance from our special prosecution unit,\u201d said Rotheisler.<\/p>\n

What that might mean in terms of charges isn\u2019t yet clear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Mason took to Canadian airwaves yesterday to tell the unbelievable story about this valor thief of monumental proportions.<\/p>\n

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I’m pretty sure that Patience is a little more angry about the whole thing than Robert, though. She’s the one who contacted us and I’m honored that they enlisted us in their cross-border war against this creep to restore a measure of Robert’s honor. As Robert said in the interview, Surrendi even stole Patience’ letters to Robert and made those letter to sound as if she had sent them to him. Hell hath no fury….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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