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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nA couple of folks sent us this link to the PennLive<\/a> article about an incident in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania recently where a police officer, Detective John O’Connor, confronted Marine veteran Robert D Ford, over what some folks thought was a case of Stolen Valor, but it turned out to be a case of wearing a uniform that was out of date;<\/p>\n An Army soldier attending Artsfest on Memorial Day thought something was fishy with the Marine uniform worn by 75-year-old Robert Ford, who was strolling along Front Street.<\/p>\n Ford’s hat bore some wrinkles, according to the soldier’s assessment, and his belt buckle looked too ornate for his rank.<\/p>\n The soldier enlisted the help of a Harrisburg police officer working at the event, who was a Marine, and together, they accused Ford of being a fraud.<\/p>\n “He’s not a real Marine!” the officer shouted to the crowd gathered for the PennLive\/Patriot-News Artsfest of Greater Harrisburg. “Stolen valor!”<\/p>\n “I was humiliated,” said Ford, of Marysville.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It turns out that Mister Ford had indeed served in the Marines from 1958 to Folks here at TAH recognize what a serious business this is – many times our exposures of phonies cost them their jobs, their reputations and some of them end up in jail. But as our friend Doug Sterner says often, even one mistake is one too many.<\/p>\n “I’d rather see a dozen phonies get kudos they don’t deserve than besmirch the reputation of one innocent veteran,” [Doug Sterner] said. “Even if I see something totally outlandish, I’m not going to jump. … You don’t just go up and confront people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Another problem is this very same situation – many phonies will see this as an opportunity to talk themselves out of trouble.<\/p>\n The money quote from Mister Ford to the officer; <\/p>\n “What am I trying to do?” Ford said. “Impersonate a lance corporal who never served in combat?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’d rather track down the Richard Rahn<\/a>s and the Jason Scaletta<\/a>s than some guy pretending to be Lance Corporal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1064<\/del> 1964. We’ve made a mistake or two in this business, but never over a wrinkled cover, or the wrong belt buckle. The problem, of course, is similar to the same reasons that we have with the explosion of Stolen Valor cases. The videos that have gone viral and get featured in the national news makes it attractive for amateurs to engage in the very serious business.<\/p>\n