{"id":6150,"date":"2008-12-16T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2008-12-19T15:01:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T20:01:25","slug":"robert-dennen-phony-sailor-in-west-chester-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6150","title":{"rendered":"Robert Dennen: Phony sailor in West Chester, PA (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several weeks ago, someone sent me some pictures of Robert Dennen, a frequent anti-war protester in West Chester, PA<\/a>. This person told me that Dennen claimed to be a Navy veteran and asked me to identify the medals he was wearing;<\/p>\n

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The only one I could identify is the American Campaign Medal<\/a> – it was a World War II medal awarded for service between Dec. 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946. The other two medals I couldn’t find anywhere on the internet. So I ran the guy’s name through Military dot Com and came up completely empty.<\/p>\n

You can tell by the black T-shirt, he’s a member of the Delaware Valley Veterans for America, he appears on their website protesting John McCain and Sarah Palin in Philadelphia. That’s him on the viewer’s far right;<\/p>\n

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The Delaware Valley Veterans For America’s website is unsurprisingly plastered with pictures and events of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Vets For Peace.<\/p>\n

Someone sent me another picture of Dennen wearing the same medals and a Vets For Peace pin on his cap;<\/p>\n

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And a picture of him claiming to be a gay veteran in West Chester, PA demanding “whats due” gays;<\/p>\n

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In this picture from Skye<\/a>, that looks like his hat and his trademark woodland camouflage, but he’s hiding behind a very confusing sign;<\/p>\n

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I’m told his distinctive hat with the buttons stuck in it have earned him the nickname “Pinhead” from the West Chester Sheepdogs.<\/p>\n

So there’s really no doubt that he’s trying to pass himself off as a veteran, but his medals and the lack of a record say otherwise. So I sent his information to our new friends at POW Net<\/a>. This is what I got back;<\/p>\n

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Instead of listing him as “discharged” it says he was “released from active duty” and about half-way between his third and fourth year. That indicates some sort of malfeasance. His rank is SR – Seaman Recruit, an E-1<\/a>. Again, indicative of some bad behavior – no one stays an E-1 for 3 and a half years.<\/p>\n

In the awards section, it lists none – not even fire guard ribbons. Now as I previously mentioned, during his participation in protests, he wears an American Campaign Medal which is for service between 1941 and 1946. His actual service is from 1956 to 1960. I still don’t know what the other two are, if anyone has a clue, please let me know.<\/p>\n

His sea assignments were on the destroyers\u00a0 USS Courtney<\/a> in the North Atlantic and USS Hull<\/a> in the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n

But there’s a common thread running through many of these anti-war veterans – they all seem to be malingerers and common criminals who can’t conform to the good order and discipline of the military – no matter when they served. And apparently, they can’t help but wear medals they didn’t earn.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait to get back some of these FOIA requests.<\/p>\n

Added:<\/strong> Someone sent me a close up of Pinhead’s hat. Click it;<\/p>\n

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UPDATED:<\/strong> Someone sent me a closer look at Pinhead’s medals;<\/p>\n

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It looks like an older version of the Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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So, we’ve got this dork wearing one medal that was issued while he was in grade school and a Coast Guard Medal – he was in the Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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