{"id":6213,"date":"2008-12-15T14:03:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2008-12-15T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T19:03:22","slug":"more-phony-soldier-bs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6213","title":{"rendered":"More phony soldier BS"},"content":{"rendered":"

They seem to be coming out of the woodwork this week. Terry Richard Calandra, 59, of Forks Township, Pa. wasn’t happy with forging documents for a Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star with a “V” device, and FOUR Purple Hearts he decided to get Arlen Specter involved in getting him a Congressional Medal of Honor for his six months in Vietnam and set off alarms in the Army Department<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The Army most recently began reviewing Calandra\u2019s file in August after U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., forwarded an inquiry from Calandra about his Medal of Honor nomination.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Terry Calandra has contacted my Allentown office inquiring on the status of his nomination for the Congressional Medal of Honor,\u201d Specter wrote in a July 18 letter to the Military Awards Branch. \u201cSince the request falls under your jurisdiction, I have forwarded you a copy of his request.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specter later told a local newspaper editorial board that Calandra should be considered for the military\u2019s top award.<\/p>\n

In an e-mail to Army Times, spokesperson Kate Kelly said, \u201cSen. Specter\u2019s office has been briefed by the Army concerning the questions surrounding Mr. Calandra\u2019s service.\u201d She declined further comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the whole story at the link – the story about how his order numbers don’t match the National Archives records. I don’t understand this stuff at all. If you’re ashamed of what you accomplished in the military, do a better job of picking your career field.<\/p>\n

And then the cum bubble has the unmitigated gall to say “If the Army wants to change their mind, that\u2019s their business. I\u2019ll send my medals back. I don\u2019t need them.” If you don’t need them, why’d you bother to start harranging your Senator about your Congressional Medal of Honor?<\/p>\n

Be proud of your service, no matter what it was. I knew a guy who has passed now whose entire service was as a meat cutter in Buffalo, New York during World War II. He never tried to make himself anything else and he was proud of his service just the way it was. Someone needed to it and he’d done his part contributing to the effort.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to 1stCAVRVN11B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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