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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe folks at the Saturday Star<\/a> in Johannesburg, South Africa send us an article that they wrote about stolen valor in their country and the South African Special Forces Association<\/a> which busts pretenders there;<\/p>\n For many years, the South African Special Forces League (now followed by its successor, the South African Special Forces Association) has maintained a \u201cWall of Shame\u201d on its website (www.recce.co.za) and, says Heinrich von Berg, webmaster of the site, \u201cthere are still people out there putting out lies\u201d.<\/p>\n The site has now set up a subsection on its \u201cMedia Recces\u201d page for what Von Berg calls \u201cFacebook Heroes\u201d to \u201caccommodate the many new Facebook warriors\u201d.<\/p>\n The latest name to be added to the Wall of Shame is that of a Jaco van der Sandt of Pretoria, who declares himself a \u201crekkie\u201d (recce) [sic], having served eight years and have seen \u201cthings you only see in movies\u201d.<\/p>\n He claims he was shot six times and still carries \u201chordes\u201d of shrapnel inside his body.<\/p>\n Von Berg says Van der Sandt was \u201cnever at any time\u201d a Special Forces operator or even a Special Forces member. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Wall of Shame is at this link<\/a>. Mr. Van der Sandt’s claims have disappeared at his Facebook page,<\/a> so they seem to be doing their job over there. According to their article, they’ve busted phony “recces” pretending while they’re in the US, too.<\/p>\n Of course, no article about the stolen valor phenomenon would be complete without a mention of Mary Schantag and her stolen valor posse; <\/p>\n It has not been easy and a number of those outed have resorted to legal suits – none of which have been successful, says Schantag – and setting up fake and threatening websites and Facebook accounts to discredit the wannabe hunters. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"