{"id":62804,"date":"2015-11-16T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62804"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:54","slug":"john-branom-smith-phony-mia-phony-special-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62804","title":{"rendered":"John Branom Smith; phony MIA, phony Special Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us a link to an article about this character, John Branom Smith, who told Tulsa World <\/a>about his time in Vietnam;<\/p>\n

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Someone put the 18-year-old “Green Beret” out on a observation post 10 miles from his base, all by himself and he got lost in a fog. For some reason a helicopter was supposed to pick him up, but the fog prevented it. So, he E&E’d (Escape and Evasion) from the Viet Cong for 90 days until he found a road 60 miles in the wrong direction from where he started and hitch hiked back to his base. Then he finished his 21-year career at Fort Hood, Texas. Amazing story, huh?<\/p>\n

Well, the truth is that he did two years in Army, one of them in Vietnam as a grunt – he earned a CIB and an ARCOM and made it to Specialist E-4. After two years, he transferred to the Reserves. Then he joined the Navy, but that only lasted five or six months. But, still, he had an honorable career in Vietnam, according to his records. He went straight from his infantry training at Fort Knox, Kentucky to Vietnam – a much better story than the one he told. I guess the truth wasn’t good enough;<\/p>\n

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At the link to the story above, Tulsa World is trying to get in touch with Mr. Smith to ask him questions about his article. Now they don’t have to. I don’t explain ’em, I just report on ’em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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