{"id":64058,"date":"2016-01-28T12:47:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64058"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:48","slug":"richard-m-hollingsworth-the-infantry-helicopter-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64058","title":{"rendered":"Richard M. Hollingsworth; the Infantry helicopter mechanic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us their work on this Richard Hollingsworth fellow. He’s the Post Commander at the Pocatello, Idaho VFW Post 735<\/a>. He’s a legitimate Vietnam Veteran, he has 25 Air Medals, according to the National Personnel Records Center. He was assigned as an aircraft maintenance crewman in transportation units and assault helicopter units from October 1968 – October 1969. He was discharged as a Specialist 5 (E-5);<\/p>\n

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I’ll forgive him wearing the Sergeant stripes. It’s probably pretty tough in this day and age to find sew-on Spec 5 rank, maybe not, I don’t know. But what I can’t forgive is the Combat Infantry Badge, the Blue Infantry Cord an Army Commendation Medal that aren’t in his records. There’s also the Army Achievement Medal, Overseas Ribbon and the Army Service Ribbon none of which existed until about ten years after he left servicePurple Heart Medal<\/del>. Folks also say that he sometimes claims to be a Warrant officer and a pilot.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the name plate under that painting;<\/p>\n

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The Idaho VFW Department has been informed of his malfeasance. I can hear those buttons screaming from here.<\/p>\n

UPDATED: Someone sent us a larger version of the picture above and I was mistaken – Hollingsworth isn’t wearing a Purple Heart medal. It looks like it’s an Air Medal. So, I apologize for these old eyes mistaking the medal. But now I notice that he’s wearing infantry brass on his lapels and Transportation Corps Regimental Crest. Nice touch. <\/p>\n

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