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{"id":64434,"date":"2016-02-20T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64434"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:13","slug":"oscar-wilson-phony-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64434","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Wilson, phony Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64443\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64443\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2015\/05\/28\/oscar-wilson-us-marine-vietnam-combat-wounded-recon-poser-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> sent us their work on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100009249451683\">Oscar Wilson<\/a> fellow. They wrote about him in May, but they were waiting for his Army FOIA. I decided that I&#8217;d wait until the FOIA came back. He is legitimately a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for his participation there with 1\/9th Marines from June 1969 &#8211; June 1970. But somewhere along the line, he decided that wasn&#8217;t enough, and he became a Force Recon Marine;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64435\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64435\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims.jpg?resize=169%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Claims\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims.jpg?resize=187%2C333&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64437\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64437\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments1.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Assignments1\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments1.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments1.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments1.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64438\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64438\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments2.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Assignments2\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments2.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments2.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Assignments2.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64439\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64439\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-FOIA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson FOIA\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-FOIA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-FOIA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-FOIA.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Wilson claimed two tours of Vietnam, but I only see the one, after which he was stationed at the Marine Barracks in Bremerton, Washington with a series of prestigious jobs, none of which were as a Force Recon Marine. He was discharged as a Corporal, not as a staff sergeant like he claims now.<\/p>\n<p>He also had to make the claim that when he reenlisted and went into the Army that he was a Ranger in Bad Tolz, West Germany;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64436\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64436\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims2.jpg?resize=300%2C103&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Claims2\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims2.jpg?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims2.jpg?resize=768%2C264&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims2.jpg?resize=500%2C172&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Claims2.jpg?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64440\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64440\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-Assignments.jpg?resize=300%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Army Assignments\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-Assignments.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-Assignments.jpg?resize=768%2C465&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-Assignments.jpg?resize=500%2C303&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-Assignments.jpg?w=987&amp;ssl=1 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64441\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64441\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-FOIA.jpg?resize=287%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Army FOIA\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-FOIA.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-FOIA.jpg?resize=318%2C333&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Army-FOIA.jpg?w=701&amp;ssl=1 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there were no Rangers at Bad Tolz (the home of the 10th Special Forces Group at that time), he was a mortarman with the 1\/39th Infantry of the 8th Infantry Division &#8211; a fine unit, and there was no shame in serving with them, but they weren&#8217;t Rangers. When he finished his time in Germany, he went to Fort Hood, Texas and did time in the 2nd Armored Division and the 1st Cavalry Division. He was discharged as a sergeant E-5. The National Personnel Records Center saw no Purple Heart;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=64442\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64442\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?resize=300%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oscar Wilson Awards Final\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?resize=500%2C228&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?resize=630%2C290&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?resize=315%2C145&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Oscar-Wilson-Awards-Final.jpg?w=701&amp;ssl=1 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies sent us their work on this Oscar Wilson fellow. 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