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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWe first talked about Bob Brooks last year<\/a> when we looked at his records and found that they didn’t appear to match his assignments. He claimed three Distinguished Flying Crosses, his three Silver Star Medals and five Purple Hearts along with a Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Pathfinder Badge and some awards that didn’t exist while he was in the service. He also claimed to have been a POW. Many of those were on his DD214 Discharge certificate, but there was no supporting documentation.<\/p>\n Someone sent us his records<\/a> that he supplied to investigators. The National Personnel Records Center determined<\/a> that there was some level of shenanigans at work here. It appeared that Brooks had altered his records before he was discharged.<\/p>\n According to our buddy, Barb Ickes at the Quad-City Times<\/a> the Feds are about to charge Brooks with the Stolen Valor Act;<\/p>\n Rachel Scherle, public information officer with the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of Iowa, said Brooks is expected to enter into a plea agreement in federal court next week. Her research of cases over the past five years showed no other cases of Stolen Valor in the Southern District of Iowa.<\/p>\n “We would consider this a Stolen Valor case,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Brooks, of course, denies any malfeasance;<\/p>\n “I did not falsify my DD214,” he said. “I’ve never had control of my 214. I’m going on what I was told I was awarded.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The NPRC’s investigation came to the conclusion that Brooks had been awarded no Silver Stars or Purple Hearts, and, of course, no Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist or Pathfinder Badges. Of all of our phonies, this is the most confusing case. He really was a hero in every sense of the word. There was absolutely no reason for Brooks to embellish any aspect of his records, but, then he did. He served when many Americans dodged their responsibilities, but I guess that wasn’t enough for him.<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong> Someone sent us this;<\/p>\n![\"Brooks](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brooks-DD214-3-250x333.jpg\")
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