{"id":66942,"date":"2016-07-18T08:54:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66942"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:54:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:54:59","slug":"daniel-pai-grandmaster-korean-war-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66942","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Pai; Grandmaster Korean War vet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us this fellow, Daniel Pai in hopes that we could prove he lied about his service. He died in 1993, so I guessed this would be difficult right from the start. He’s still the main figure in some sort of karate cult and that’s completely outside my lane. But mostly this bio<\/a> is the one most often quoted about him;<\/p>\n

In 1951, Daniel Pai joined the U. S. Army and was stationed on the Mainland. He opened his first school in the back of his Sunset Boulevard home just before leaving to fight in the Korean War. He reenlisted in 1953, and spoke of being in Vietnam in 1954. He retired from active duty in December 1955 and in May 1962 he was given an honorable discharge after completing his military obligation. During his service to his country, Daniel Pai was awarded 4 Bronze Stars, Korean Service Medal, U. N. Service Medal, and the National Defense Medal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most of that is true, according to his records. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii until 1952, then he worked in a hospital in Japan, then he went to Korea in March 1952 – August 1953 and he worked at a hospital in the war. The shooting war ended in July 1953. From there he went back to Japan. The only thing that I can find that is wrong is the statement that he was awarded four Bronze Stars. He was awarded four Bronze Service Stars on his Korean Service Medal, which means that he served in Korea during 4 campaigns. He didn’t earn four Bronze Star Medals. Here’s a Korean Service Medal with two service stars;<\/p>\n

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However, I’m not going to blame him for that. It could be that someone misinterpreted his records – it happens a lot;<\/p>\n

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The bio says that he mentioned that he was in Vietnam in 1954. He wasn’t – he was working in a hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, still in the Army. But, again, I don’t have proof that he claimed that he was in Vietnam, only a second-hand story that he had mentioned it once. Hardly evidence.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry to disappoint the folks who were hoping that I could bust the guy, but, as near as I can tell, he didn’t lie about anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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