{"id":70025,"date":"2017-01-29T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70025"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:54","slug":"why-stolen-valor-goes-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70025","title":{"rendered":"Why Stolen Valor Goes Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RTR2NCV0-e1485463019598-279x120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RTR2NCV0-e1485463019598-279x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someone sent in this <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/01\/28\/heres-why-stolen-valor-goes-ignored\/\">article about Stolen Valor<\/a>. \u00a0A guy named Jonn Lilyea was interviewed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty disgusting, because I have friends who are in Arlington who only got to wear their medals as they were being buried, and these guys just pin them on like they\u2019re buttons or decorations,\u201d John Lilyea, a former platoon sergeant in the U.S. Army who tracks stolen valor cases, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThat\u2019s what sets off most veterans, because we know people who didn\u2019t come home.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears this Lilyea character has been dealing with\u00a0cases of fake and embellished military service claims for a while now.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lilyea has tracked down and investigated stolen valor cases on his website \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Ain\u2019t Hell, But You Can See It From Here<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 since 2008, compiling hundreds upon hundreds of alleged fraudsters through tips and extensive research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another guy named Doug Sterner was interviewed as well. \u00a0It seems he has been around for a really, really, long time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Doug Sterner, a former Army sergeant and military historian, who runs the <a href=\"http:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Times\u2019 Hall of Valor\u00a0database<\/a> of medal recipients, said stolen valor cases take \u201ctime away from typing up the citation of legitimate heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a far bigger problem than anybody realizes,\u201d Sterner told TheDCNF.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is a well done article that sheds some\u00a0light on many of the Stolen Valor issues we are facing today. \u00a0A huge thank you to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/kathryn-watson\/\">KATHRYN WATSON<\/a>\u00a0for doing all the work on the article. \u00a0If you like the article please drop her a note. \u00a0It sounds like a few hoses and tubes can&#8217;t keep an old Platoon Sergeant down, or at least quiet anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent in this article about Stolen Valor. \u00a0A guy named Jonn Lilyea was interviewed: \u201cIt\u2019s &hellip; 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