{"id":70806,"date":"2017-03-12T14:34:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T18:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70806"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:20","slug":"randy-scott-phony-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70806","title":{"rendered":"Randy Scott; phony POW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us a link to an article from the Journal Online<\/a> which reports on an entry in the Elk Grove, Illinois’ Township newsletter<\/a> (link to a .pdf) in which they profiled a regular citizen, Randy Scott;<\/p>\n

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Randy Scott has been a resident of Des Plaines for over 32 years. Having served in the Army Special Forces (Green Beret) from 1967-1969 and spending 4 months as a POW, Randy admits that he \u201cwent through hell and lived through it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well the Journal Online says the town supervisor, Mike Sweeney has issued an apology for “factual inaccuracies” in the news letter (emphasis is mine);<\/p>\n

\u201cI was extremely troubled when the township received multiple calls from individuals that questioned the validity of Randy Scott\u2019s statements,\u201d said Sweeney. \u201cThese claims were taken very seriously and when confronted, Mr. Scott admitted that the account of his military service was patently false<\/em>.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweeney said he attempted to access military databases to confirm Scott\u2019s account when questions arose. But without detailed identifying information, he was unable to so and confronted Scott directly.<\/p>\n

Sweeney said members of Scott\u2019s family told him Scott was in the military, but left after being injured in basic training. Sweeney said he had no way of confirming or denying the validity of those statements.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The DPAA doesn’t list anyone with the last name of Scott from the Army on their list of “accounted for” POWs of the Vietnam years.<\/p>\n

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We’ve requested a FOIA for his records, but it’s not looking good for Mr. Scott. <\/p>\n

What really sucks is that the article wasn’t about military service, it was about the good things that Mr. Scott did for his community. For some idiotic reason, he had to fabricate a war story instead of just being proud of what he does to improve the lives of people in his home town. <\/p>\n

I just don’t get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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