{"id":74425,"date":"2017-09-02T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=74425"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:47:56","slug":"william-lunsford-phony-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74425","title":{"rendered":"William Lunsford; phony soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74426\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-306x333.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2017\/09\/01\/william-lunsford-us-army-honorary-lieutenant-commander-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> send us their work on this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100004810808091\">William Lunsford<\/a> who claimed to them that he was assigned to train Navy SEALs in hand-to-hand combat from his Army assignment, and he was made an &#8220;honorary Honorary Lieutenant Commander&#8221; from his Army rank of Sergeant E-5.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74430\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74430\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74427\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-3-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-3-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-3-187x333.png 187w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-3.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2-187x333.png 187w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-2.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74429\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1-187x333.png 187w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-1.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74431\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-5-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-5.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So, the folks at Military Phonies got his FOIA. According to Army records, he spent four months at Fort Knox to be a 19E tank crewman (M48\/M60 series tanks). And then he was out on the street;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74432\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74432\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-AA.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74433\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-Assignments-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-Assignments-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-Assignments-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-Assignments-431x333.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-FOIA-Assignments.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So when Military Phonies confronted him about his records, Lunsford told them that he was a secret squirrel instructor;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74434\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-6-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-6-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-6-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-6-500x265.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-6.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74435\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-7-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-7-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-7-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-7-500x285.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-7.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=74436\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-8-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-74436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-8-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-8-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-8-500x243.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/William-Lunsford-8.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, fat chance, junior. That story might work with people whose only experience in the military comes from Hollywood, but don&#8217;t try it with veterans. Goober.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this fellow, William Lunsford who claimed &hellip; <a title=\"William Lunsford; phony soldier\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74425\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">William Lunsford; phony soldier<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}