When Holloway was contacted in mid-June and again in October and November seeking documentation of his Purple Hearts citations and other awards, he didn’t offer proof. He offered excuses.<\/p>\n
“I’d have to look,” Holloway started. “I threw when I came back from ‘Nam, I threw everything away, so I’ve got a few things and I’ll have to [look for them].”<\/p>\n
After being told that Kendrick and others believe he faked the DD-214 bearing the long list of awards, Holloway dodged.<\/p>\n
He said he was going out of town said he would call when he got back, but he never called.<\/p>\n
In October, he again said he’d thrown everything away, adding that he was being treated for cancer.<\/p>\n
In November, as another Veterans Day passed, Holloway still had not proved his claims. He said he was being treated for prostate cancer, was in line for knee replacement surgery, had kidney failure and bleeding behind his eyes and now was going blind.<\/p>\n
Did he maintain his claim to the nine Purple Hearts?<\/p>\n
“Yes, just leave me alone and let me get this stuff done and I will do it for you,” Holloway said on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n
The Times Free Press extended an ongoing offer to seek the documentation with Holloway’s permission, but he declined again.<\/p>\n
“No, because you can’t find nothing about me, do you?” he said. “That’s what I’m trying to tell you. You’re not finding nothing about me.”<\/p>\n
Why is that?<\/p>\n
“I don’t know,” he said.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was lying about his record, Holloway bristled, “No, and I’m getting tired of talking to you about it, actually.”<\/p>\n
On Nov. 28, Holloway didn’t answer his phone or return the call after a message was left.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, he threw away all of his documentation, but he still yaks about his 44 medals and his nine Purple Hearts and calls himself the most decorated Vietnam veteran – neither DD214 supports those claims.<\/p>\n
He also claims that Lyndon Johnson pinned some of those medals on him;<\/p>\n
He also claimed he earned more than 50 medals in all, including a second Silver Star, three Army Commendation Medals, three presidential citations and scores of others.<\/p>\n
“I’ve got 57 medals,” Holloway proudly proclaimed, remarking that some were pinned to his chest by President Lyndon B. Johnson himself.<\/p>\n
“And I hated President Johnson,” Holloway said. “Johnson was the one who gave me these. He pokes you every time he puts them on.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I can’t imagine a trip to the White House to get a Silver Star or an ARCOM with a valor device. Presidential citations are unit awards, not individual medals. And there are no Presidential citations on any of his DD214s. I doubt that a supply clerk in a Transportation unit would find himself in a situation to earn nine Purple Hearts or fly a helicopter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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