{"id":77245,"date":"2018-01-20T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77245"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:46:29","slug":"arnold-lepotvin-vietnam-stolen-valour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77245","title":{"rendered":"Arnold LePotvin; Vietnam stolen valour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77246\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77246\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-6-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-6-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-6-466x333.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-6.jpg 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stolenvalour.ca\/posts\/886394604843546\">Stolen Valour &#8211; Canada<\/a> share their work on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cooloffershere\">Arnold LePotvin<\/a> (with two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arnold.lepotvin.9\">FB pages<\/a>) fellow who claims that he served in Vietnam 1963 &#8211; 1965 with the Special Forces &#8211; Recon Division and the 82d Airborne Division where he made eighteen combat parachute jumps on &#8220;search and kill&#8221; missions. The 82d was in Vietnam 1967 &#8211; 1968 and they made no parachute jumps while they were there. The only combat parachute jump in Vietnam was made by the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Operation Junction City in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>When he came back from Vietnam, LePotvin says that he was sent to Fort Bragg, Virginia and after that he was sent to Cyprus while he was assigned to the United Nations special forces.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77247\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-7-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-7-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-7-256x333.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-7.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77248\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-8-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-8-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-8-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-8-414x333.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77249\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-Mekong-River-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-Mekong-River-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-Mekong-River-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-Mekong-River-425x333.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-Mekong-River.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In keeping with American traditions, there is a motorcycle and a vest involved;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77251\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1-443x333.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77252\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-2.jpg 1443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77253\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-3.jpeg 256w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-3-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77254\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-4-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-4-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-4-500x262.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-4.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77255\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77255\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-5-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-5-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-5-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-5-500x316.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LaPotvin-5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The National Personnel Records Center says &#8220;Who?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=77256\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Arnold-LePotvin-FOIA-AA.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From Stolen Valour &#8211; Canada;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SV-C is pleased to report,  that with encouragement of the local veterans community, Mr LePOTVIN has surrendered the bogus medals and they will be disposed of in an appropriate manner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Stolen Valour &#8211; Canada share their work on this Arnold LePotvin (with two &hellip; <a title=\"Arnold LePotvin; Vietnam stolen valour\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77245\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arnold LePotvin; Vietnam stolen valour<\/span>Read 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