{"id":78395,"date":"2018-03-22T12:24:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78395"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:46:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:46:23","slug":"donald-kimball-phony-silver-star-purple-heart-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78395","title":{"rendered":"Donald Kimball; phony Silver Star, Purple Heart hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78396\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-2-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-2-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-2-242x333.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-2.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/donnie.kimball.3\">Donnie Kimball<\/a>, from Pensacola, Florida, who claims to be a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran with a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, and there are license plates and a motorcycle vest involved;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78397\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78397\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1-334x333.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78398\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-7-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-7-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-7-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-7.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78399\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78399\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-8-444x333.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-8-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-8.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Well, he was a Marine and he did serve in Vietnam, as a clerk in the local Marine Corps exchange (BX) and as a supply clerk in a Headquarters and Service Company;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-AA.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78401\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Assignments-1-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Assignments-1-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Assignments-1-240x333.png 240w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Assignments-1.png 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78403\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Campaigns-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Campaigns-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Campaigns-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Campaigns.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78404\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Medical-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Medical-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Medical-239x333.png 239w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Donnie-Limball-FOIA-Medical.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>No Silver Star, no Purple Heart, not even a Combat Action Ribbon to indicate that Donnie heard any shots fired in anger.<\/p>\n<p>But, he does get an award for most creative excuse for missing records;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=78429\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29497209_1285552974921721_7303048816424276740_n-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29497209_1285552974921721_7303048816424276740_n-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29497209_1285552974921721_7303048816424276740_n-362x333.jpg 362w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29497209_1285552974921721_7303048816424276740_n.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this 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