{"id":78801,"date":"2018-04-11T08:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78801"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:37:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T14:37:30","slug":"don-marostica-is-not-a-vietnam-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78801","title":{"rendered":"Don Marostica is not a Vietnam veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us their work on this fellow, Don Marostica who was a legislator in Colorado’s House of Representatives. He resigned that position and became the director of the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade. You’ll notice in the caption of the picture above, someone thought that Marostica is a Vietnam veteran. His name is also memorialized in Veteran\u2019s Park in the City of Loveland as a Vietnam veteran.<\/p>\n

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According to his Wiki<\/a>, Marostica graduated from Colorado State University in 1970, then he began his pursuit of a Masters program at University of Northern Colorado, graduating in 1975. His military records say that he spent three months on active duty in 1971, the remainder of his service was spent in the National Guard and the Reserves.<\/p>\n

There was no service in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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I’m not calling this stolen valor because I can find nothing where Marostica directly claims that he is a Vietnam veteran, I’m just correcting the record – he is not a Vietnam veteran.<\/p>\n

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From Loveland Politics<\/a>;<\/p>\n

According to the blog, “thisAintHell” which obtained Marostica’s military service records
\nthrough a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request, Marostica only served on active
\nduty for three months in Fort Knox, Kentucky in the early 70’s. Following his 90 days of
\nactive duty, Marostica remained either in the Army Reserve or National Guard
\neventually achieving the rank of 1st Lt but not Captain as he claims according to the
\nrecords published online. According to the same records reviewed by LovelandPolitics,
\nthey show he was never in Vietnam during his three months of active duty but instead
\nserved his country for 90 days in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Loveland Mayor Demands Brick Be Removed<\/p>\n

Loveland Mayor Jacki Marsh, a critic of Marostica’s influential LBP group in city affairs,
\nis demanding the brick commemorating Don Marostica’s service in “Vietnam” be
\nremoved from the city owned park before Memorial Day celebrations. However,
\nLovelandpolitics has learned the parks department and several members of the city
\ncouncil are claiming the brick is not a violation of any city policy so fighting the mayor’s
\nrequest. Sponsors who contribute donations are allowed to place a brick in the city’s
\nveteran’s memorial park with an inscription of their choice. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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