{"id":79664,"date":"2018-05-26T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T11:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79664"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:45:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:45:45","slug":"john-spodoforas-stolen-valor-comes-back-to-haunt-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79664","title":{"rendered":"John Spodofora’s stolen valor comes back to haunt him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve been after Stafford Township, New Jersey mayor John Spodofora<\/a> for six years. He has been pretending to be a secret squirrel Navy SEAL for at least that long. Well someone defaced one of his campaign signs with the words “Stolen Valor” and he’s in a snit according to the Sandpiper<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The insult alludes to a controversy that began shortly before the 2015 election, when retired U.S. Navy man and stolen valor activist Earl Galloway accused Spodofora of exaggerating his military service, by describing himself as a Vietnam War veteran in his professional bio on the town\u2019s website. All along, the mayor has said his security classification prohibits him from talking specifically about his involvement in that war or being able to prove he ever set \u201cboots on the ground\u201d in Vietnam. He nonetheless changed his bio to read Vietnam Era veteran.<\/p>\n

In the mayor\u2019s defense, [Township Administrator James] Moran said Spodofora legitimately served eight years in the Navy and received a medal for being under enemy fire during the Vietnam War.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder which medal that is; the Good Conduct Medal or the National Defense Service Medal, because those are his sole awards. He was stationed in Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone, but never anywhere near Vietnam;<\/p>\n

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The Vietnam War ended 43 years ago. The biggest secret of World War II, the US possessing the Enigma Machine, was declassified 25 years after that war ended, but I’m sure Spodofora’s secret service was more important than the Enigma Machine.<\/p>\n

If his service in Vietnam was so secret that he can’t prove he was there, why was he highlighting his service in Vietnam on his public website?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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