{"id":80068,"date":"2018-06-21T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80068"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:45:43","slug":"william-j-gallagher-phony-vietnam-cpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80068","title":{"rendered":"William J. Gallagher; phony Vietnam CPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80069\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-2-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-2-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-2-293x333.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-2.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/06\/20\/william-j-gallagher-us-navy-chief-petty-officer-combat-action-ribbon-vietnam-service-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> share their work on this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/william.gallagher.7777\">William Gallagher<\/a> who claimed to be a Chief Petty Officer (E-7) and a combat veteran of the Vietnam War for his sea cadet organization.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80070\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-4-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-4-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-4-287x333.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-4.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80071\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-5-149x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-5-149x300.jpg 149w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-5-166x333.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-5.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80072\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80072\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80072\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-7-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-7-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-7-259x333.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-7.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at MP say that they confronted him a few years ago and Gallagher promised to behave himself, but phonies gotta phony and he was back at it. He&#8217;s 60 years old, therefore too young to have participated in the Vietnam War. He enlisted a few weeks after the US evacuated Saigon, so he missed the war. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s authorized the National Defense Service Medal, but it is in his records;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-AA-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-AA.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-1-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-1-270x333.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-1.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-2-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-2-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-2-288x333.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-2.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80077\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-3-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-3-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-3-262x333.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-3.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80078\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-4-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-4-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-4-265x333.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Assignments-4.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80079\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-500x229.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-630x290.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards-315x145.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-FOIA-Awards.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He left the Navy as an Electrician Mate (E-6) not a CPO, not a Vietnam combat veteran.<\/p>\n<p>And he resigned from the sea cadets (sorry I got caught);<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=80080\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-admission-111x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-admission-111x300.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-admission-123x333.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/William-Gallagher-admission.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this fellow, William Gallagher who claimed to &hellip; <a title=\"William J. 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