{"id":90460,"date":"2019-09-02T07:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T11:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=90460"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:57","slug":"ed-doyle-phony-korea-vietnam-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=90460","title":{"rendered":"Ed Doyle – Phony Korea & Vietnam Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The folks at Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on Edward Michael Doyle who was a featured veteran in the New Brunswick (GA) newspaper<\/a>.\u00a0 Click the icon below to read the article.<\/p>\n

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Rather than paraphrase the entire article, we will briefly list his claims here:<\/p>\n

Service:<\/strong>\u00a0Army, 26 years
\nDuties:<\/strong>\u00a0Ranger
\nRank:\u00a0<\/strong>Sergeant major
\nAwards:\u00a0<\/strong>Distinguished Service Cross; Purple Heart Medal; Bronze Star Medal; Combat Infantryman Badge; Korean Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal
\nDuty stations:\u00a0<\/strong>Korea (two times); Vietnam; Germany; Holland; Congo; Afghanistan; Israel; Fort Benning<\/p>\n

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CLIPS FROM THE ARTICLE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He earned a Bronze Star Medal in Korea for helping a wounded soldier. He also earned a Purple Heart Medal for shrapnel wounds to his face during the intense fighting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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He volunteered for a second tour of duty in Korea where he and other soldiers parachuted behind enemy lines to disrupt the Chinese communications systems. After they completed their missions, they had to work their way through enemy lines to safety.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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After he returned from Europe, Doyle was recruited into Army intelligence, where he took additional training, including attending a language school before he was sent to Vietnam. He worked for a unit directly under the command of the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did missions that were ordered by the president of the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His work in Vietnam was classified, but Doyle said he managed to return home \u201cunhinged,\u201d though he did get his jaw broken when he was hit in the face with the rifle butt by an enemy soldier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went down, but I maintained consciousness,\u201d he said. \u201cI shot and killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was made for Doyle’s military records.<\/p>\n

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Doyle was a weatherman – an honorable profession to say the least, but he wasn’t what he claims to be.<\/p>\n

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h4>\n

RANK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doyle got out as a Tech Sgt (E-6) vs. his claim of Sergeant Major (E-9).<\/p>\n

AIR FORCE vs. ARMY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doyle\u2019s official military records show him to have been in the U.S. Air Force vs. the U.S. Army, so many of his claims would not be consistent with his claimed vs. actual service branch \u2013 i.e. Distinguished Service Cross, Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) , Ranger and rank of Sergeant Major.<\/p>\n

KOREA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doyle\u2019s records, neither awards or assignments, do not show service in the country of Korea. Although he was not in country, he did serve on active duty during the Korean War.<\/p>\n

VIETNAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doyle\u2019s records, neither awards or assignments, do not show service in the country of Vietnam. He would be considered a Vietnam-era veteran but not a Vietnam veteran.<\/p>\n

AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following graphic was constructed to help compare what Doyle had listed in the newspaper article vs. what appears in his official military records:<\/p>\n

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The article also claimed he had a Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) which is a badge vs. a ribbon.<\/p>\n

Many of these claimed awards are in violation of the Stolen Valor Act:<\/p>\n