{"id":90905,"date":"2019-09-20T12:49:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=90905"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:51","slug":"alaska-bob-glaves-not-a-vietnam-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=90905","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Alaska Bob&#8221; Glaves &#8211; NOT a Vietnam Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_facebook.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_facebook-186x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"574\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2019\/09\/20\/bob-glaves-army-ranger-combat-veteran-of-vietnam-and-cambodia-cancer-from-agent-orange-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on Robert Elgin Glaves Jr, better known as &#8220;Alaska Bob&#8221; or just plain &#8220;Bob.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0Bob claims to be a Vietnam veteran, having joined the US Army at 17 years old and fought in both Vietnam and Cambodia.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he contracted cancer from chemicals used in Vietnam, of which Agent Orange is a prime suspect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_no-sunglasses.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_no-sunglasses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The media and notable organizations got behind Bob&#8217;s story since he only had a year to live and wanted to ride across the country and see the names of his buddies he lost in Vietnam &#8211; before he dies.\u00a0 They are taking donations but before you break out your wallets or purses, know that some are questioning Bob&#8217;s story, mostly due to his age. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_bike.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_bike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8DDjBAlSTt\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peninsuladailynews.com\/news\/wall-before-i-die-vietnam-war-veteran-starts-ride-to-d-c-memorial\/\">&#8216;Wall before I die&#8217;: Vietnam War veteran starts ride to D.C. memorial<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;Wall before I die&#8217;: Vietnam War veteran starts ride to D.C. memorial&#8221; &#8212; Peninsula Daily News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peninsuladailynews.com\/news\/wall-before-i-die-vietnam-war-veteran-starts-ride-to-d-c-memorial\/embed\/#?secret=LxpeOmnTUU#?secret=8DDjBAlSTt\" data-secret=\"8DDjBAlSTt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are some efforts that are praising Bob.\u00a0 Note the combat vet claim&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_wall-before-I-die.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90909 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_wall-before-I-die.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"899\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_pennies-for-quarters.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_pennies-for-quarters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"787\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the donations solicited based on the story, Bob seems to have benefited as well from the good hearts of people wanting to contribute to the effort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_harley-davidson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_harley-davidson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"792\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_trip.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People were skeptical since the timeline of Bob&#8217;s age did not line up, so they contacted folks in the Stolen Valor community.\u00a0 Bob&#8217;s official military records were ordered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GLAVES-ROBERT-E_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>From a separate, independent FOIA&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves-foia_5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves-foia_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, we were able to dig up some old high school photos to establish a timeline for Bob&#8217;s claims. His military photo from the FOIA results above was added for convenient comparison&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_high-school-photos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_high-school-photos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These high school photos represent the years he was <em>allegedly<\/em> in Vietnam&#8230; as well as runnin&#8217; and gunnin&#8217; in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>From the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Glaves arrives at the memorial he is prepared to see the names of his fallen brothers on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.<\/p>\n<p>That wall bears the names of more than 58,000 Americans who gave their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m expecting to cry, so I don\u2019t want nobody around,\u201d Glaves said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_cell-phone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-90918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/glaves_cell-phone-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Bob&#8217;s cancer is legitimate &#8211; we have no way of knowing &#8211; but it is <em>highly<\/em> doubtful it came from Agent Orange or other chemicals used in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Also from the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As of late Sunday, a total of 27 people had donated $1,190 to Pennies for Quarters, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wallbeforeidie\/posts\/411338072815593?__xts__[0]=68.ARBH57dpA9dsQLz9bqImF_q71uY-i-uIesTodwgzWrUG0DaQoVWhGv5t9daCKSBTF_DWTLELbVB2xm_r-DKCCSjYpFJ-Q7hmf_Mug4Z0KPv2jxwjxwyxdomEa0d5kHbKibF5z0GN4ZR8S_2TDbY0mr0Z8v-vx8MIlaV6kOJaBQYUdzWWZvY29hrqeKJwoFGSy4kUbXRaM4lPv2UeVM1DdGFLb9iilIJS9w_KiLbPWb0MBedikI8fNv_3u-a9AE9ou6lYeb0m2UjFfl2fIiiucACgiQVHrgGeuUWpyMaw0hBgIcph15pQLMozVRvkopIuZL5_YF0G1PfGtTYManGR3jY&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cWall Before I Die\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Facebook page where donations can be made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, well that&#8217;s got to be uncomfortable.\u00a0 Someone&#8217;s got some &#8216;splainin&#8217; to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Robert Elgin Glaves Jr, better known &hellip; <a title=\"&#8220;Alaska Bob&#8221; Glaves &#8211; NOT a Vietnam Veteran\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=90905\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Alaska Bob&#8221; Glaves &#8211; NOT a Vietnam Veteran<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":91069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359,6,408,446],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-army","category-media","category-stolen-valor","category-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91081,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90905\/revisions\/91081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}