Posted on 04/13/2017 9:01:02 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
From Editor-in-Chief Glenn MacDonald USAR (Ret) at Military Corruption.com come 2 stories about the disgraced, former gem of CBS Evening News, Dan Rather.
As Major MacDonald explains it, Dan Rather: 1) DID NOT graduate from Boot Camp and, 2) was discharged from the Marine Corps as “Medically Unfit.”
From MilitaryCorruption.com:
DAN RATHER [IS] "A PHONY," SAYS MARINE CORPS LEAGUE OFFICIAL - "HE DIDN'T GRADUATE BOOT CAMP, SO HE CAN'T CALL HIMSELF A MARINE," RETIRED GUNNERY SGT AND VIETNAM VETERAN GARY LAWERYSON OF MAINE: "HE'S FULL OF BS" AUTHOR OF BOOK "STOLEN VALOR" B. J. BURKETT CLAIMS DISGRACED FORMER CBS ANCHORMAN "NEVER GOT OUT OF RECRUIT TRAINING" - WAS DISCHARGED AS "MEDICALLY UNFIT" IN 1954
Glenn MacDonald continues:
For years, the disgraced CBS anchorman has referred to himself as a onetime Marine. That's just not true. And now retired Gunnery Sgt. Gary Laweryson, commander of the Maine Marine Corps League and a highly-respected veteran’s advocate, is calling out the man he refers to as "Gunga Dan."
"You cannot call yourself a Marine until you graduate from boot camp," the grizzled gunny told MilitaryCorruption.com. "The record shows Rather was a wash out and was discharged as medically unfit "
AN EXPERT AGREES ON RATHER
Laweryson gets back-up from B. J. Burkett, a retired Army officer and author of the best-selling book STOLEN VALOR. "Rather never made it out of recruit training. He couldn't do the physical activity," Burkett declared. The exposer of many a wannabe and phony hero, says Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.
Rather, who made a career out of criticizing others like former Vice-President Dan Quayle and President George W. Bush, for their questionable and controversial military service, until he was fired by CBS, is rather reckless to run a photo of himself in dress blues with the caption saying: "as a young Marine."
That can be found in Rather's latest book - "RATHER OUTSPOKEN" released in 2012.
WHAT IS THE REAL STORY HERE?
Rather has been vague about his time at the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot back in the mid-1950's, long before Danny boy found fame and fortune as the chief apologist for the discredited Warren Commission and - to this day - still espouses the absurd contention Lee Harvey Oswald was JFK's "lone assassin."
So far, Rather, who's well into his 80's and has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, has stuck to the story he left the Corps because it was discovered he'd had rheumatic fever as a child. Maybe that's it indeed. Or, perhaps, he wet his bed or couldn't hack the rugged physical training. We'll never know the real reason Rather washed out until he chooses to sign a release and open up his entire military file to investigators.
What we'd like to have is answers to just two questions. We offer them to him here:
(1) -- Did you complete training and graduate from Marine Corps boot camp, yes or no? (2) -- How did you come to have a photo of yourself in a Marine dress blue uniform, complete with white saucer cap. Where was it taken? Is it an official Marine Corps photo?
We won't hold our breath waiting for a reply, but assure the liberal icon we will gladly print whatever comments he chooses to make about this news article.
I don't know about that, it could have been taken before he washed out. My basic training picture was I think taken in the first couple of weeks in order to end up in the "year book" that was available after graduation.
Just kidding.
Not to mention ‘Eating Duck’ lunch when at the Rifle Range..............Duck in, duck out.................
You'd think the author could treat his readers with just a bit more respect when reporting on such an important story. He's not doing himself (or the subject) any favors with an illiterate opening like that.
/ grammar rant
He had whooping cough.
OMG-another lying pos liberal trying to make themselves relevant on the backs of honorable men and women? Oh that’s right , I remember now Brian Williams and Dan Blather raising the flag over Mt Suribachi in the famous photo. Libs ARE mentally ill.
Those Honorable Democrats.
Those Honorable Democrats.
Isn’t it illegal to pose as a policeman, a doctor... etc.
I'm not sure how The Marine Corps worked it back in the day, but in the USAF, we took pictures in advance of graduation in "prop" uniforms.
Looks like Dan is passing one of those pics off.
Caption: TV anchorman Dan Rather as a Marine recruit shortly before the Corps dropped him from their rolls, circa 1954.
Source: Alamo City Pundit https://jdlong.wordpress.com/page/326/
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Obama - Fake American
He should not have linked his story to the JFK assassination.
I should have included my sarcasm sign....the way I worded it I figured folks would get it
They take the dress blue photo about a week into basic training, the photo is real, Dan is fake
Bastards & Bums. The story remains the same.
Oh yes, what fun those days were! Wouldn’t exchange them for a million bucks but I’d never want to do that ever again.
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