Posted on 07/11/2009 6:27:08 AM PDT by cbkaty
.....I guess this fellow had fallen on real hard times.... I have all my Dad's medals and they are priceless..... I and my family would starve to death before I would give up his service medals and Purple Heart.
Great story! What a contrast...
....anybody who’s ever served in the Army knows a CIB is quite worthy of respect in and of itself...Bass’ DD214 shows he got one and he should have let it go at that...I notice that’s what’s on his ball cap too.
Without a doubt!
What few ribbons and such I ever had I had actually been awarded. I would have never done anything like that.
This pantload should spend the rest of his life in jail.
‘Hope you asked to see his DD-214.
Same here. I have a set of orders for every single thing I earned. I just couldn't live with myself otherwise.
No marryin only STAYIN in Houston’s Fifth Ward.
Bravo. That is really all I can say. What a great deed.
In the 11th ACR back in the early 70s we got a new Corporal assigned to our Troop. He was a picture perfect looking soldier but had a nasty habit of putting his nose in Sergeants' business. He undertook to marry the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major which was his undoing. Corporal F. had a pay problem - was being paid as a PVT E2. The Sergeant Major, fixing the problem for his soon to be son in law, discovered that Corporal F. was in fact PV2 F. and had forged his orders. Appropriate action was taken. Yes, there is a God.
Agreed..... Sadly he now hangs his head with the weight of his own dishonor.
Concerning guys showing up new to the unit with chests full of dubious medals, badges, ribbons: I saw it too, nobody bothered to check. Active duty people.
By the way, my step-father recieved his Bronze Star just last year, that he earned in the Korean war. He's 79 years old. He knew he was cited but just never got the medal until then. The first I or my brothers and sisters learned about it was last year and we have known him for 35 years.
I read the citation and tears came to my eyes. Maybe prejudice on my part but I was thinking, this conduct should have been at least Silver Star stuff.
The good news is he finally admitted his guilt...if he had only STFU at that point....but no, he had to string it out and blame his upbringing, Dad, discrimination...etc...BLABLABLA....
None of his pleadings account for his attempt at stolen valor.
Cuff him Dano!
I’m glad to hear he finally got his medal.
My dad served as a sniper for 3 years in WWI..he was wounded twice in the battles around Hill60 and decorated for bravery..they read the burial service over him twice and fetched his mother to his bedside..but he survived.
After discharge from hospital he tried to find work as a welder..for two years he got up every morning at 5am and went and stood outside the factory gates hoping to be selected for a days work. Usually he came home empty handed.
One day he came home and threw all his service medals in the garbage..my mom told me that this was the only time she ever saw him cry!
Gee John Kerry did the same thing with his Viet Nam medals, but was a better liar.
My father fought Vietnam. When he returned to the US, he kept his medals in a draw and rarely talked about his experiences. His closest friends didn’t know he had earned 2 V-devices until he passed away a few years ago.
Most vets I know don’t talk about the war.
Remember Admiral Boorda? He’s the one that was caught with fake v-devices and committed suicice. Let’s see if Charles Bass follows in Boorda’s footsteps.
....”The truth shall find you out.....”
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