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'Impossible medals' man claims he can't disclose military past
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | December 7 2009 | Telegraph

Posted on 12/07/2009 3:00:15 PM PST by Soothesayer

Roger Day paraded alongside 600 genuine war heroes wearing a beige SAS beret and a dazzling selection of 21 military medals and badges.

Thousands of well-wishers - including the recently bereaved families of servicemen killed in Afghanistan - clapped and cheered as he marched past.

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But organisers became suspicious when they noticed he had medals from campaigns including World War One and Two, Korea, the Falklands, awards for both officers and privates and even a foreign medal.

He was confronted by a friend of one of the organisers at the march in Bedworth, Warks., on November 11 and allegedly admitted his fraudulent behaviour before departing swiftly.

Wearing medals fraudulently is a criminal offence.

But when approached at his home in Earl Shilton, Leics., Mr Day claimed he could not talk about his SAS service because of the ''Official Secrets Act.''

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: award; hero; military; veteran
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"World War One and Two, Korea, the Falklands"

How dumb does he think the SAS is?

1 posted on 12/07/2009 3:00:15 PM PST by Soothesayer
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To: Soothesayer

This guy sounds a little loose in the head.


2 posted on 12/07/2009 3:02:21 PM PST by pallis
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To: Soothesayer

So, was he wearing the medals Kerry threw over the fence?


3 posted on 12/07/2009 3:02:46 PM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: Soothesayer

There’s a great episode of Lovejoy Mysteries where a guy poses as a WWII RAF pilot to perpetrate a scam, and in classic Lovejoy fashion, they end up scamming the would-be scammer.


4 posted on 12/07/2009 3:04:04 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Soothesayer

"I was in...Sang Bang...Dang Gong... I was all over the place, a lot of places. I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions...Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion..Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me".

5 posted on 12/07/2009 3:04:17 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Soothesayer

J.T. died a Marine Lieutenant. During my Nephews hometown ceremony a nutcase appearing as a decorated hero got next to my sister in law.
The F.B.I. grabed this nutcase and appropriately charged the him.
But it was really unsettling to the family.


6 posted on 12/07/2009 3:06:21 PM PST by Joe Boucher (This marxist punk has got to go.)
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To: Soothesayer

‘Impossible medals’ man: I can’t disclose mymilitary past.

British War Office: OK we’ll shoot you for being a spy.

‘Impossible medals’ man: But under certain circumstances...


7 posted on 12/07/2009 3:07:42 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: dfwgator

LOL

Love that movie...

:)


8 posted on 12/07/2009 3:08:59 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Soothesayer
How dumb does he think the SAS is?

Really! From what I've heard, the elite units are especially touchy about people falsely claiming membership; never mind decorations. Rightly so given what they had to do to earn it.

The genuine articles will probably not let this slide.

9 posted on 12/07/2009 3:10:28 PM PST by hitkicker
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To: Soothesayer
It was the medal that tipped them off.
10 posted on 12/07/2009 3:13:29 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
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To: hitkicker
These people are pathetic. Their lives are so empty and devoid of purpose that they live in a dream world where they are really heros instead of the buffoons they really are.
11 posted on 12/07/2009 3:16:15 PM PST by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: Soothesayer
How dumb does he think the SAS is?

I thought some of those Brits kicking Argie behind looked like they had some experience , but I had no idea they were WW I vets around 80 years old . Remember the battle cry of the Falklands ; Don't give up the sheep .

12 posted on 12/07/2009 3:16:31 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Or maybe this guy served with Captain Jonathan S Tuttle.


13 posted on 12/07/2009 3:17:09 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: bgill

wasn’t it later proven that Kerry threw SOMEONE ELSE’S medals over the fence and kept his own

(you know- the 3 purple hearts he got during 3 months in Viet Nam for scratches requiring a band-aid, before they shipped him home as UNFIT FOR COMMAND)


14 posted on 12/07/2009 3:18:06 PM PST by Mr. K (Deathly afraid my typos become a freeper catchphrase...I'm series!)
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To: dfwgator

Yes, but was he in Cambodia during Christmas of 68? That’s what I want to know. Was John Kerry there? ;-)


15 posted on 12/07/2009 3:21:19 PM PST by DoughtyOne (A MELTING POT not a potters wheel. Join us. Don't try to turn this nation into the one you fled.)
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To: Mr. K

Yes, that was the story but who knows for sure.


16 posted on 12/07/2009 3:21:23 PM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Was thinking about that series last week. Hope it returns to PBS.


17 posted on 12/07/2009 3:21:38 PM PST by This_far (Mandatory insurance! I thought it was about health care?)
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To: DoughtyOne
Was John Kerry there? ;-)

Yes, on orders from then-President Nixon.

18 posted on 12/07/2009 3:22:06 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Soothesayer

He served in the SAS during WWI, eh?


19 posted on 12/07/2009 3:22:48 PM PST by Petronski (Global warming is indeed man-made: it was created by man-made manipulation of the data.)
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To: Mr. K

Yes. His own undeserved medals were found hanging in his office.


20 posted on 12/07/2009 3:23:55 PM PST by Venturer
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