[brushcop]

...all the liars get to sit around the VFW and talk about how great they used to be...

My son is a VFW member (the real deal, CIB, combat deployments in Iraq, etc.) and he lionized his local VFW Commander, told me he had been a POW in VN. The more he talked about him the more flags that went up, I got his name and started some searches (which is getting easier and more efficient concerning POWs especially), no verification whatsoever.

As I was agonizing about how to break this to my son, the Commander passed away, so realizing that he faces our Lord for that transgression, I backed out quietly.

There's more of this out there than people realize, it's shameful. I urge all vets to retain that wee bit o' skepticism and "trust but verify" and then if fraud is found, then do what's right for those that went before us and face them with it.

[Little Bill]

Something doesn’t mesh, I joined the VFW in 1967 while in the Army so your bona fides were known. The Posts that I was a member of after I got out you had to give a copy of your DD-214 to prove your bona fides. If this dude was a POW it would have been on that document.

[Bob]

...he lionized his local VFW Commander, told me he had been a POW in VN. The more he talked about him the more flags that went up, I got his name and started some searches (which is getting easier and more efficient concerning POWs especially), no verification whatsoever.

That is really hard to imagine that a guy could get all the way up to post commander without such a blatant lie being caught. You're right - There are sites on the internet that list every POW from Vietnam.

I can't even put my ship's patch with the others on the post cork-board until I show documentation that I served on that ship.

[erman]

Yeah, my sister in law was dating a "SEAL" that was working at a department store and had a hand shake like a wet noodle. He was so full of crap I felt like kicking his ass on general principle. He was really playing up the traumatic psych bullsh@t when I asked him what team he was on and if he might know a buddy in SEAL team 27. He said he didn't know him but could check him out if I wanted him to.

I then told him that maybe 27 was the wrong number and that maybe it was the number of his SEAL platoon. But he informed me that there were only 12 guys in his entire SEAL team. WTF?? I wanted to take him out for a swim but was afraid his fat ass would drown. I hate these losers. As a disclaimer, I am not and could never be a SEAL cause I f'ng hate being cold.