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Doesn’t REALLY add up’: Tweep’s thread on Nathan Phillips’ claims of Vietnam service will(T)
twitchy.com ^ | 1/21/2019 | sam j

Posted on 01/21/2019 11:45:47 AM PST by rktman

Nathan Phillips is the Native American Vietnam Vet who many were claiming was attacked and harassed by a bunch of evil, white, Catholic, high school kids in MAGA hats at the March for Life on Saturday. As more information became available it seemed clear (unless you work for CNN) that Phillips was the one who instigated the ordeal and the kids really didn’t do anything.

Good times.

Interestingly enough, a few people on Twitter tried to connect the dots on Phillips’ claims of serving in Vietnam and this thread is especially fascinating. Note, we can neither confirm nor deny any of this is true or correct, but it’s definitely something worth reading through.

Provided without further comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...


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To: rktman

Didn’t think so.


61 posted on 01/21/2019 12:37:39 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: TexasGator

Sometimes it’s hard not to so I do a search sometimes.


62 posted on 01/21/2019 12:38:14 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: TexasGator
Yup! ☹️ RIP sir. 🇺🇸
63 posted on 01/21/2019 12:41:12 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: laplata

“The USMC was no longer in VN in 1973.”

Embassy Guards?


64 posted on 01/21/2019 12:41:27 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Seruzawa

Last Marine combat units left in 71 as Nixon Vietnamized the war. Unless he fid four years with the embassy protection detachment his claim is bogus. In 72 he would have been 17. If he graduated recruit depot and Scool of Infantry it would have been 73. Were rookies out of School of Infantry assigned to Saigon Embassy durpty? Unlikely.


65 posted on 01/21/2019 12:43:21 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: SkyDancer

I always say I’m Cherokee, never say native American.


66 posted on 01/21/2019 12:48:04 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: OKSooner

I think it wad a 2 year period, hetween lotto and call up.

Scroll down yo view the chart

https://www.sss.gov/About/History-And-Records/lotter1


67 posted on 01/21/2019 12:48:14 PM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed it wright.)
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“The last draft call was on December 7, 1972, and the authority to induct expired on June 30, 1973. The date of the last drawing for the lottery was on March 12, 1975. Registration with the Selective Service System was suspended on April 1, 1975, and registrant processing was suspended on January 27, 1976.”

Sss.gov


68 posted on 01/21/2019 12:50:53 PM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed it wright.)
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To: rktman

Weren’t the marines withdrawn from Vietnam in 1971?


69 posted on 01/21/2019 12:52:47 PM PST by chemical_boy
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To: Clutch Martin

70 posted on 01/21/2019 12:53:02 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rktman

Special Forces and Radio Research people stayed until the end. They were few, but they were there.


71 posted on 01/21/2019 12:57:30 PM PST by redfreedom (The only thing consistent about liberal logic is the inconsistency of their logic.)
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To: All
The Separations and Retirement Branch (MMSR-6) may be able to assist individuals wishing to locate former or retired Marines. Email MMSR at:

smb.manpower.mmsr6@usmc.mil

Or, mail your request to

Separation & Retirement Branch Head Retired Services (MMSR-6) 3280 Russell Road Quantico, VA 22134

https://usmc-mccs.org/contact/

72 posted on 01/21/2019 12:58:36 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: chemical_boy

I’m sure the time line is in this thread someplace. Embassy duty until the last second though.


73 posted on 01/21/2019 12:58:50 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

I suspect POTUS checked out the guy’s military service info, before tweeting.... He probably knows the guys is a liar.


74 posted on 01/21/2019 1:00:59 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Kickass Conservative

Thank you for bringing this into its proper perspective.


75 posted on 01/21/2019 1:01:41 PM PST by redfreedom (The only thing consistent about liberal logic is the inconsistency of their logic.)
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To: Clutch Martin

He could have enlisted in 1973, finished training and done a stint before the embassy disaster. Or could merely have served during that time, and been a “Vietnam Era” veteran.


76 posted on 01/21/2019 1:02:01 PM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: TexasGator; laplata
If we're not speaking of offshore on naval vessels, here's the numbers:

Allied Troop Levels - Vietnam

Year    American
1964	23,300
1965	184,300
1966	385,300
1967	536,100
1968	475,200
1970	334,600
1971	156,800
1972	24,200
1973	50
americanwarlibrary.com

The last combat troops were gone in 1972 and the last combat operations ended even earlier - with the USMC leaving before the Army.

77 posted on 01/21/2019 1:06:47 PM PST by drpix
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To: laplata

Maybe he was on a secret mission- you know, only him and Nixon knew about it./s


78 posted on 01/21/2019 1:10:14 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: SkyDancer

“He would have been 20 when the war ended in 1975 so perhaps when he was drafted at 18 he possibly could have been there in 1973;”

_______

U.S. military draft ends, Jan. 27, 1973

https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/us-military-draft-ends-jan-27-1973-072085


79 posted on 01/21/2019 1:12:34 PM PST by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: luvbach1

“If 64, why does he look 94?”

Too much firewater!


80 posted on 01/21/2019 1:12:44 PM PST by ProudVet97
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