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Nathan Phillips – “Vietnam Times” Veteran
This Aint Hell ^ | January 21, 2019 | Steve Balm

Posted on 01/21/2019 11:23:54 PM PST by LouieFisk

By now you have all seen the images and read about the controversy surrounding the encounter at a rally in Washington, D.C. involving some high school students and a Native American – Nathan Phillips.

Nathan is a tribal elder and has often been put forth as a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran.

We have filed for his military records but the point of this article is that there are stories all over the place about what Phillips’ status is and to do this right takes time.

But in the media’s rush to get a story out — what “facts” rise to the surface and what did Phillips actually say about his military service?

As a good example, in this CNN newscast, Phillips states that he is a “Vietnam Times Veteran” while CNN runs the label below him quoting him as saying “I am a Vietnam Veteran…” which is not what he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thisainthell.us ...


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By that time, we were in a lottery draft. The Marines drafted approx. 43k during Vietnam.
Generally, if you got a draft notice, you were called up the following year.
If he was inducted in 1972 from a draft, it would have been the 1971 draft.
The 1971 draft was for those born in 1952 and was for a 1972 call-up.
If you were drafted (I was), active duty was for 2 years.
I’m guessing he wasn’t drafted.


121 posted on 01/22/2019 8:10:05 AM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I never heard anyone from my Fathers generation call themselves a WWII era vet.


122 posted on 01/22/2019 8:10:49 AM PST by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Travis McGee; Jackson Brown
From the link in post #26: "Lance Cpl. John Stewart, now 58, of Nacogdoches, Texas, was assigned to take a bus through Saigon to pick up those eligible to leave. He was 18 and had only been in the country a couple of weeks"

Then there's Stewart on PBS:

"Lance Corporal John Stewart, U.S. Marine Corps

“I had come to Vietnam for the first time eight days before the fall. I was 18 years old, and like all MSG’s I fell under the State Department. They needed bodies that could help process evacuations..."

It is theoretically possible that Phillips was a 18 year old marine in Vietnam, outside of a combat unit. Not likely, but possible.

123 posted on 01/22/2019 8:12:14 AM PST by Widget Jr
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To: ABN 505
I never heard anyone from my Fathers generation call themselves a WWII era vet.

You were a WWII veteran even if you never left the United States.

If you did and you fought, you were a combat veteran.

Different rules for Vietnam and other wars, I guess.

If you weren't in country you can't claim to be a Vietnam or Iraq veteran.

124 posted on 01/22/2019 8:14:00 AM PST by x
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To: Widget Jr

Those guards that were there late are relatively few and known. They have an association.

Website:

fallofsaigon.org


125 posted on 01/22/2019 8:16:38 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: sparklite2

I know you’ll enjoy them. I’m a book person and incredibly proud of my signed editions. :)


126 posted on 01/22/2019 8:17:37 AM PST by Quilla
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To: Quilla

The writing must be dense. My Kindle feels heavier.


127 posted on 01/22/2019 8:25:10 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ontap

Don’t forget Chieftess “Running 2020” Warren


128 posted on 01/22/2019 8:43:32 AM PST by Leep (Leftist are neither liberal or democratic. Neither are they pro American.)
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To: Travis McGee
"We should play by their same Alinsky rules."

I've been promoting that same reversal for some time.

As for this Marine VN Vet, I call b.s.

Off topic. A problem I've had with medal/ribbons conferred is the National Defense Service Medal. I've read the criteria of serving during a declared "national emergency". The latest "national emergency" began on 9/11 to present.

However, us Cold War Sailors/Marines being constantly targeted by Soviet ships/subs/aircraft did no less than a REMF stationed in safe zones or in the States currently. I include Army and Air Force within range of enemy conventional forces. I believe Congress made a mistake with the NDSM.

I don't want another geedunk medal/ribbon, but believe Cold War combatants in direct line of fire should receive some kind of recognition. We served our national defense. What say you?

129 posted on 01/22/2019 9:16:08 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: A Navy Vet

I was there too. I rode on subs that were playing tag with Soviets. (Just a strap-hanging frogman, not crew.) And I rode on a lot of ships in range of their ships. But we know what we did. When our cold war “fraternity” meets, we don’t need ribbons to know who we were or what we did.

Off topic, have you seen the film K-19 The Widowmaker? Great cold war at sea film. And the Russky’s who went into the reactor to save their boat were heroes, commies or not.


130 posted on 01/22/2019 9:34:48 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Mr Rogers

There were no USMC combat formations in VN after 1971, as I understand it. Army was different. Was your dad flying?


131 posted on 01/22/2019 9:36:12 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: OddLane

As Jay Silverheels. Apparently he was Italian, not Indian.


132 posted on 01/22/2019 9:36:52 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: gcparent

Chief Stolen Valor was a code talker in Blumenthal’s Recon Ranger Marines.


133 posted on 01/22/2019 9:37:11 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: LouieFisk

Maybe he’s a Vietnamese Veterinarian.


134 posted on 01/22/2019 9:37:50 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: RinaseaofDs

Jay Silverheels was a real Mohawk and a Canadian.

Your thinking of Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti)
“... Cody’s half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but he denied it. After his death, it was revealed that he was of Sicilian parentage, and not Native American at all.....”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody

Now Jay Silverheels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Silverheels

Now I always thought Ed Ames was Indian, but no - He was Ukrainian from Massachusetts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Ames


135 posted on 01/22/2019 9:44:19 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

THANK you! I knew one of them was bogus.


136 posted on 01/22/2019 10:06:58 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Travis McGee

Dad flew for the Air Force. Helicopters. Part of an advisory group. Not sure how those folks get accounted for.


137 posted on 01/22/2019 10:14:02 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: AlaskaErik
I asked my dad about this.

He was Air Force 1961-1965.

He received "Vietnam Era" status and a small monthly bonus.

He never set foot in Vietnam

He told me it would be considered disgraceful for him to put on a "Vietnam Veteran" cap.

He'd never do it, as he doesn't think he earned that honor.

His brother did serve in Vietnam in the AF, but he spent the war fixing planes.

He could legit call himself a Vietnam Veteran, but he would never wear the cap either.

He considers it only for men who were in the field in some capacity.

138 posted on 01/22/2019 10:45:47 AM PST by boop (This rocket surgeon is as dumb as a post full of rocks)
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To: 21twelve

Years ago I called my brother on Veteran’s day to say thank you.

“Well thanks, I guess. But I don’t consider myself a “vet” as I never served in combat.”

“Yeah - but you were still in the army.”

“I guess so. And I must say, we did a darn good job of keeping those V.C. from invading New Jersey!”

My brother in law joked that he served during the first Iraq war by defending Los Angeles as finance officer in the Army.


139 posted on 01/22/2019 11:45:34 AM PST by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Yeah I read that in wiki this morning. Yesterday they were saying Ypsilanti.

He ain’t a tribal elder. He is an out and out leftist

And being a pipe carrier has a specific set of duties to be initiated. What he calls himself and what is true are different things


140 posted on 01/22/2019 11:57:43 AM PST by Nifster (II see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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