[conservative98]

Joseph Ellis

False claims of combat service and anti-war leadership

In June 2001, the Boston Globe revealed that Ellis had misled his students in lectures and to the media about his role in the Vietnam War years. Ellis falsely claimed that he had been involved in protests in the civil rights movement and anti-war movement in the 1960s.[13] He also repeatedly claimed to have fought in the Vietnam War. In one of his lectures, Ellis stated that he had been involved in helping to clear an area near My Lai shortly before a well-known massacre was carried out in the village. In a 2000 interview, he claimed to have been a platoon leader, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, and to have served on the staff of General William Westmoreland in Saigon. In actuality, although he had been in the U.S. Army, Ellis had never served in Vietnam at all.[4]

Ellis issued a public apology in August 2001.[14] He cited rumors at Mount Holyoke campus that he had served in Vietnam but would not talk about it because of some disturbing experience as something that led him to fabricate claims of service, and also said that he had felt guilty about not actually serving in Vietnam.[13] In the ensuing controversy, Mount Holyoke suspended him without pay for a year. He returned to the classroom at the end of that time.[15] However, Ellis was prohibited from again teaching his course on the 1960s, during which most of his fabrications were made.[13]

[nikos1121]

Idiots

[Fightin Whitey]

Liar, coward, plagiarist, nutjob.

CNN and Morning Joe.

That's where the brain-dead/soul-dead strut their stuff.

[NormsRevenge]

What a scumbag.

My brother, deceased, was a Screamin’ Eagle. this pecker is nothing more than a vulture, living off the carcasses of those who fell in action, not on a TV studio set.

This IS C N N . Completely Nauseating Nutcases.

[God luvs America]

here’s a link to his FB page...let him have it: https://www.facebook.com/josephjellis/

[Obadiah]

There you go. Typical leftist. Supreme liar who creates their own personal fantasy world and cannot step out of it. Therefore, they stick to CNN and telling themselves they are good people.

These people are mentally disturbed.

[ransomnote]

Joseph Ellis

False claims of combat service and anti-war leadership
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Thank you for posting that. Isn’t it fitting that THIS is the kind of person CNN holds up as authoritative? A man who lies about himself, steals the valor of others? Way to go, CNN.

[Zathras]

“I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me”

[kiryandil]

but would not talk about it because of some disturbing experience as something that led him to fabricate claims of service

He saw "something nasty" in the woodshed... [Cold Comfort Farm, 1995]