“What am I trying to do?” Ford said. “Impersonate a lance corporal who never served in combat?”
He’s got a point there.
Poor guy.
I was thinking the same thing. It’s like saying you used to hang out with the Monkees. If you’re going to lie why not say you hung out with the Rolling Stones? A 75 year old Lance Corporal? Why not a Seal?
The article says “A woman working at The Patriot-News booth, who did not want her name published, confirmed Ford’s account that the officer followed Ford and yelled that Ford wasn’t a Marine.” Another problem. People are afraid to tell the truth against cops.
Finally, some real marine needs to kick that former Army clerk typist’s ass. I’m assuming he was a clerk typist.
BTW, I think I’ve posted this story before, but I just have to share it again.
In a former life, I was an HR manager for a private security company. One time, at one of our job fairs, I interviewed this old timer who tells me about his military service. Specifically, he told me that had been a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. My first thought was “Fighter pilot? When, in WW1 ?!?”, but I kept it professional and let the guy tell his story.
Apparently, this *brave soul* started off flying the F-4 Phantom, then switched to flying F-16’s, and finished his career in the F-14 Tomcat. At some point during all of that, he was shot down over Vietnam by a SAM, and spent 5 years in rehabilitation before returning to the cockpit. All ended well, though, as he retired, in his words, “a full Colonel.”
I didn’t laugh at the guy, but oh man, did I have to fight the urge to ask him about the optimum lift-to-drag ratio on a Tomcat...