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  • Veterans groups expose bogus claims in story

    11/15/2006 7:31:29 AM PST · by WestTexasWend · 24 replies · 1,407+ views
    Lubbock Avalanche-Journal ^ | Wednesday, November 15, 2006 | Ray Westbrook
    National veterans groups say Clarence Lee's claims to have been a decorated helicopter pilot and a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War are bogus. The wheelchair-bound Lee was featured in a front-page Avalanche-Journal story Saturday leading up to Veterans Day events in Lubbock. He served as a Marine for six years, and what he claimed as his discharge paper showed him to be a driver. The A-J contacted Lee on Monday to tell him about the concerns raised about his story. Lee came to The A-J and tried to defend his claims by saying he would return Tuesday with...