Posted on Nov 19, 2015
Vietnam veteran humiliated and assaulted by active-duty Marines.... Has Stolen Valor Gone to Far?
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66-year-old Jack Hughes was returning home from a Veterans Day event in St Louis, when he was assaulted by a group of Marines upon landing at Charlotte Douglas Int’l Airport on Sunday.
Hughes says a man started walking towards him yelling: “Your ribbons are crooked … you’re a phony.” He called him a fraud and accused him of impersonating a veteran, while taking a swipe at his Purple Hearts — which Hughes received from battle in Vietnam.
Hughes says a man started walking towards him yelling: “Your ribbons are crooked … you’re a phony.” He called him a fraud and accused him of impersonating a veteran, while taking a swipe at his Purple Hearts — which Hughes received from battle in Vietnam.
Stolen Valor
Vietnam War
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Posted 9 y ago
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This should never ever happen.
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COL Charles Williams
I think this has already been discussed here on RP. But regardless, those Marines should be sued by the vet AND face Art. 15!
I think this has already been discussed here on RP. But regardless, those Marines should be sued by the vet AND face Art. 15!
COL Charles Williams
Could be... I am often a day late and a dollar short PO1 John Miller... I have not been around RP lately...
Stolen Valor isn't as egregious as Misplaced Intentions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/06/05/the-problem-with-publicly-accusing-someone-of-stolen-valor-what-if-youre-wrong/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/06/05/the-problem-with-publicly-accusing-someone-of-stolen-valor-what-if-youre-wrong/
The problem with calling out ‘stolen valor': What if you’re wrong?
Is a vigilante approach to outing fake veterans a bad idea? It was on Memorial Day in Harrisburg.
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