VMI_Marine
29 April 2010, 04:09
Unbelievable. :mad:
Officials investigate guest speaker at Vietnam veteran recognition ceremony (http://www.jdnews.com/news/vietnam-77705-officials-guest.html)
Michael Hamilton, who says he’s a former Marine colonel, gave an emotional keynote speech at Saturday’s Vietnam Recognition Day, held at Jacksonville’s Vietnam Memorial. Each event attendee received a copy of Hamilton’s impressive biography, showing a rapid rise from the rank of private first class to colonel between 1961 and 1969 while also accumulating 80 medals and ribbons, including two Navy Crosses, four Silver Stars and eight Purple Hearts.
From PFC to Col in 8 years - I want to know his secret. I could use a raise or four.
But then it just keeps getting better...
Hamilton, who spoke to The Daily News on Monday from his home in Richlands, said the reason for the dearth of evidence on his service was that he was engaged in covert operations in Laos and Cambodia and sworn to secrecy for political reasons for 25 years after his medical discharge from the Corps in 1969. He said that the operations were so secret that when a platoon he commanded was wiped out in combat, their names could not even be added to the wall of the Vietnam memorial.
Were I a more charitable person - and I'm pretty charitable usually - I'd feel sorry for the guy, the rest of the article indicates a pattern of lying and fraud that probably points to mental illness. Fuck him all the same.
“Anybody that doesn’t believe me and wants to face me face-to-face, I’ll strip my blouse any day of the week and meet him outside,” he said. “The Marine Corps taught me 101 ways of blowing things up and killing people. I am not one to mess with.”
I'm really surprised some Marine hasn't already beat his ass.
Officials investigate guest speaker at Vietnam veteran recognition ceremony (http://www.jdnews.com/news/vietnam-77705-officials-guest.html)
Michael Hamilton, who says he’s a former Marine colonel, gave an emotional keynote speech at Saturday’s Vietnam Recognition Day, held at Jacksonville’s Vietnam Memorial. Each event attendee received a copy of Hamilton’s impressive biography, showing a rapid rise from the rank of private first class to colonel between 1961 and 1969 while also accumulating 80 medals and ribbons, including two Navy Crosses, four Silver Stars and eight Purple Hearts.
From PFC to Col in 8 years - I want to know his secret. I could use a raise or four.
But then it just keeps getting better...
Hamilton, who spoke to The Daily News on Monday from his home in Richlands, said the reason for the dearth of evidence on his service was that he was engaged in covert operations in Laos and Cambodia and sworn to secrecy for political reasons for 25 years after his medical discharge from the Corps in 1969. He said that the operations were so secret that when a platoon he commanded was wiped out in combat, their names could not even be added to the wall of the Vietnam memorial.
Were I a more charitable person - and I'm pretty charitable usually - I'd feel sorry for the guy, the rest of the article indicates a pattern of lying and fraud that probably points to mental illness. Fuck him all the same.
“Anybody that doesn’t believe me and wants to face me face-to-face, I’ll strip my blouse any day of the week and meet him outside,” he said. “The Marine Corps taught me 101 ways of blowing things up and killing people. I am not one to mess with.”
I'm really surprised some Marine hasn't already beat his ass.