Posted on 12/07/2009 3:00:15 PM PST by Soothesayer
Roger Day paraded alongside 600 genuine war heroes wearing a beige SAS beret and a dazzling selection of 21 military medals and badges.
Thousands of well-wishers - including the recently bereaved families of servicemen killed in Afghanistan - clapped and cheered as he marched past.
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But organisers became suspicious when they noticed he had medals from campaigns including World War One and Two, Korea, the Falklands, awards for both officers and privates and even a foreign medal.
He was confronted by a friend of one of the organisers at the march in Bedworth, Warks., on November 11 and allegedly admitted his fraudulent behaviour before departing swiftly.
Wearing medals fraudulently is a criminal offence.
But when approached at his home in Earl Shilton, Leics., Mr Day claimed he could not talk about his SAS service because of the ''Official Secrets Act.''
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How dumb does he think the SAS is?
This guy sounds a little loose in the head.
So, was he wearing the medals Kerry threw over the fence?
There’s a great episode of Lovejoy Mysteries where a guy poses as a WWII RAF pilot to perpetrate a scam, and in classic Lovejoy fashion, they end up scamming the would-be scammer.
"I was in...Sang Bang...Dang Gong... I was all over the place, a lot of places. I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions...Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion..Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me".
J.T. died a Marine Lieutenant. During my Nephews hometown ceremony a nutcase appearing as a decorated hero got next to my sister in law.
The F.B.I. grabed this nutcase and appropriately charged the him.
But it was really unsettling to the family.
‘Impossible medals’ man: I can’t disclose mymilitary past.
British War Office: OK we’ll shoot you for being a spy.
‘Impossible medals’ man: But under certain circumstances...
LOL
Love that movie...
:)
Really! From what I've heard, the elite units are especially touchy about people falsely claiming membership; never mind decorations. Rightly so given what they had to do to earn it.
The genuine articles will probably not let this slide.
medal that tipped them off.
I thought some of those Brits kicking Argie behind looked like they had some experience , but I had no idea they were WW I vets around 80 years old . Remember the battle cry of the Falklands ; Don't give up the sheep .
Or maybe this guy served with Captain Jonathan S Tuttle.
wasn’t it later proven that Kerry threw SOMEONE ELSE’S medals over the fence and kept his own
(you know- the 3 purple hearts he got during 3 months in Viet Nam for scratches requiring a band-aid, before they shipped him home as UNFIT FOR COMMAND)
Yes, but was he in Cambodia during Christmas of 68? That’s what I want to know. Was John Kerry there? ;-)
Yes, that was the story but who knows for sure.
Was thinking about that series last week. Hope it returns to PBS.
Yes, on orders from then-President Nixon.
He served in the SAS during WWI, eh?
Yes. His own undeserved medals were found hanging in his office.
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