[DonQ]

The person you're thinking of is Joseph Subic, a Marine sergeant, who was taken hostage (at that time he was 23 years old). The Pentagon refused to give him the Meritorious Service Medal that it awarded to the other servicemen who were hostages because other hostages accused Subic of having told the Iranians who the intelligence officers were, gave them secret codes, and told them about the embassy's secret code room.

Army Col. Charles W. Scott said he was tortured for days by the Iranians because "immediately after the takeover Subic accompanied his captors, introducing each hostage and identifying areas of expertise each had"; and specifically that Scott spoke Farsi and had a long career in Iran.

Another ex-hostage, Col. Leland Holland, says that Subic also revealed to the Iranians the secret tapping code that the hostages were using to communicate with each other while they were kept in separate rooms. (UPI, 1/20/85)

The Army also noted that Subic had appeared on a film made by the Iranians in which he criticized US policy in Iran. (AP, 11/4/89).

In 1989, Subic was a law enforcement office with the Florida State Dept of Agriculture.

Shortly after being returned to the US, the Pentagon reported that administrative action against Subic was being considered -- ranging from a reprimand to denial of re-enlistment; I do not know if anything was actually done.

[Wolverine]

Thursday, 10 April 1980 Film released by militants holding U.S. embassy, Tehran, shows hostage Joseph Subic, Jr. confessing that embassy was a "nest of spies"; militants claim to be filiming confessions of 11 other hostages.....

[nahbi]

Thanks Don--
Too bad that post-release they couldn't have just left Subic in a room with those he betrayed for a few minutes... "444 Days" was a superb account of the crisis. I believe it's out of print, but I really need to find a used copy.

[navyfiveo]

Hi all. I know this post is rather old but I have been doing a search on Joe Subic for the last couple of months. Please ask why? Because I worked with him in Iraq over the last few months. He bragged all the time about being a prisoner of war in Iran and so on and so forth. It was just recently I found out what a scumbag this guy really was. I actually realized it while working with him but things are really coming to light now.
He is now an Army Reserve Sergeant First Class (E-7) and in the civilian life he is the Chief of Police in White Springs, FL. I mean it folks, the guy is a total scumbag.
He was awarded the Bronze Star behind closed doors just before I left Iraq. never shot a bullet, dodged a bullet or got close enough to the enemy to deserve even a letter of comendation. I guess he had a lot of people fooled.
If anyone has any more on this guy, I would love to see it.

[antisubic]

I know that these are not recent posts, but I would still like to see if anyone has any more info on this man. I heard recently that there is a Canadian film somewhere showing this man pointing out our Soldiers, stating their jobs and encouraging the enemy to shoot them, which he did on this film while Joe Subic watched. I happen to be a resident of the county in which this slime ball is a Chief of Police in one of the towns, he is at this very moment in the FBI Academy in Quantico and is trying to become Chief of Police in our county seat. I am outraged and cannot understand why someone would hire him to wash their dog, much less "Serve and Protect" our citizens.
If anyone has information (other than '444 Days')-that I could get my hands on, I would love to turn it over to the press. He needs to be stopped. Thanks for any and all assistance!

[CuChivet]

He was not a Marine Sgt, he was an Army Sgt.