"Just call me Mike's" latest answer to my last post is again his way of not accepting the facts no matter how they are presented to him. Guess he just "Can't handle the Truth". So after I presented numerous documents of mine showing my service he still questions their legitimacy in another sarcastic post on his blog. By the way Mike, I'm still waiting for yours. But since Hell hasn't froze over I guess that's a big NO.
Mike's reply: Well, I see old ‘Jerry’ got his ‘widdo feewings’ hurt by my last post (sniff…sniff...). He plastered up a shitload of (legitimate?) docs, along with a “corrected” copy of his DD-214, which shows he served in ‘Nam.
Notice above after the word (legitimate) he puts in a question mark. What's the matter Mike you have a problem with their being legitimate? Do you know it's a federal crime to alter military documents or are you just playing ignorant. Do you even know what an authentic "military document" or record looks like. Guess not, probably because you've never earned any.
No you didn't hurt my "widdo feewings" as you put it. But we all know with you it's the same slanderous, bully, rhetoric that those of your kind prefer. Coming from a so-called fellow veteran I kind of find it pretty pathetic. Like the stooge veterans Hillary put out in front of Trump Tower to go after Trump with. Are you sure your not just another of Hillary's crowd?
Then you go on about the difference between the Vietnam Service medal and Republic of Vietnam Campaign medal. Again you know nothing about them. I was awarded both whether you know it or not. The Vietnam Service medal awarded me with one bronze "Campaign" star is the authorization for the Republic of Vietnam Campaign medal. It is also considered a foreign award by the U.S. given by the Republic of Vietnam. It doesn't have to be spelled out in a DD-214 or DD-215 when it is shown that one bronze service star, which is a "Campaign", was awarded with the Vietnam Service medal. But I wouldn't expect someone like you to know that.
Some Vietnam veterans who were awarded only the Vietnam Service medal with no bronze Campaign star are technically not authorized the Republic of Vietnam Campaign medal. But being it's considered a foreign award by the U.S. most wear both anyway. It's not Stolen Valor. Again you don't know what you're talking about.
Also now you want my medical history too. Well I think I've given you quite enough especially when you doubt and question it all anyway and the only thing you produced was a shitty, unreadable copy of an Honorable discharge and Parris Island recruit and graduation pictures. No explanation or proof of any of your boisterous activities after basic. Hell just give me one to verify.
Then you go on to say: So, okay, ‘Jerry.’ I’ll make ya feel good by tossing in the towel. You win…I lose. When all the dust has settled, and we’re no longer on this earth, it ain’t gonna mean buzzard shit to anyone, anyways.
You're not making me feel good by tossing in any towel. This isn't about winning or losing, it's about lies and speculation vs fact. When one throws out nothing but lies and is then confronted with documented facts and ignores them that's a problem. One reason courts want facts not hearsay, and documents can be verified. You should know that if you were once a cop.
Then you say: I think (despite your animosity towards me), even you will agree that we both did serve in our respective military branches during the Vietnam war and were both HONORABLY DISCHARGED. (or am I also wrong there?).
Animosity? On who's part? You've done nothing but degrade my military service for years and you know it. With you there's no amount of anything to prove anything to you. You have no idea of what I went thru in the service. You weren't experiencing any of it because you weren't there.
I don't fault one for that but I have a big problem with those who degrade other veterans with hearsay and conjecture based on no facts. Being in Vietnam and serving during Vietnam are two entirely different things. It doesn't matter one's branch or that they were Honorably discharged. What matters is being Honorable. Do you have any idea of the millions of Honorably discharged veterans who served during Vietnam and other wars that claim service to countries they were never in?
Look up the stats if you like. There were over 2 1/2 million who served "in Vietnam" during that war. Decades later there are over 9 million claiming to have served in-country. That's about 1 in 5 claiming in country Vietnam service when they weren't there. There are less than a million of us left due to various disabilities. Some with what you call nervous breakdowns and others call it Post traumatic stress, neither terms which were used on medical records of in-country vets at that time. Agent orange exposure wasn't even considered until the 80s and to only a small portion of Vietnam vets of that time period.
Yeah you have your 1st amendment right to wear your unearned medals and spout off in-country service when you weren't there. That may all change with the next president though. I'd say the over 58 thousand on the Vietnam memorial in Washington D.C. deserve better than that, not to mention those of us who were there, still surviving trying to stay alive. I may be wrong to some. This is what's wrong with this country, it's a fucking "free for all".
I can't help those who are jealous of another's military service especially another vet and why they have to become something they were not. In the end it may not mean "buzzard shit" to anyone except to those who actually served there and their legacy to their children and grandchildren.
