STOLEN VALOR: Acts of Dishonor

[NVMojo]

March 26, 2006

The brochure and Web site for his fly-fishing guide service described Jacob R. Cruze as a U.S. Army colonel, and colonel was what he insisted on being called at his country clubs.

Former Army Rangers at a 2004 convention at the Riviera noticed his combat medals and were eager to hear his war stories. With his arm around an attractive blond woman, they photographed him wearing a colonel's blue dinner jacket adorned with a breast full of valor medals including the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross, which is second only to the Medal of Honor.

But the medals, his age, and his rank didn't seem to add up and that didn't sit right with retired Army Lt. Col. Bill Anton, a disabled Vietnam War veteran and vice president of the Special Forces Association Chapter 51 in Las Vegas.

It was odd, he said, that Cruze's uniform bore the burgundy of the medical service corps, yet valor awards are generally associated with infantry and other units that are in direct contact with the enemy. Among the insignias he sported were patches for the 25th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division.

"I wanted to talk about the 1st Cavalry Division and he didn't want to talk about the 1st Cav," Anton recalled. "And that raised my suspicions. ... He also claimed to have been Ranger and Special Forces," Anton said, noting Cruze couldn't remember his Ranger class date.

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[ThoughtCriminal]

1. MIlitary fakes are usually very Pro-war -nt

[opihimoimoi]

2. OH OH another wannabe HERO fulla shit...another Jesse V?

[Submariner]

3. Just another in a long line of Ahole wannabees

I was in the Navy for 4 years ('65-'69) and when I got out of the submarine service I had the same number of medals/ribbons I had when I went in..."ONE". We were the Silent Service and medals reveal where you have been which was a NO..NO in the sub service. Nowadays I notice "fruit salad" on ALL the sub sailors, even the junior NQPs (non-qualified pukes). It is my understanding...I've been told..that they are handed out for every little thing to bolster bragging rites and morale so sailors will ship-over (re-enlist).

I'm glad to see that dick Cruze get caught at more LYING which is famous in the rethuglicon party.