Van Fleet: "We had occasion to put boats in the water and go ashore to provide medicine and so-forth to villages on the shore." Noyes: "In-country means you're on the ground. It took Van Fleet a moment to compose himself before he answered, "I spent three years in-country in Vietnam." Why wear those? Why embellish your service?" I know that those Purple Hearts are not real. ![]() I got to tell you that I know that those are fake medals. He served three years on the USS Rupertus - no Purple Hearts, no Bronze Stars, no Navy SEAL. Then, I filed a Freedom of Information Act request and received Van Fleet's records. I'll check your name, just like that, a couple of keystrokes, I'll tell you if that guy was ever a SEAL or not, it's that easy." Don Shipley explains, "All I got to do is check your name. He called retired Navy SEAL Don Shipley, who verified Van Fleet is a fake using the SEAL database. ![]() Finally, a member of the local Coast Guard Auxiliary was browsing the pictures this month and recognized Van Fleet. Someone snapped his picture in Monterey last year and posted it to the "Fake Warriors" website for identification.
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