A total Walter Mitty?

[Chris Boonzaier]

http://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/21/archives/the-hired-soldier-money-is-only-part-of-it.html?_r=1

 

This cannot be right... right?

[Hugh]

Looks like a leftover shirt from Miami Vice!

H

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi, that is the best cammo in the world, Rhodesian Brushstroke :-)

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F1%2F19%2FRhodesian_Brushstroke_pattern.jpg%2F220px-Rhodesian_Brushstroke_pattern.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRhodesian_Brushstroke&h=220&w=220&tbnid=IOV88SNKryrRdM%3A&vet=1&docid=HsF259OO1KZuDM&ei=IsEiWM3ZBMPqUoaXl4AB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=874&page=0&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=0ahUKEwjN8uj7hJvQAhVDtRQKHYbLBRAQMwg3KBQwFA&bih=828&biw=1342

This German NCO was apparently in the US army for 3 years, rose to the rank of Major in the 46sfg in Thailand, was awarded a Silver star, Bronze star etc etc...

[peter monahan]

"not motivated by money alone. It is a combination of play‐acting and a desire for adventure "  Heavy on the play-acting!

 

[paul wood]

There's one in every pub ("I was rejected by the S.A.S. because I was too hard.")

Paul

[peter monahan]

True story!  One of the [few] downsides of re-enacting WWI in the US is the percentage, admittedly small, of 'ex-military' types who fall into this category.  One we call 'Super Sergeant' has, by his own testimony, been decorated by the head of a special forces unit AND the Commandant of the Marine Corps and...  You get the idea.

[Michael Johnson]

"And the R.A.S.C. on my medals stands for 'Royal Army Special Commando'!"

Michael

 

[Megan]

And here I was thinking it stood for "Run Away Someone's Coming"!

[Ulsterman]

Not only that-he claimed to be the son of an SS Obergruppenfuehrer, was in the HJ/Volksturm in 1945 and then acted as a recruiting agent for Rhodesia-for which he was fined 3000 Marks ( see Der Spiegel)  in 1976- and he also  claimed to have served in the Legion!  He is still alive and lives not far from Chris  B. ( google him-he is not the Koblenz Notar who died in 2014 and also served in the Volksturm). 

Edited September 8, 2017 by Ulsterman

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

apparently he has lived in the states for many years....

On a rhodesian group they confirmed he was in Rhodesia.... but in a home guard kind of unit. I assume he used his very probably fake USSF credentials and some possibly BS Legion credentials to get in the Rhodesian army....

I would guess his US Special Forces credentials are the easiest ones to disprove?

[Ulsterman]

without a doubt. There are two different US  Special Forces Walter Mitty groups on Facebook alone  and given the propensity for these guys to commit fraud-the FBI looks at them.