The Latest Zio-Scam
Getting War Hero License Plates
A Retired Army Major Is Hopping
Mad
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Veterans Are Mad
Dick Agnew, a military hero, has a rare Legion of Valor license plate.
An honor Texas reserves for its most exalted military heroes.
He received the Distinguished Service Cross in Korea after killing an
enemy sentry in hand-to-hand combat despite a broken ankle. In the
view of many veterans and others, unauthorized use of the Legion's plates
amounts to a slur against actual medal recipients, including some among
the nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed and the more than 30,000 wounded in
Iraq.
It's Now A Crime To Falsify Military Certifications
As the bogus Legion members may soon find out, such deceptions entail
not only an insult, but a crime. A little-known federal statute imposes
criminal penalties on those convicted of falsely claiming to have been
awarded a medal of valor.
One of the four is required for induction into the Legion of Valor, which
has only about 800 members nationwide. Offenses involving lesser medals
carry a maximum of 6 months in jail.
8 facing loss of plates
Agnew said his group intends to provide the names of the
fabricators it unearths to the FBI for investigation of possible
violations of the Stolen Valor Act.
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