Guardian of Valor

Lakeport. California(Courtesy Record-Bee.com) A fan sends us the story of Lake County Sheriff’s Frank Rivero who showed up at Vista Casino for the Veterans Day ceremony. When it was asked for all Military Veterans to raise their hands, he did so as youth passed out handmade cards to the veterans, thanking them for their sacrifices and their service to the people of the United States. Only one problem, he is not a Veteran. VFW Post 2015 Judge Advocate Larry Mick said, “As a Vietnam vet it meant so much to me…

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Rockledge Florida-  (Courtesy WFTV.com) If its one thing that I despise just as much, if not more than someone posing as a Veteran, it is those that take advantage of Veterans and try to scam them. Rockledge police said they uncovered a scheme that investigators believe was targeting military veterans. Christopher Higginbotham is a school teacher and veteran who served in Afghanistan who was recently handed a business card with the name Philip Charles on the front. “He told me he was a lawyer who litigates for veterans and benefits,”…

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Pvt. Roger W. Rivers KIA 23 May 1944 Anzio Auburn, Massachusetts: A few months ago, we were contacted by a Soldier from Texas. He emailed us asking for help locating the family of a Purple Heart and some other documents he came across. In his first email he explains that he found the Purple Heart, and another certificate in a pile of trash, in a home he had recently moved into. This is the first email: Hello, I am just wondering if I could get some help. I am currently in…

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William Cunningham (Murder Suspect) Billings Montana – William Earl Cunningham got into an argument with Nathaniel Horn over which branch of service was better, Army or Marines. With William claiming the Army was and Nathaniel siding with the Devil Dogs. We decided to dig a little deeper as William claimed after he stabbed Horn, that he was only doing what the Army taught him to do. Below is the full story courtesy of CBS News: A Montana man who is charged in the throat-slashing death of another man told police they…

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Pearl Harbor Before The Attack The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan), 73 years ago today. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the…

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