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One vet's valor: B. G. Burkett is a myth-buster, a truth-teller, and a hero.(veteran exposes false media reports, news, related to Vietnam War veterans, events)(Interview)
OVER the past 20 years, determined Vietnam veteran B. G. "Jug" Burkett has succeeded in challenging hundreds of phony military records--but he has not succeeded in holding the media accountable when they carelessly rely on bogus service stories to make political points. Burkett is now getting some welcome reinforcements: the corps of amateur experts whose instant analysis demolished the credibility of CBS's purported Bush National Guard records. (B. G. Burkett is not to be confused with Bill Burkett, the man who gave the phony documents to CBS.) "The Dan Rathers of the world can no longer put up a story and have everyone nod approvingly," he declares. "The Internet has ...
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- Magazine article from: VFW Magazine Keating, Susan Katz March 1, 2003 700+ words
...denigration applied to her father, also a Vietnam veteran. As the years progressed, Martinez...stereotype. In society's eyes, the Vietnam veteran became a homeless misfit, so deeply...Worse yet, society imagined the Vietnam veteran as a violent psychotic in the mold...
- Vietnam veteran's workshop benefit, 'Sketches of War' performs in Boston...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 10, 1988 700+ words
VIETNAM VETERAN'S WORKSHOP BENEFIT, ''SKETCHES OF...Tickets are available by check from The Vietnam Veteran's Workshop, P.O. Box 479, Boston., Mass., 02122. The Vietnam Veteran's Workshop was formally organized to...
- War and remembrance. (objects left at Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Smithsonian...
- Magazine article from: History Today January 1, 1993 700+ words
...them. The process was begun by a Vietnam veteran who tossed a Purple Heart medal into...autographed baseball bat - left by a Vietnam veteran in honour of friends killed in the...Maryland - where Duery Felton, himself a Vietnam veteran, manages the collection. Putting...
- Senate subcommittee to consider bill authorizing the addition of a female...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 22, 1988 700+ words
...AUTHORIZING THE ADDITION OF A FEMALE VIETNAM VETERAN STATUE TO VIETNAM MEMORIAL WASHINGTON...would authorize a statue of a female Vietnam veteran to be added to the Vietnam Veterans...for placement of a statue of a women Vietnam veteran within the 2.2-acre Vietnam Veterans...
- Vietnam veteran says anti-Kerry film violates copyright of his anti-war movie.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 21, 2004 700+ words
...Business News Oct. 21--BREWSTER, Mass. -- A Brewster Vietnam veteran says a Pennsylvania film company used without permission...charge in connection with "Stolen Honor" on behalf of Vietnam veteran Ken Campbell. Kairys said Red, White and Blue libeled...
- Vietnam veteran receives Bronze Star for Valor for actions in 1967.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 23, 2009 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 October 2009-US Army: Vietnam veteran receives Bronze Star for Valor for actions in 1967...COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:21102009 HEIDELBERG, Germany -- A Vietnam veteran was honored for his valor in combat with the presentation...
- Vietnam veteran proposes to form a Soviet-American Veteran's Committee for...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 3, 1988 700+ words
VIETNAM VETERAN PROPOSES TO FORM A SOVIET-AMERICAN VETERAN'S COMMITTEE FOR PEACEAMERICAN ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam veteran Brian Willson received a standing ovation from 500 Soviets and Americans...
- Vietnam Veteran Develops New Environmental Technology.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 11, 1998 700+ words
...announced today that its founder Edward G. Palmer, a Vietnam veteran, has developed a new electronic control technology for...devices. SolarAttic is a technology company founded by Vietnam Veteran Edward G. Palmer. The company's new technology provides...
Source: HighBeam Research, One vet's valor: B. G. Burkett is a myth-buster, a truth-teller, and...