X_para76 said:Did anyone see this Walt interviewed on the TV yesterday? Only difference is he was wearing an RCR cap badge on his horribly formed maroon beret.
Jim Seggie said:Who is this effin clown....... :facepalm:
prairefire said:He has white para wings, pathfinder badge and all the other things mentioned that do not add up. There are not that many actual pathfinders when I was still in. I am not even sure if they course is still run. But the numbers were never very great and everyone new each other directly or through reputation.
His medals are highly suspect. My screen capture of his image was not great so correct me if I am wrong but he is wearing:
Medal of Bravery (MB) Not possible, not listed in GG lists of awards for bravery There are 3029 awards for bravery under all categories since 1964 and he is not listed anywhere.
SSM - NATO possible
looks like ICCS Awarded for 90 days cumulative service between 28 January 1973 to 30 April 1975 in VietnamNot possible he is not old enough The only persons who I met in my time in from 1973 to 1989 that had that medal were one WO and 2 x Majors. And they were that rank in 1975.
Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for Operations in the Balkans possible
CD ?? Could be but my screen capture is not sharp enough.
cudmore said:Folks,
I'm working on a story about this guy. Please feel free to send me any intel/info. I'm also looking for an ex-RCR pathfinder who would be willing to go on the record and help me establish how we know he's not a soldier.
Best,
James
james.cudmore@cbc.ca
:nod:Bruce Monkhouse said:...and, for those who don't know and may be a little hesitant, Mr. Cudmore has always been one of the journalists on very good terms with army.ca.
Bruce
Staff
Bruce Monkhouse said:...and, for those who don't know and may be a little hesitant, Mr. Cudmore has always been one of the journalists on very good terms with army.ca.
Bruce
Staff
George Wallace said:There are numerous sites on Facebook made up of serving and former military members that are raging about this guy. Many are already contacting James Cudmore (above) about this through CBC contact numbers in both Ottawa and Toronto.
These contact numbers were posted on another site following this:
CBC Ottawa Newsroom TEL: (613) 288-6445 or james.cudmore@cbc.ca
CBC Toronto is aware as well (416) 205 5808. Or (416) 205 2500.
The numerous Facebook sites tracking this character have numerous photos of this him in numerous versions of the CAF uniform, not only as an RCR. As noted above, the Facebook page for Frank Gervais is now 'unavailable'.