Thanks for the heads up–very entertaining. I have to admit to being slightly persuaded by some extremely credible praise from a profile with no activity other than this five star review, though:
“This book was awesome, i talk to Mr. Kennedy almost everyday and this guy is one of the most honest, smartest man I’ve met. Good luck to you bro!!!”
Apparently, someone posted his DD214 online, and it refutes EVERY claim he’s made. Someone posted on Amazon that after TEN YEARS in the Reserves, he rose to the mighty rank of 1st Looey. My Cat can do better than that.
James F. Brown
8 years ago
That’s NOT a US military uniform he’s wearing.
Oh, an E5 at 18? BS! In fact, the entire blurb sounds like BS.
IF the uniform were right–which it isn’t, as you noted–it’s remotely possible, if he enlisted with parental consent prior to turning 18. During Vietnam. But since then? No freaking way.
Did anyone tell him that Bourne was PUBLISHED in 1980? Which means that Ludlum handed the final manuscript of his first draft to his publishers in 1978. Right? Right. At the latest. This person, who claims to be an USAR (Army RESERVE, guys) did his BASIC in 1980. So…how did he influence the Borne Identity? Eh?
I’d also love to know how all that pulse-pounding adventure occurred without him spending a single DAY out of CONUS.
I served in the US Army. HONORABLY. I’m deeply offended by this nonsense.
[sarcasm] He couldn’t have influenced the 1980 novel, but he could have influenced the 1988 TV movie version (Richard Chamberlain). After all, Uzomba claims he coined the slogan “Army of One” in 1982, used by US Army recruiting 2001 to 2006 and as the tag line for “The Outlaw Josey Wales” poster 1976. Uzomba transcends time and space in his exploits. [/sarcasm]
Did a little web digging around. This author is notorious among those who track phony heroes who claim Stolen Valor SV. Too bad that SV law was not kept: SV is a strong indicator of bad behavior in other areas. I bet his Amazon bio fails to mention his arrests for counterfeiting and illegal drugs, or the incident in his youth when he punched a nun.
War Goat
8 years ago
I guess the Nigerian Prince email scams have stopped working.
Sensory overload.
We don’t need the top line, “Based on . . . ” etc. With the photograph it is pretty evident that this is a real person; ergo, a true story.
The photo itself is quite good, and perhaps it should be larger.
It’s difficult to know which is the title: There seem to be two of them.
The little knight symbol doesn’t sell anything to the potential buyer.
We don’t need that signature near the bottom of the page, either. Waste of space.
Oooh. The reviews excoriate the author, all calling him a liar and a fraud. Drama!
Thanks for the heads up–very entertaining. I have to admit to being slightly persuaded by some extremely credible praise from a profile with no activity other than this five star review, though:
“This book was awesome, i talk to Mr. Kennedy almost everyday and this guy is one of the most honest, smartest man I’ve met. Good luck to you bro!!!”
Apparently, someone posted his DD214 online, and it refutes EVERY claim he’s made. Someone posted on Amazon that after TEN YEARS in the Reserves, he rose to the mighty rank of 1st Looey. My Cat can do better than that.
That’s NOT a US military uniform he’s wearing.
Oh, an E5 at 18? BS! In fact, the entire blurb sounds like BS.
IF the uniform were right–which it isn’t, as you noted–it’s remotely possible, if he enlisted with parental consent prior to turning 18. During Vietnam. But since then? No freaking way.
Did anyone tell him that Bourne was PUBLISHED in 1980? Which means that Ludlum handed the final manuscript of his first draft to his publishers in 1978. Right? Right. At the latest. This person, who claims to be an USAR (Army RESERVE, guys) did his BASIC in 1980. So…how did he influence the Borne Identity? Eh?
I’d also love to know how all that pulse-pounding adventure occurred without him spending a single DAY out of CONUS.
I served in the US Army. HONORABLY. I’m deeply offended by this nonsense.
[sarcasm] He couldn’t have influenced the 1980 novel, but he could have influenced the 1988 TV movie version (Richard Chamberlain). After all, Uzomba claims he coined the slogan “Army of One” in 1982, used by US Army recruiting 2001 to 2006 and as the tag line for “The Outlaw Josey Wales” poster 1976. Uzomba transcends time and space in his exploits. [/sarcasm]
Did a little web digging around. This author is notorious among those who track phony heroes who claim Stolen Valor SV. Too bad that SV law was not kept: SV is a strong indicator of bad behavior in other areas. I bet his Amazon bio fails to mention his arrests for counterfeiting and illegal drugs, or the incident in his youth when he punched a nun.
I guess the Nigerian Prince email scams have stopped working.