Professed POW Lied About Vietnam Service
From Times Wire Reports
A Dallas man who spent years recounting his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam has been revealed as a fraud.
John Powell, 57, told his wife, friends, veterans and others that he spent more than three years in captivity, even sharing his story in articles and videos, the Dallas Morning News reported.
But when he tried to get a fishing boat under the guise of being a former POW, veterans investigated and discovered he never served in Vietnam.
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