Uh oh, Tibsung. Looks like The Little Drummer Boy, Tonto, Pow Wow Chow, Iron Eyes Nate, The Medicine Man, Chief of the Hekawi Tribe, Nate Strongbow himself, Maytag Man Nathan Philips isn't the awesome patriot you so claim him to be.
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Native American who faced off with Catholic schoolboys is NOT a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time in the Marines working as a refrigerator technician while the war was going on
The Native American man filmed facing off with schoolboys at the Lincoln Memorial is not a veteran of the Vietnam war, as had been claimed.
Service records obtained by DailyMail.com show Nathan Philips served in the Marine Corps Reserves from June 1972 until May 1976 when he left as a private after disciplinary issues.
He was an antitank missileman between October 1972 and February 1973 but was never deployed himself and spend the remainder of his service working as a refrigerator technician until 1976 when he left service following disciplinary issues.
It was not immediately clear whether he was honorably or dishonorably discharged on Thursday morning.
In interviews since the conflict, Phillips has never said that he served in Vietnam but instead called himself a 'Vietnam times veteran.'
On Facebook, he has described himself as a 'Vietnam vet' and shared photographs of a his Warrior Medal of Valor which is an unofficial medal given to Native American veterans.
In a January 2018 video on his account, he said: 'I don't talk much about my Vietnam times,' but said he had been honorably discharged.
He has also posted a photograph of a badge he has which reads 'Vietnam veteran.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-NOT-Vietnam-veteran.html?ito=social-facebook
Native American who faced off with Catholic schoolboys is NOT a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time in the Marines working as a refrigerator technician while the war was going on
- Nathan Philips was widely reported as a Vietnam veteran after he was filmed facing off with schoolboy Nick Sandmann at the Lincoln Memorial
- But it has since emerged Philips was never deployed overseas during his service
- In fact, he spent most of his time in the military as a refrigerator technician
- He then left the service in May 1976 as a private following disciplinary issues
- Phillips was given a National Defense Service Medal for his service
The Native American man filmed facing off with schoolboys at the Lincoln Memorial is not a veteran of the Vietnam war, as had been claimed.
Service records obtained by DailyMail.com show Nathan Philips served in the Marine Corps Reserves from June 1972 until May 1976 when he left as a private after disciplinary issues.
He was an antitank missileman between October 1972 and February 1973 but was never deployed himself and spend the remainder of his service working as a refrigerator technician until 1976 when he left service following disciplinary issues.
It was not immediately clear whether he was honorably or dishonorably discharged on Thursday morning.
In interviews since the conflict, Phillips has never said that he served in Vietnam but instead called himself a 'Vietnam times veteran.'
On Facebook, he has described himself as a 'Vietnam vet' and shared photographs of a his Warrior Medal of Valor which is an unofficial medal given to Native American veterans.
In a January 2018 video on his account, he said: 'I don't talk much about my Vietnam times,' but said he had been honorably discharged.
He has also posted a photograph of a badge he has which reads 'Vietnam veteran.'
