Rumors are circulating social media like Facebook and Twitter that allege that, owing to cutbacks, the U.S. Army has ceased serving breakfast to service personnel in Afghanistan.
A forwarded email that says the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a suit to remove crosses from military grave markers. The email goes on to say that the ACLU has forced Navy Chaplains to no longer pray in the name of Jesus and wants to end prayers in the military.
A forwarded email that says that the graduating Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis were not permitted to wear ceremonial swords as part of their uniform by the Secret Service as a safety concern for President Obama.
his is a forwarded email that alleges that the Obama Administration is planning to purchas Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force at a cost of $700 million.
The “Taps” Military Bugle Tune Came From a Confederate Soldier Whose Body was Discovered By His Father, a Union Soldier in the Civil War–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:A Union Captain in the Civil War named Robert Ellicombe hears the moan of a soldier in the distance one night near Harrison’s Landing in Virginia. He …
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Oliver North Warned of the Terrorism of Osama Bin Laden during the Iran-Contra Hearings in 1987–Fiction! Summary of eRumor:Oliver North allegedly told a congressional hearing that he had installed a security system in his home because of threats to his family by Osama Bin Laden. Later versions of the story say the person questioning …
This story says it is based on an actual radio conversation between the U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and a Canadian Lighthouse. The carrier and the lighthouse keep radioing each other to give way thinking each is a ship, until the game is over when one of them identifies itself as a lighthouse.
The U.S. Military Has Distributed a Survey Among Soldiers That Prepares Them For Shooting Civilians Who Resist Gun Control-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The story is that a survey has been handed out among all U.S. fighting personnel which prepares them for forsaking their allegiance to the President of the United States in favor of …
Ann-Margret’s Spontaneous Tribute to Vietnam Vets at a Book SigningTruth! Summary of eRumor: A warm story about a Vietnam vet who wanted actress Ann-Margret to sign a snapshot he had taken of her when she once performed for troops in Vietnam. He and his wife went to a bookstore where Ann-Margret was autographing books, but an …
Letter from Sailor In the Middle East about the USS Cole-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A letter said to have come from a sailor on board one of the Navy Ships helping the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy ship what was hit with what is believed to be a terrorist bombing in Yemen, killing 17 sailors. It …
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