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Memorial Dedication Canceled After Fundraiser Admits Lying About Service
Web Editor: Maureen O'Brien, Managing Editor
Last Updated: 5/18/2007 5:23:25 PM
RUMFORD (NEWS CENTER) -- The dedication of Oxford County's new Vietnam Veterans Memorial has been postponed because of an apparent lie. A big ceremony planned for Saturday was nixed after word got out that man behind the memorial lied about serving in Vietnam.
Earl "Scott" May represented himself to civic groups and others as a Vietnam vet who'd fought in the bloody battle of Hamburger Hill. But it turns out he was only eight years old at the time.
Organizers decided to postpone Saturday's event after the news got out. The memorial now sits covered by a tarp in downtown Rumford.
"I think it was a good idea to postpone it. Looking at the law enforcement side of it, I think it was, because when you're dealing with such masses of people, a large group of people would have been here and we're not sure how people would react in situations like that," said Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant.
People in Rumford have mixed feelings about the controversy.
"I seen the man around collecting money for it, and I've gotta give him credit for that, whatever else he's done... that's between him and the Vietnam vets," said Korean War Veteran Mike Harris.
May says he did serve in the 101st Airborne Division, which saw action at Hamburger Hill. But he now says he served from 1979 to 1986.
The dedication ceremony is now scheduled to take place on Memorial Day.
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Web Editor: Maureen O'Brien, Managing Editor
Last Updated: 5/18/2007 5:23:25 PM
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