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Subject: Ron's war record
Answered by: Greg Churilov
Asked By: Raptavio

Raptavio asked this question on 5/1/2000:

I was curious about what L. Ron Hubbard's true war record is. It seems fairly impressive on the Scientology web sites but I've heard claims that the service records available from the Navy don't reflect this information. Do you know anyone who's taken a look on what the Navy really has in Mr. Hubbard's service record?

Greg Churilov gave this response on 5/2/2000:

Yes, I have. In fact, the irnoy is that I found the documents about his war record in a supposedly unfriendly site.

Ron served in the South Pacific, in a sub-chaser off the Coast of Oregon, and as an intelligence officer in Indonesia.

[What the cultist doesn't mention is that his mad messiah's war record describes a man who was grossly inept, expended war munitions trying to sink magnetic rock formations, fired on Mexican teritory, and lied about his accomplishments like a pathological nut.

What the cultist also doesn't mention is that the Scientology cult still makes all kind of insane claims about their mad messiah which are 100% completely at odds with the Navy's records -- and for obvious reasons: The Hubbard that served in the Navy is a massive embarrassment to the cult. It's no wonder they feel the need to tell amazing whoppers about their mad messiah.

A good coverage of the cult's messiah's war record can be found at http://www.ronthewarhero.org/.

He made some friends and some enemies (in usual Ron style).

He got some medals.

[What the cultist doesn't mention is that his cult leaders force their remaining followers to believe that their mad messiah earned a broad range of medals, at times claiming either 21 or 22 medals.

In fact the records show that he received three or four; medals that were handed to every active officer or enlisted man who served at the time.

Even more embarrassing, the criminal cult programs their followers to believe that Hubbard was crippled and blinded by an unexploded shell that landed on the deck of his ship which, brave fellow that he was, Hubbard tried to pick up and throw over the side to save his fellow crew members.

Such ius the level of L. Ron Hubbard's insane bravado: He never got the Purple Heart for any of these self-claimed injuries. Worse: Hubbard never saw enemy action. There never were any enemy shells, exploded or otherwise - flr]

He got badly wounded and recovered in Oak Knoll Navy Hospital.

[See? These cultists are still fed this lie and, like any programmed robotic cultist, unthinkingly mouth off their master's lies - flr]

What the Church has been saying all along turns out, (suprise!), to be true.

[About the only thing that the Scientology cult says about their mad messiah's war record that's remotely true is that Hubbard was in the Navy - flr]

best,
Spirit

Raptavio rated this answer a 2.

Really? What 'unfriendly' site?

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