Strider Knives, Game Over!

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Horned Toad said:
As for the DD214 it does look bad, but there was a poster on this thread that said he had two files that he knew of. So there is a chance that it is wrong.
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It's not wrong. I have 2 DD214's also. One from when I got out after 4 years, then I went back in and I got another one when I retired at 20. So I have 2 DD214's and neither one is wrong, just one is later and up to date.

I'm afraid that I've now opened the door for the Kool-Aid drinkers to say Dwyer was a Data technician when this DD214 was printed, but maybe he went back in and turned into Rambo which could be proved if only we can find the more up-to-date DD214. :D
 
Personally, I'm just going to wait to see if anything ever comes up to disprove the stuff that is posted on P.O.W. Network. If not, I'm going to tend to believe that they have it right.
 
TorzJohnson said:
I'm afraid that I've now opened the door for the Kool-Aid drinkers to say Dwyer was a Data technician when this DD214 was printed, but maybe he went back in and turned into Rambo which could be proved if only we can find the more up-to-date DD214. :D
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If I was drinking cool aid I wouldn’t have done my own verification thread on Mick. Its still pending due to lack of info.

This thread was going in a reasonable direction for a while but it looks like it’s about to get silly and then I will be gone.

You do have to say though for something as important as records the military doesn’t do a very good job at them.
 
but maybe he went back in and turned into Rambo which could be proved if only we can find the more up-to-date DD214.
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I have thought of this also, especially considering that POWnetwork told me regarding Duane that he, "claimed he was a USMC sniper, staff sgt with 2 tours in the early 80's."

That would indicate two DD214s but it does not explain why a properly filed FOIA request turned up only one unless each tour would require a separate request and I somehow doubt that.

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I am confused and bothered by one thing and maybe someone who is in the "know" can answer it for me.

Duane's wife is Mrs. Dwyer, his kids have the last name of Dwyer so was he born Dwyer and used the others as alias's or was he a Poland and changed his name?
If he did change his name wouldn't there be documents that could be easily obtained to prove this?
I am just not sure when he legally became Duane Dwyer and how he legally became so. There has got to be a record............................................Help!!
 
Bronco said:
I'd just like to make it clear that my repeated use of the word "suspect" was in no way meant to be a cross forum poke at any of the USN folks. I didn't even make the connection until I saw John's post..
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Trust me sir , I didn't mean it that way at all. ( especially since I am no longer on said forum ). But it is nice to see there not be any cross forum BS going on. I think we would all get along just fine if locked in the same room , least till the debate of " which steel holds the best edge " came up.


Spark: thanks for the links , I read all that before. Read all there is out there now , but again , can't say it matters to me in the end , friends are friends.
I would trust either of them with the keys to my house & the combo's to my safes and have no problem that my kids refer to them as Uncle Mick and Uncle D.

Happy Holidays to all.
 
John T Wylie Jr said:
Trust me sir , I didn't mean it that way at all.
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I've mentioned this to John offline already, but for the edification of the rest of the contributors here, please understand I never thought that John was implying anything negative with his choice of my quote. :)
 
to john wylie and to any other strider/dwyer friends reading this thread

is the thomas poland mentioned in the pow network posting the one and the same person as duane dwyer of strider knives?

is the service record posted on the pow network accurate?
 
bandaidman said:
to john wylie and to any other strider/dwyer friends reading this thread

is the thomas poland mentioned in the pow network posting the one and the same person as duane dwyer of strider knives?

is the service record posted on the pow network accurate?
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I do not know. It was no secrete that Mick changed his name along time ago. But the fact that Duane possibly did is news to me.
 
Perhaps he just inherited the name of an adopted father or something. He may not have changed his name at all. For example, my last name at birth was Taylor which is my mother's maiden name. When I was three my step father, but only father I ever knew adopted me legally and my name was changed to Rice. If my biological father had been around my last name would be Warnick.

It may very well be that the records pull up names both related to Duane because of something just like this where he may not have even had any say in the name change that occured if he was young, but he lived under one or both long enough for a paper trail to be found.

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Or maybe it is not the Duane of Strider but a twin brother he never knew from a father he never met. The guy fathered two kids, both boys and named them both Duane. Then the boys were split and his Mom remarried to a man named Dwyer. The other Duane ended up with a Step-mom and his Bio dad who had a last name of Poland.
So, both Duanes have the same date of birth but different last names.
BUT, if Duane's mother married a man with the last name of Lane, would he now be known as Duane Lane? Luckily his mom did not marry a man with the last name of Dwayne cause he would have grown up Duane Dwayne!!! And he could have had a mom who married a guy with the last name of Dwyerof because he would have grown up Duane Dwyerof Poland.

Is this possible????
 
I have tried to access the "actual records page" at Pownet but it appears to have been removed. Anyone else with the same result???
 
Trace Rinaldi said:
I know Mick and Duane pretty well. I have never known them to BS people at shows, and regail them with War Stories and tell them how they been there done that, and thats why you should buy thier wares.
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I don't doubt that, but the magazines and forums have done all that for them. I'd be willing to list some of the articles if you'd like. Did anybody from the company ever bother to correct the authors of said articles, if the information was wrong?

John T Wylie Jr said:
Innocent till proven guilty is all I am saying.
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John T Wylie Jr,
Since you bring this up, didn't you used to post here under the handle of "the45guy," prior to being banned during one of the other "Strider" threads, and if so, do you feel that circumventing the rules and coming back under a different name is an honorable thing to do?
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the45guy said:
:rolleyes: way to moderate , fan the flames. Guess you as a mod dont need to take Sparks advice. Grow up bro , in the words of Mick " GO see the phuckin wizard and get some courage " :rolleyes:
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3Guardsmen said:
John T Wylie Jr,
Since you bring this up, didn't you used to post here under the handle of "the45guy," prior to being banned during one of the other "Strider" threads, and if so, do you feel that circumventing the rules and coming back under a different name is an honorable thing to do?[/URL]


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thanks for being the internet police , yes that was me , and I called Spark on the phone BEFORE setting up this account. Feel free to verify with Spark if you like... my new account is my name. But hey thanks for questioning my honor .

oh and my birthname is John T Wylie III , I changed it to Jr , as dad always called me Jr , it was done legally too... feel free to verify that as well.

now back to your regular scheduled witch hunt ;)
 
Let's stop this tangent right now. Wylie did call me to come back on here, and apologized for his behavior when he did so. He's good to go as far as I'm concerned. Manning up and taking responsibility for your actions then doing the right thing afterwards is more than enough in my book.
 
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