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Vol. 15 · No. 132 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Terminally ill make-a-wish child accused of stolen valor

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DULLES AIRPORT, Va. – In the latest case of veterans exposing and shaming military imposters without error, six year-old terminally-ill Cancer patient and Make-A-Wish participant Timmy Smith was confronted by two U.S. Army infantrymen yesterday afternoon at Washington Dulles International Airport.

"Me and Eddie saw that short little faker walk past with a combat infantryman badge," said Sgt. James Nellis, one of the two infantrymen on leave from Fort Bragg. "No way that little bitch boy could shoulder a ruck and live through a firefight so we went running after him and started screaming 'Stolen Valor' in his lying, smug, little pale face."

The child, who participated in training exercises with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning as part of his Wish, was wearing his child-sized Army Combat Uniform that his parents purchased from the base exchange. In the airport with a ear-to-ear smile and a newfound positive outlook on the three weeks he had left to live, Smith, with his cancer-stricken shell of a body, walked past two infantrymen.

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