I expose my dad as a fake special forces veteran to everyone he knows.

Here's what happened.

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This all started several years ago during my parents' divorce,

but the finale took place this November. First, some backstory. Growing up,

my father was an emotionally abusive piece of crap who got off on religious authority

and controlling every aspect of our lives. We were kept so isolated and made to fear the police

slash CPS to the point where we thought it was normal. After I went off to college,

my little brother came out as gay and my father started beating him, unbeknownst to my mother and I.

When my brother threatened to tell my mom about this, my father kicked the then 15-year-old out

of the house. My mother was understandably horrified by this and tried to get my father to see

sense, at which point he started hitting her. Long story somewhat short, I got my mom out.

My brother went to live with friends and divorce proceedings were started.

It was nasty. No one wanted to go to the police. My father was friends with the local

small town cops and thankfully my jerk face Burm donor agreed to a no-fault divorce.

While my mom was cleaning out her stuff from the house under the watchful eye of her amazing

co-workers, she found my father's discharge papers. This is where everything started.

You see, my father spent his entire 25-year marriage telling everyone that he was a special

vourses vet who had been awarded a purple heart and bronze star, which were both coincidentally

destroyed in a house fire along with his uniforms and paperwork. But here were his discharge

papers and they clearly stated he was given an other than honorable discharge after four years

in the motor pool. Not wanting to be seen as the vindictive ex-wife, my mom quietly took the

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