I posted this last night, THIS TIME pay attention. When Was J.D. Vance in Haiti?

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J.D. Vance has 5 months, 24 days of foreign service in Iraq, as per his DD-214 here: https://documentcloud.org/documents/25030454-resp-docs-1pgred-24-3265 So when was he in Haiti? "During my four years in the Marines, I had seen, in Haiti, a level of poverty I never knew existed."


His DD-214 shows 5 months, 24 days of foreign service (Iraq). His that we know of, one, and only 6 month deployment as a combat correspondent.

His book, Hillbilly Elegy, speaks of time in Haiti. Why? I am sure there is some logical explanation, a misprint, a typo, a misspeak, something that does explain in a way that doesn't show dishonesty, right?

I mean mistakes happen, right? It doesn't mean the person is willfully misleading, does it?

According to his DD-214, he served 5 months, 24 days, which is said to have been in Iraq during his ONE deployment.

Only 1,000 soldiers were sent to Haiti in 2004, so I doubt this rookie corporal was among them, and in any case the DD-214 is cumulative foreign service, so, you know..when was he in Haiti?

The whole point is two-fold, one make him answer it, and be defensive. Two acknowledge that mistakes happen. This is probably a mistake. So too is any semantics issue with Tim Walz.