There is no record of him, no military record, no record of a Paul Mallory receiving a Silver Star and in the list of military deaths for the USA there is no Paul Mallory. Snopes.com searches even further and looks at silver start recipients who have no siblings and all recipients have a sibling. You can read their article here. Snopes.com goes on to state that there are several factors that are iffy in this story: That a shelter would hold a dog indefinitely, that the dog owner never told the shelter the dogs real name and that Tanks new owner didn't read the letter from Paul Mallory straight away.
Yes, Ron Paul said this in a debate.
most of them fleed Iraq from1980 to to present
Mesopotomia.
Stephen Mallory of Florida held the post of Confederate Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. He was responsible for the creation of the South's navy including the Ironclad ships.
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Arenia Mallory died in 1977.
John Mallory died in 1655.
Mae Mallory died in 2007.
Lee Mallory died in 2005.
Benajah Mallory died in 1853.
Francis Mallory died in 1860.
Stephen Mallory died in 1873.
Philip Mallory died in 1975.
Albert Mallory died in 1914.
It is most likely that Mallory Ervin, the former Miss Kentucky and Amazing race contestant knows of Rand Paul. How well she knows him or of him is only known by her and Rand Paul.
Mallory Evan Wijesinghe died in 2002.