it is all happens in stafford township in ocean county where john spotfora has been mayor since 2010.tion news" investigative reporter wendy saltsman has the story. >> reporter: chris it innings tell us that spotfora spoke about his survivor tail and his time in vietnam but his military service record tell a different story of a naval technician who was thousands of miles away, with no documentation that he ever served in the war zone. >> you don't to have put your boots on the ground to be a vietnam vet. >> reporter: were you no where near that area. >> i cannot say. >> reporter: stafford township mayor john spotfora has not always been so secretive about his military service. his 2011 election flyers and township bio touted him as a vietnam veteran and vietnam war medal of valor recipient. >> i knew the the the truth he wasn't a vietnam. >> reporter: it that is truth that earl galloway a retired master chief said ultimately made him target of the local county, and federal criminal investigation. >> it is all a van debt a against me. i exposed him for what he is. >> reporter: these p