Posted by Bret4207 on November 27, 2015 at 12:35:40 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Tarawa 1943 posted by LAA on November 26, 2015 at 16:24:54:
Yeah, that's true. But part of that is because some people make inflated claims to further themselves or someone else. Sometimes it's because someone says they got some awards they never did or the claim they did something that never happened. Others are people trying to tear someone down. Either way, if you go to the source of the award you can usually find out the actual story. I found this out researching some ancestors. I had an uncle that I always heard "won a medal in WW1". "A medal" turned out to be the Navy Cross and Silver Star (Silver Star Citation at that time). The man never told anyone about it as far as I know and reading the official reports surely give you some insight into what true heroism is.
OTOH, I've sen various claims that everyone from Mr Rogers to Lee Marvin to Ted Knight were among the most highly decorated men in US military history and that some good men got awards through lies and deceit. Doing a bit of research usually gives you a much clearer idea of what actually happened.
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