[Stealhead]

I had a co-worker whose father was a medic in the Us Army in Europe during WWII. He recived a silver star in Hurtgen Forest. He said one day in the early 90's his father recived a letter from a fellow medic. The gist of the letter was this man was trying to get my buddies father to vouche for him so that he could get a bronze star for the same action.

Well there was one issue the other medic in fact did nothing. So my buddies father called the man and fairly sternly told him seeing that while he sttod in the road with German machine gun fire flying past his legs he clearly recalled looking over and seeing the fellow medic sitting safely in the ditch well out of danger and that this act was not worthy of a bronze star.

@Dowly that Shipley is pretty cool I'd never heard of him before. Some of those guy are total fakes never served period. To not know your BUDS class number for example. I could tell you my flight number and squadron number and even still know the squadron motto and all of that was minor compared to how important a moment that BUDS training has on a SEAL. The one said he went to ATI that's an Army term sailors don't use that term.

Myself I can proudly say that I was a member of an elite force(of drinkers) the grease monkeys see most of the Air Force sits in chairs me being a mechanic I actually stood all day like a Spartan goat. I'll never understand the type who did serve but where not elite forces but claim it. Personally I'm proud of what I actually did and have no reason to blowhard.