We had a guy in Morgan Hill who was doing something similar with his WWII exploits — field promotion from seaman to Lt. Commander at 20 years old, multiple Navy Crosses and Silver Stars, 13 or 14 suicide missions with UDT. It was total BS.
I dont know much about war talk, but that sounds might exceessive for one guy.
My great uncle was in suicide squad in WWI. Dont know if that’s what they really called it. He fought behind enemy lines.
Said he was behind a tree and he was about to make a run for it and he saw the Lord tell him to stay where he was. Said he would have been killed if he had moved at that instant
Who knows what’s real and what’s your mind playing tricks in a war. Tough little guy though Gave the worst haircuts lol. We had to get them cause they were free.
AFTER we got my fil a WW2 vet hat, I learned that he never was in WW2, he joined in 46 and spent about 1 yr in, including a month where he left the barracks because he didn’t get orders, and no one knew the wiser...but he likes to wear that hat like he was some big war hero..