I think you're grossly wrong about 8 or 10 Phonies for every real SEAL; from what I've read, there may be as many as 50 to 100 lying SEALs for every real SEAL. And from what I've seen, some of the world's least likely candidates will make the claim they "were a SEAL in VN". When I ask them "just where were you in VN"?, the standard answer is: ALL OVER THE PLACE!
this is probably the biggest collection of poseurs and their stories on the imternet....the GOOD part is that THESE have been busted!
http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies.htm
PHONIES and WANNABE'S
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Medal of Honor, Other than Vietnam POWs, Son Tay Raiders, DSC, DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, SEALS, Rangers, Pilots, Special Forces, Green Berets, Combat, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots, Flying Tigers, DOUBT EVERYTHING, Don't Encourage
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