My Nephew was killed near fallujah. At his funeral in his home in N.J. some whacko impersonated a marine officer in full dress uniform with all kinds of medals.
He got very near J. T.s mom and then the f.b.i. nabbed the nutcase. Good thing J.T.s father didn't get ahold of this guy at the time or all of the emotions would have come out and the idiot would have become a statistic.
Being somewhat obsessed with war and the military, I have busted many phonies over the last 35 years, although no MOH impostors.
In the 70s it was phony Green Berets, then after SEAL movies became popular in the 80s and 90s SEALs became the new thing.
POW has always been a popular identity for phonies
It surprises me how easy it is to penetrate the typical "veteran" con.