I always wondered about that leather strap and sharp stick story....
It would be just as satisfying to paint the peace sign on their faces.
I was good at the Close Quarters Combat Course.
Plus years of Karate helps. :o)
US Vets stick together, all MOH wearers are humble heroes.
Look up Capt. Matt Urban sometime. He won 1 more medal than Audie Murphy. 7 Purple Hearts, DSC, SS, and MOH.
He died in 1994 and his obit read from complications from wounds suffered in 1944.