[GreyFriar]

Actually, perhaps unfortunately, the photo of LBJ as a naval officer is accurate. After the military draft began in 1940 he received a commission as a naval reserve officer, Lt. Cmdr. He went to the South Pacific on a ‘research tour’ and got a medal for flying as a passenger on a B-26 Martin Marauder medium bomber during a bombing mission. Shortly afterward, FDR recalled all of these ‘wartime commissioned congressman’ from ‘the field’ back to do their ‘jobs’ as congressmen.

Here is an article about it from the LBJ presidential library website: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/FAQs/military/military.asp

[uncbob]

New that about LBJ

However his service is as phony as the story of his medal earning flight

[tumblindice]

Not just an air medal, the Silver Star. Lyndon actually held it over his head while he was on the soapbox giving campaign speeches.
That POS did incredible hurt to this country.