If you ask families of POW’s and many many vets, they will tell you his support is all fake. It’s amazing that he has perpetrated his hoax for so many decades. But, time is running out for him, and he will meet his Maker and give accounting. Prayerfully, God will have mercy on us and make it sooner rather than later.
I believe that you are correct. If it hadn’t been for his father, my guess is that he would have had a different life, one that wasn’t nearly as successful.