Your right about real men not needing chunks of government metal on their chests to be heros. I have heard Ollie North speak of many in the recent months. One that I didn't catch his name was a Navy Corpman who had three Purple Hearts with one wound that would have taken him home and he refused to go because he said he needed to stay to help take care of "His" Marines. God Bless these real HEROS!
I've also heard Ollie say that he got two, then he wouldn't accept any more because then they might have tried to send him home. It sounds crazy, but that would mbe dishonorable to Col. North. Who ought to get a damn star just for being a great American Hero and a heck of a good man.