Because his bronze star is predicated on there being enemy fire.
He's had it for 35 years.
Who can blame him for believing now that there was enemy fire?
Obviously, he doesn't recall it specifically, if you read his statements.
Obviously, he doesn't recall it specifically, if you read his statements.
I would think that he would recall it well since he was the eyewitness listed for at least one (and probably all) of the Bronze Stars awarded that day (kerry's, Thurlow's and his own).
Had he not been the eyewitness who confirmed the circumstances of the incident, I could easily accept faulty/fuzzy recall for the vagueness. As it is, I have a hard time believing it.