[AMDG&BVMH]

"Bottom line: it's highly unlikely that GW was wearing a ribbon he didn't rate."

Not only that, BUT:

I'm sure that when he was in the Unit that earned the Unit Citation, all the members of the Unit were told to go out and get that ribbon and put it on their uniform: OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED OUT OF UNIFORM.

[Porterville]

[jonno]

OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED OUT OF UNIFORM.

Exactly right!