This kind of thing goes way back in John "did you know I served in 'Nam" Kerry's character.
Remember that he ran the other way when the boats were attacked, then came back when it was all over and claimed to be the big hero of the fight
Here's teddy...
Then got a keister-full of rice wound. Just like Frank Burns and his "shell fragment" wound from a hard-boiled egg in the Mess Tent.