A preliminary check with some former POWs sent up red flags. They passed the article to the POW Network, which specializes in this sort of validation. I also forwarded it to Jug Burkett, author of Stolen Valor. We'll see what they find out.
Thanks for the reality check on this story. Copy editors used to check facts. I'll hit this thread again in a few days to see how it sorts out.
Bill McCoy is a fictional character from W.E.B. Griffith's The Corps Novels.