Bottom line for me is, this guy has a credibility problem. He'll have to resign. I'm not a member of the American Legion but I wouldn't stand for it if I was.
A little lie (if there is such a thing) kept Pete Dawkins from being a Senator from NJ, possibly. As I remember, his campaign brochure claimed he had two tours in Vietnam. He acually had one. The press found out and he was done.
I don't know this guy, but it isn't a lie. Being a Vietnam Vet doesn't mean that you saw combat, any more than the WWII vet that I know that was stationed in the Pacific, but never saw the Japanese. Every soldier, sailor, airman, or Marine is an honored person whether they saw combat or not, because they were an important link in the chain. Pete Dawkins got in hot water for claiming two tours rather than one, not because he wasn't a combat vet. I, personally, don't care, since he went anyway, unlike a few people I can think of.
That only applies to Reps. Kerry lied repeatedly about his service and was nominated by the Dems to be President and he was lionized by the MSM who decried the "swiftboating" about him.