Great story.....
The “untold” story is that which would reveal the extent to which decorations for valor and heroism were distributed to ticket punching REMFs - usually officers of the various branches who never so much as got out of sight of the Saigon bars and whore houses or the Cam Ranh Bay nurses...
The practice led to a criminal cheapening of decorations given to men in the boonies who had to earn them “the hard way”.
I will reveal my natural but correct bias - by stating the Marine Corps seemed to have the best handle on preventing the practice of phony medal “gifting”.....
Yep decades long sore subject. Saw desk jockeys and nuthuggers that never left the confines of a air conditioned bunker in SEA, SWA, Saudi etc get bronze stars and then bitch about troops in the field getting a simple commendation medal ..........if there isn’t a “V” for valor on it , don’t even wear it around me.
My opinion........Stay safe !
The exception ... John Murtha D-PA.