[World'sGoneInsane]

No matter what story you read or how you are reading it, note the headline of the thread.

"Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor recipient"

I am standing with the Marines that were there, rather than the reporters version.

[kabar]

We have the sworn testimony of the Marines who were there. The facts don't square with the narrative, that is the point of the story.

Sterner said errors in citations had always haunted recipients and that many Medal of Honor winners had been cited for things they didn’t do. He added that the mounting pressure to find a living recipient has made mistakes in details almost inevitable.

“Did this man deserve the Medal of Honor? If the answer to that is yes, then the details of the citation become secondary,” Sterner said. “But we do need to keep the record as accurately as we possibly can.”