Exactly, why do you suppose that is, because far too many say he was a SongBird.
With two admirals in the family reports can say anything and medals can be awarded. My Brother-in-law (now deceased) survived Bataan and he didn't get a silver star, maybe because his dad and grandfather were not generals.
“Exactly, why do you suppose that is, because far too many say he was a SongBird.”
Not who were there. The “Songbird” thing was first mentioned over 30 years later by a guy who hadn’t been a POW. When eyewitnesses say one thing, and no one on the other side was there, who do you believe? The guy who wasn’t there?