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... The Navy later argued that Boorda had indeed earned the right to wear the two

1996 Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda, 56, fraudulent medal wearer, suicide ^top^
      The only sailor to climb from the lowest enlisted ranks to that of four-star Navy admiral, Boorda was about to be questioned by a reporter about his right to wear two "Valor" medals when he drove back to his home, wrote a suicide note "to my sailors," and stepped into his garden, where he fatally shot himself in the chest.
      Appointed chief of naval operations by President Bill Clinton in 1994, Boorda had served on two US destroyers during the Vietnam War, and thought that this service authorized him to wear the two "V" decorations, which signified service in combat.
      In 1995, after being advised by the Navy’s office of awards and special projects that he was not entitled to wear the decorations, he immediately removed them. On May 16, 1996, with Newsweek magazine about to publish an article exposing his questionable claims to combat service, Boorda killed himself. The Navy later argued that Boorda had indeed earned the right to wear the two Valor medals. http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/all42day/history/h4may/h4may16.html

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Admiral Boorda appears to have been arcancided for not being a Clinton yes-man. Boorda's incompatibility with that administration was his integrity. The SNAFU with the medal seemed more of a Clinton-driven media attempt to tarnish the man's sterling reputation.

I believe that Boorda was the type to speak the truth, get the job done right, and then let the chips fall where they may. IOW, a sure-fire way to be marked for death in certain unsavory circles.