It's not unusual to receive an award one year later on October 21st which just bhappens to be a few weeks from an election you just so happen to be running in??
Give me a break!!
SBD
"Personally" as "a Major" he traveled extensively into enemy territory? A "regimental officer"? Seems fishy to me. G/2 in a Regt. is usually a LTC and they are usually right there at HQ analyzing.