[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

It is hard to imagine why someone would falsely claim military service and medals he never earned.

[taxcontrol]

The bard answers your unasked question the best -

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

[SuzyQue]

Really? Is that tongue-in-cheek?

[USNBandit]

The not so suprising thing is that you never hear of any pretend vet saying they worked in the motor pool. Every one of them was an Airborne Special Forces Recon Sapper SEAL, on a secret mission deep behind enemy lines.

[Little Bill]

Everyone wants to be a hero.