Read the article, he was boozing pill popping adulterer
"Show me a hero, and I'll show you a bum."
WW II ace Greg "Pappy" Boyington
By the way, if you delve deeper into Boyington's life, it becomes apparent that by "bum" he meant someone who was wildly out of the mainstream, not someone who was lazy.
Red the book and see who he really was.
The two first spoke over the phone in 2007 and eventually met in Washington, DC, in 2010, when the two — both separated from their spouses and each with four kids — quickly fell in love.
He does admit to taking pain meds and drinking, however, he probably saw more success than any other warrior in Afghanistan. Pain meds BTW are very easy to get hooked on.
There are very few soldiers that deep into the action who do not pop pills. The military gives a 180 day supply at a time.
Who is going to play this guy in the movie. I think Marlon Brando is dead and Martin Sheen may be too old now. I think the guy was probably doing his job the best way he knew how. No body got killed on account of his actions. It seems like he did what he was supposed to do. He won the hearts and minds of the indigenous population. How does it go, The leg runs away from the snake. The paratrooper kills the snake. The Ranger eats the Snake. The S. F. guy makes friends with the Snake and teaches it to go out and kill other snakes.
Semper Fi and Good Night Chesty Puller Where Ever You Are!!