[euram]

It certainly sounds like he embellished the story quite a bit.

If Carson was in high school at the time, he would have been in JOUNIOR ROTC. Has anyone tried to verify that he had lunch with Westmoreland, and that he was in fact the best JR ROTC cadet in Detroit? Someone should do that, and see if that part of it is even true.

[MNJohnnie]

Pathetic desperation. The lie has been exposed and rather then admit the lie, the attack bots cling to it.

Why does anyone take these habitual liars seriously?

http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-point-its-ben-shapiro?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=110615-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro

At the end of my twelfth grade I marched at the head of the Memorial Day parade. I felt so proud, my chest bursting with ribbons and braids of every kind. To make it more wonderful, We had important visitors that day. Two soldiers who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Viet Nam were present. More exciting to me, General William Westmoreland (very prominent in the Viet Nam war) attended with an impressive entourage. Afterward, Sgt. Hunt introduced me to General Westmoreland, and I had dinner with him and the Congressional Medal winners. Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point. I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn;t where I saw myself going.

[BuckeyeTexan]

POLITICO verified that Westmoreland attended a banquet in Detroit honoring Congressional Medal of Honor winners.

I don’t know that anyone has verified his JROTC rank.

[Jim from C-Town]

I Agree. Right after they track down ANY of Barack Obama’s school records or Hillary’s missing funds from her stint at State.