I’m not sure why you think the photo is bogus. That’s not the issue. There’s plenty of source articles for the event that was being commended and the photo. The controversy isn’t with the photo.
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/08/16/newscolumn1.html
http://m.army.mil/article/29083/Pentagon_ceremony_awards_unit_for_heroism_in_Vietnam
The phoney photo tries to convey a message that contains some truth, but not what the picture implies.