Are you sure you fought in the same war? I don’t know, did you throw your medals over the fence too? Oh wait those weren’t his. Maybe he realized his three purple hearts were bs and that’s why he tossed them.
No, I did not trash awards. I only got one in country as the others were sent to FT Bragg in mid-late 69. I was on a medivac plane home from Tokyo to Andrews AFB.