Stolen Valor or not?

[Berlin Vet]

53. Stolen Valor

There are sites like "thisainthell.us" that expose military fakes (and probably worse) military people that embellish their own service. The 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center enabled many a poser to claim service they didn't have or to claim decorations they never earned. One guy claimed he landed in Normandy on D-Day with the 29th Division. He told audiences of his landing on the beach and his description was similar to the scene in Saving Private Ryan. He was decorated by the French government with the Legion of Honor for his World War two service. It was hard to prove/disprove since his records were in the fire but he was exposed when his name and serial number was found in daily reports from a unit stationed in Nebraska. Not only was he not at D-Day, he was getting married in West Virginia in June 1944.

I agree with someone who said combat vets don't normally talk about the actions they were in. A friend of the family served with the 2nd Infantry Division from D-Day to the end of the war. Never talked about the combat just the funny things that happened.