Comments on: Stolen Valor Or Stolen Self Esteem http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308 Hang out for combat veterans and families. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Jim Henderson http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1172 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:34:29 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1172 I have rtecently been introduced to a copule of people that claim to have awards that based on dates thay have nentioned just don’t seem to be possible.  Is there any way that I can try to check these out?

Jim

]]> By: santacruzsam http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1171 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:30:13 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1171 I have never known a seasoned combat veteran, who  has a few ribbons as I know you do Mike, that feels anything but pity and a some somberness for those who feel the need to confabulate and elevate a fictional self.  We have listened to their tales for easily 40 years.  “Forgive them, they know not what they do.”

]]> By: Jim Kelley http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1170 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:29:03 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1170 Agreed on all points. You and I both have heard the fanciful and the ridiculous in our time with veterans. You are right on target that it is a matter of ”  a cluster of symptomatically low self esteem, and our more in need of a Psychiatrist then a lawyer.”
God Bless you for the often unrewarding , frustrating, and heartbreaking work you do. In the end it is worth it.

]]> By: fraser007 http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1169 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:22:58 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1169 Mike:

Great article! We should be reminded about these people from time to time! I have a son in Iraq on his third tour. People dont know that sometimes these guys turn down Purple Hearts. My son had an IED go off next to his Humvee (155 mm Russian artillery round) He was wounded in the face from the flying rocks and sharpnel skipping off of his helmet and armor behind him. He could not hear for a while too. They bandaged him and he was  a RTD Return to Duty the next day. When he Sgt. wanted to put him in for a Purple Heart he turned it down.
The saying over there is that “They save the Purple Hearts for the guys in Walter Reed.)!!!
Just think about how many Purple Hearts we are not handing out. (Hear that Sen John Kerry!)
Thank you for your blog Mike.

]]> By: tiro grande http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1168 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:26:57 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1168 I hope rick strandlof  comes down with painful boils over his entire body. This is going to also let off that nut job in San Diego that was running around as a USMC Sergeant Major for years. Also I’m willing to bet up to 1/3 of the blowhards in the VFW and A. Legion are phonies. I’m retired with 22 years of active duty, I know of what I speak. Great quote though about Audie Murphy!

]]> By: Douglas http://veteranveritas.com/?p=308#comment-1167 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:59:36 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=308#comment-1167 Well said and sad but true.

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