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As I've said many times, my (much) elder brother was in Viet Nam. He was in one platoon where he & one other man were the only two who survived. He was a door gunner who was shot down, wounded, and never once committed any atrocities. When he had the chance to get out of Viet Nam after serving 10 months, he jumped at the chance, literally spending one day in the jungle, the next in Saigon, the next in Hawaii, the next home, and the next in a classroom (the only way he could get an "early out").
Since he left Viet Nam so quickly, he was unable to receive the medals due to him in the field, as is usually done. He has written to the appropriate offices in the Department of Defense on a yearly basis since 1990 to ascertain which medals he is entitled. He keeps getting a form letter that it takes over 24 months to process these requests!!! He could simply buy the ones he thinks he deserves (he knows his commanding officer put in for a Purple Heart & Bronze Star, for starters), but as he is now a pastor, he is not going to do that.
I've decided to help him run for a major political office. Obviously, that's the only way one can find out what medals one is permitted!
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