I know that one of the things that this blog has done with great ferocity and pleasure is to take on the poseurs and wannabees. They always fall into 2 categories, those that have never served and those that have and yet feel the need to embellish said service (see of course Sporkmaster’s latest schmuck) and those that have made up completely their military service ala General Ballduster McSoulpatch (the absolute best name for a wannabe evah!!!)
I came across this story in the local fishwrap and it is what most of the comments of “Catagory 1” wankers seem to draw….if you served honorably, why lie about it? Well, this guy didn’t and felt that the awards weren’t the biggest deal about his service (waddaya know, a humble vet…) He received 2 awards 65 years after he received them….
He was 25 years old and just finished serving the duration of U.S. involvement in World War II. He did not particularly care that he deserved some medals.
“When I got out, I just wanted to forget about the war and go on,” said Young. “It didn’t bother me if I didn’t have the medals.”
And to top it all of they gave the guy a flag that flew over the Capitol on his 90th birthday, nice touch..
Discharge papers stated he earned two medals he never received, but Young never bothered to ask for them.
“I didn’t know anything about the medals,” Young said. “I didn’t even know I had them coming (before being discharged), and I don’t know why I didn’t get them.”
I think this guy is probably more in line with the majority of vets out there, I just thought maybe some of the poseurs out there might want to see what a real man looks like…
