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The Tallahassee Democrat <\/a>tells the story of Floyd Garrett, a 47-year-old veteran who had a stroke recently. Floyd claims that he earned two Purple Heart Medals during the first Gulf War.<\/p>\n

Soon afterward, Garrett was assigned as a scout in the Operation Desert Storm combat zone of burning Kuwaiti oil fields, unknown chemicals and landmines. One day, an American mine-clearing tank blew up just in front of Garrett.<\/p>\n

While he was being evacuated with a life-threatening groin injury strapped to the slides of a helicopter, Garrett was struck by a stray bullet that shattered his ankle. Still lodged in his ankle, the bullet causes constant pain and difficulty walking.<\/p>\n

Garrett spent months in various hospitals recuperating and was eventually discharged stateside. It was on a visit to his parents\u2019 home that he had his first episode of PTSD. And other odd ailments began to plague him: migraine headaches, tremors, and neurological symptoms. Garrett would be diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome, a cluster of medically unexplained symptoms bedeviling returning veterans. Still, there was the lovely German woman. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to his records, Floyd was assigned to 6\/6 Infantry which was assigned to the 1st Armor Division and deployed to Desert Storm, but he was a petroleum specialist and a supply clerk, not a scout. His records show a single Purple Heart, not the two that he claims.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure that it’s been decades since injured soldiers were strapped to the outside of helicopters.<\/p>\n

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I doubt the Purple Heart in his records, too. There are no service awards for Desert Storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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