11-05-2012, 10:25 PM
Just remember until the stolen valor act more American citizens pretended to have a MOH than the number of true living recipients.
One of my favourite "Stolen Valour" moments if you could call it that is from the BBC documentary "Once A Soldier" where an elderly veteran is stripped of an award he had been falsely wearing for 60+ years. As this was a campaign Medal (and he was entitled to and wearing 3 others) he was just told to remove it from his uniform but not relinquish ownership.
One of my favourite "Stolen Valour" moments if you could call it that is from the BBC documentary "Once A Soldier" where an elderly veteran is stripped of an award he had been falsely wearing for 60+ years. As this was a campaign Medal (and he was entitled to and wearing 3 others) he was just told to remove it from his uniform but not relinquish ownership.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
