They never did tell us what made Max Cleland a "War Hero" either. No medals, but played up the handicap and the uniform as if he threw himself on a grenade to save Bob Hope. No one is to question anything about them, ever again.
"They never did tell us what made Max Cleland a "War Hero" either."
The skinny on Cleland is that he and a buddy were relaxing in their camp and went to get a beer. Cleland or the other guy dropped a grenade which had been attached to his person, thus making the grenade live. Hello grenade, goodbye limbs. No medals for carelessness.
Of course, Cleland does't feel its necessary to relate all those tedious facts, easier to just keep quiet while the hero worship arrives.