If they start re-examining the medals handed out in Vietnam
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Not wanting to just ‘pick on’ a “D” Prez, but lets start with LBJ’s ‘Silver Star’ as a result of a flyover in a war zone.
Being on the Appropriations Program sure didn’t hurt his chances..
I think that the LBJ story is what influenced Hillary to relate her ‘Bullets were flying on the Tarmac’ story. The only thing in common was/is that both of them were in an area where there were combatants.....
“Not wanting to just ‘pick on’ a “D” Prez, but lets start with LBJ’s ‘Silver Star’ as a result of a flyover in a war zone.
Being on the Appropriations Program sure didn’t hurt his chances..”
Cheapens the award to the point where it`s meaningless. Reminds me of Frank Burns on MASH. Put in for a Purple Heart because he was “wounded” in a war zone. A piece of egg shell got in his eye when he was cracking open a hard boiled egg.