Supreme Court to Take Up Stolen Valor Act

As much as I love the concept of this law, it seems to me that it's a bit broad. Maybe they should of limited it to people seeking to profit (including running for political office) from the lie.

Agreed, it is a slippery slope

Pollux, remember this is not just about the MOH, it's about all medals (and service). I'm always surprised when someone claims to have received the MOH when they have not. It's pretty easy to prove.

As far as those other conflicts... Quite often I tend to take what people say about their service & awards from those with a grain of salt...

The other day Little Perplexed and I met a gentleman who had a distinctive tattoo that became visible during our conversation. I commented on his service to our country and that led to a discussion on base assignments, chow, Etc. After we departed I said to LP that guy was a Navy Seal. He said how do you know and why didn't he just say he's a Navy Seal? I told him I could tell by the tattoo and a few things he said. I also told him most real navy seals will not just tell a stranger "I was a seal".

Obviously that's not always the case. Guy's like Marcus Luttrell pretty much had no choice but to admit publicity who/where they were. Yea he's probably profited from it with his book, but he also gives a lot of money and time back to Veterans (including his own Lone Survivor Foundation)

Would anyone know about this idiot if you didn't cut and paste his posting? And then link it for good measure.

So my story about getting the MOH by shooting down the Red Baron in WWII while flying my F-4 Phantom could come under suspicion?

Seriously, very few who were in actual combat really want to talk about it. There was a guy I worked with at UA who used to brag about being Special Forces in Gulf War I and how many he combatants he "eliminated". The other vets that listened to him told me they didn't buy a word he was saying, they thought more likely he worked KP in the desert.

Not a War Here story, but somewhat related...

In the 70's I was on assignment in Boston, working with a technology group that was developing a new method that would allow the Navy to communicate with submarines that were underwater.

The project manager was a former submariner. Several of us were at lunch when he ”happened” to bring up the fact that he was on the first nuclear-powered sub, the Nautilus, when it made its historical journey under the polar ice cap in 1958. He told us macho stories of how he single-handedly blah-blah-blah...

I was enthralled. I told him that when I was a kid, I had read the book the Captain wrote about the adventure, “Nautilus 90 North.”

He became quiet.

I told him I thought I might still have the book, and if I could find it, I'd bring it in for him to autograph. He became very quiet.

Some weeks later I found the book. In the back, there was a lis off every crew member... every civilian who worked on the project... every polar bear on the ice pack...

My client's name was nowhere to be seen.

The subject of the Nautilus was never again mentioned by either of us.