Lying about military service
Bookworm on Mar 13 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Media matters, Military
In the wake of past wars (pre-Vietnam), noncombatant men used to lie about having served as a way to increase their status: even though one of these confabulators might have spent the war as a sidings salesmen in Paducah, he could increase his standing amongst the credulous by claiming to have fought his way [...]









