tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post1688565190361478835..comments2023-10-12T03:49:21.321-06:00Comments on Insomnia Notebook: Stolen valor in UtahPostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-23374395005066311872012-05-06T18:03:37.421-06:002012-05-06T18:03:37.421-06:00Kirk, thanks for reminding me of Ellis, whom I'...Kirk, thanks for reminding me of Ellis, whom I'd forgotten, but my specific theme was guys in my local area who are making false claims for honors and awards.<br /><br />I remember that soldiers had a bad rap, including me, who came back expecting some sort of pat on the back and found it hard to get a job. It was also cool for young men to find a way out of serving. Draft dodging was something to brag about. A lot of men who didn't go or who avoided the draft are now quiet about it.Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-70383372344944477722012-05-06T14:24:46.139-06:002012-05-06T14:24:46.139-06:00Don't forget Pulitzer Prize winning historian ...Don't forget Pulitzer Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis, who also lied about having served in Vietnam.<br /><br />When I was growing up in the 1970s, Vietnam veterens were often protrayed by the media, in both news and fiction, as depressed, occasionally crazy, often homeless, and despised by the general public who blamed them for the war. It was said that they never got to march in a homecoming parade, and that people called them babykillers.<br /><br />Thirty years later, and Vietnam vets are apparently envied so much, people fake having served. How times change.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com