Is the American Legion Commander lying about his service? [View All]

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Per the Boston Globe, Paul Morin who is current commander of the American Legion refers to himself as a Vietnam Veteran however his service consists of a two year tour at Fort Dix in the early 70's.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003467772

It would be fair to refer to him as a "Vietnam Era" Veteran but he never served in Vietnam. Crap likes this pisses me off and it apparently pisses Max Cleland off who called the claim a lie. Morin is the knucklehead who was so "outraged" at John Kerry's knucklehead comment about getting stuck in Iraq and demanded an apology. Well now Morin legitimately owes all real Vietnam Vets an apology but being the good conservative leader he is I doubt it will be forthcoming.

Caveat: I enlisted in 72 but never served in country Vietnam and would never refer to myself as a Vietnam Vet because it would be the wrong thing to do. And, unlike American Legion members I would not give george bush a standing ovation for anything.