Restoring Valor One Couple?s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America?s Military Awards System

Name: Restoring Valor One Couple?s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America?s Military Awards System
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ISBN: 9781626365513

ISBN-10: 1626365512

ISBN-13: 9781626365513

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Authors: Doug Sterner, Pam Sterner

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Stolen valor occurs when a person lies about receiving military decorations that he or she has in fact never earned. It has become a major societal problem that has been discussed numerous times in the news and, most recently, by the US Supreme Court. According to The New York Times, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid disability benefits to more than six hundred people falsely claiming to have been POWs in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. The number of stolen valor cases reported to the FBI has tripled in the last decade. In fact, more imposters lie about earning high military declarations for battlefield bravery than the actual number of real-life hero recipients. These imposters…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English