From a letter to the editor at Greenville, South Carolina Online:
- The United States Air Force Bronze Star is awarded to members of the
Air Force and “recognizes acts of heroism performed in ground combat.”
It also recognizes “single acts of merit and meritorious service if the
achievement or service is of a lesser degree than that deemed worthy of
the Legion of Merit; but such service must have been accomplished with
distinction.”
I would like to know what “acts of heroism” Sen. Lindsey Graham has performed or what service was “accomplished with distinction.”
Graham’s military record should be under scrutiny. As an Air Force veteran myself, I believe the awarding of the Air Force Bronze Star to Graham does a great disservice to those Air Force and other military branch members who have truly performed acts of heroism and whose service was accomplished with distinction.
Sitting behind a desk at the Judge Advocate’s Office in Iraq and Afghanistan does not qualify as an “act of heroism and accomplishment with distinction.”
The awarding of the Bronze Star to Sen. Graham by some high-ranking general in the Air Force is only because Graham is a senator.
Sen. Graham should be ashamed of himself for accepting an award that so many of our true heroes earned in battle with their wounds and their lives.
I am fortunate to have known real military heroes. Sen. Graham, you are no hero
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