Salute!
It is hard to quickly find someone who received an award/decoration.
I went to the national archives and could not find my DFC, but it could be the dates I entered didn't match. Ditto for my SIlver Star, and I had the dates just right as it was pinned on me by a USAF two-star on the battlefield where the action took place within two weeks of the end. The Army has a quick and dirty process in order to keep morale up and then move on, and they were the ones who put me in for the decoration. Hell, they even had a "program with pictures and a map", just like you would get at a football game. ( Look up :
THE 5TH BATTALION ASSOCIATION - Battle of Y Bridge ) USAF is full of paper pushers and I didn't get the DFC for over a year after my flight lead submitted the paperwork, unbeknownst to me until I had returned to the states and the boss ordered me to a ceremony.
Oh well, I have never met an out and out liar about a war, far as I clould tell. But I have heard confusing stories and embellished ones.
Gums sends...