Reis Leming was awarded a GM at Hunstanton not a GC. The point is to reward this reservist quickly or risk bringing the whole system into disrepute. The GC isn't on the US list of approved decorations. One lot of bureaucrats (e.g. UK MoD) nit-picking would lead to unacceptable delay. Two lots (i.e. including US DoD and/or DoA) would be a geometric progression towards infinity with nothing actually happening. I take the point about the VC. Surely, there can be no argument and should be no delay about awarding him the DSO? (And I don't consider it relevant whether or not the US or any other country awards him a decoration - in part, I suggest it's a matter of gratitude.)
