So why did he accept it initially?
Maybe he was pressured by Army chain of command...for the recruitment effort.
I don't think he did a "bad job". He just DID his job. The event did'nt warrent ANYTHING but a "thumbs-up" from his team leader, IMO.
He finally made it right, and is a phoney no longer.
Soldier Gives His Medal of Honor to the Brigade He Says Earned It
Stars and Stripes | 9 Jul 2017 | by Nancy Montgomery
VICENZA, Italy -- The Medal of Honor has always hung heavily around Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta's neck. On Wednesday, he finally got to take it off.
In a ceremony marking the 173rd Airborne Brigade's new memorial to all the brigade's soldiers who earned the military's highest award, the former Subway sandwich maker unfastened the medal's blue ribbon from his neck and handed it over to the brigade commander...
...Giunta told Vanity Fair several years ago. "I don't think you know what I did. I didn't do s---."
On Wednesday, he acknowledged a six-year struggle to come to terms with the honor. "I'm not here because I'm a great soldier. I'm here because I served with great soldiers," he said.
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