Stolen Valor Is So Grubby—Stolen for What? To Impress Who?
Why would he need to claim even my tiny war? That insignificant skirmish? He’d already claimed a Purple Heart—did he need Grenada? Panama?
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Help us growNathan Webster was an Army photojournalist, serving in Operation Desert Storm. He embedded in Iraq as a freelance photojournalist several times from 2007 to 2009. He lives in New Hampshire.
Why would he need to claim even my tiny war? That insignificant skirmish? He’d already claimed a Purple Heart—did he need Grenada? Panama?
A journalist learns of death that paralleled the moment he took his favorite picture.