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Restoring valor : one couple's mission to expose fraudulent war heroes and to protect America's military awards system / Doug Sterner and Pam Sterner ; with Michael Mink.

by Sterner, C. Douglas, 1950-

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New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., c2013.

United States. Stolen Valor Act of 2005.

United States. Stolen Valor Act of 2013.

Military decorations -- United States.

Military decorations -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Criminal provisions.

Fraud -- United States.

9781626365513 :

273 pages : 24 cm.

A bit of colored ribbon: the history of medals -- Buy a medal -- be a hero -- There ought to be a law -- The stolen valor act -- It'll take an Act of Congress -- It's not like I killed somebody or something -- Going back to where I've never been -- Mother me, smother me, I've suffered much -- Putting the con on Congress -- Putting the con in Congress -- The monster in the closet -- What else are you lying about? -- A lie too far (Xavier Alvarez) -- Rick Strandlof -- a man for all reasons -- The constitutional right to lie -- Stolen valor act 2.0 -- The other side of stolen valor: improperly denied heroism -- The final indignity -- Appendix 1: How to spot a phony -- Appendix 2: FOIA & understanding military records -- Appendix 3: resources -- Appendix 4: The case for a valor database.

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