It s a lie. what do you say to the court? well, what i d say is i wish i could have those three judges who did that and take them back to the hanoi hilton, not torture them, but put them next to people who are being torture -d. we call it the heartbreak hotel. i ve been with people who tied from torture, i was close to that. they don t understand what america is about. they get so hung up on right of free speech. certain things are free but it certainly isn t the right to diminish the rights of all veterans. awards anybody who gets an award that is like a bonus. people get bonuses at the end of the year, we don t get bonuses, we work hard and our reputation is so important to us, to receive, and wear it proudly, i can get emotional about the things that i saw in prison, and the things i saw in combat and people dying for freedom and rights on truth and justice all those thins that the medal of honor has embedded in it. they just people like
People are going to say, is this guy real or a fake? it s stealing somewhat of our reputation. i m a recipient of the medal of honor, you ll hear everyone say we work for those who can t and every veteran. it takes away from the whole veteran community. your story is contained in our own book that you wrote about your experience. you were shot down in vietnam trying to rescue a couple of other pilots who had already been downed. you flew 93 combat missions there. you were imprisoned in the notorious hanoi hilton for six years. i mean you really went to hell and back and i believe that s the title of your book essentially. but to have a guy who never even served, never even wore the uniform claiming to be a congressional medal of honor recipient, i mean, leo, you fought for freedom in this country, the ninth circuit says it s his free speech that allows him to claim to be that, even if