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Article: NO MORE PRETENDING GREEN BERET ROLE BECOMES REAL.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2002
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Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY
When he walked into Bill Davis' life 10 years ago, the kid was 17, dressed in an Army uniform adorned with military patches he never earned and didn't deserve to wear.
Bill knew it. So did all the guys over at the First City Rifle Corps of Military Explorer Post 124 in Van Nuys. They rode the kid hard for lying.
``He just wanted to be part of a bigger something, a bigger part of America,'' Bill later said. ``He just jumped the gun a little.
``I told him he had to earn the respect that came with those military decorations. Instead of cheating to get it, why not go out and earn it?''
So that's exactly ...