P. J. Alling wrote:

>I wouldn't call the person who told you the story a liar, but a certain 
>amount of embellishment is often the case.  Sometimes to the extent that 
>the original story is changed beyond recognition, or entirely made up.  
>I've been told first person accounts of a Vietnam War story by two 
>different people.  The stories were nearly identical.  They both 
>couldn't be the same person, could they?  Most probably they heard a 
>good story and passed it on with themselves as the protagonist.  I'm not 
>saying thats the case here, but I'd take the story with a grain of salt 
>until I have independent confirmation.  It wasn't delivered under oath 
>in court was it?

No. He was sitting at my kitchen table and we were talking about
people he knew in school.
 
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