As a child of a Vietnam War Veteran, I saw my father come across at least 1 guy who was lying about service during Nam. It turned out the one guy went as far as purchasing a purple heart from an estate auction (I still can't believe an auction would auction off a veteran's purple heart!) and had dog tags made. What made my father and other nam vets suspicious of this guy was that when they started asking questions, this guy just couldn't keep his stories straight -- one day he would say he was stationed one place, the next day some other place. Eventually the lies crumbled around him and he was outed.
I hope that this guy isn't lying. That the ROTC guys are just bitter or caught up in the rumor mill.
Have your advisor talk to someone high up in ROTC, either to see if they can help obtaining the truth or at least squash the rumor.
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