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Originally posted by Superbelt
I believe your account you gave says it. He was preparing to go on the mission, as the helicopter they stepped out of was taking off, he saw a grenade on the ground with no pin. He bent over to pick it up and ultimately shielded his fellow soldiers from a blast that could have killed many people.
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According to the account I found, he thought it had fallen off his web belt and was picking it up. Nothing about doing it to shield his fellow soldiers and the like as his camp and others like to insinuate. He was not yet on a combat mission but in preparation to go on one.
It's really only nitpicking on both sides. Does Cleland play up his war wounds? Yep. Does the author of the posted article point that out? Yep. Does the author of the article imply that Cleland isn't a war hero? Yep. Is every bit of this wrong on some level? Absolutely.
Those berating the author of the article are overlooking Cleland's exaggeration and those berating Cleland are overlooking the rest of his record.