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Stolen valor occurs when a person lays about receiving armed service decorations that he or she has in simple fact never gained. It has turned into a major societal problem that is mentioned numerous times in the news headlines and, most recently, by the united states Supreme Court. Corresponding to The New York Times, the Section of Veterans Affairs paid disability advantages to more than six hundred people falsely declaring to have been POWs in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. The amount of stolen valor circumstances reported to the FBI has tripled within the last decade. In fact, more imposters lay about getting high armed service declarations for battlefield bravery than the real range of real-life hero recipients. These imposters trade on tales and the trappings of armed service valor to secure privileges such as job breakthroughs and even unearned veterans' benefits. Because officially accepted valor is a getting in touch with cards of trust and courage, many of these imposters steal" it to invade the lives of individuals and institutions, for personal gain and frequently with legal results. In Restoring Valor, Doug Sterner provides riveting case studies of the stolen valor imposters he's investigated and subjected, and the serious crimes - including murder - they've committed. He chronicles the advancement of stolen valor from the inception of the republic to today. Sterner shows why the federal legislations he and his wife Pam helped to enact, called the Stolen Valor Take action, is necessary.
