I’ve read dozens of WW2 biography/auto biography/first person account books as well a hundreds of books on the subject, it was obvious this man could tell quite the “story”. He certainly put himself on a pedestal with his telling his superiors what to do, getting blown up into the air with relatively minor injuries, getting interrogated by none other than Himmler himself to telling his prison guard what to do, didn’t mention the name of the Sargent he was initially imprisoned with(not to mention giving HIM his take on trying to escape), the Dutch girls ogling over him and and asking the P-51 pilot why he bailed out of “a perfectly good airplane”, why was he dressed the way he was and then looking at him with disdain upon hearing his answer. This was supposedly a man who was kicked out of the Airborne, spent time in a “spotlight” company only to be welcomed back into the Airborne with open arms who didn’t want ANYTHING to do with promotions yet practically making himself out to be the soldier that Captain America was based on. Many of my Father’s friends who served and saw combat action,NEVER bragged about ANYTHING they did and were quick to say that those who bragged didn’t see S**t in the way of combat. Completely disrespectful to those who saw and were exposed to the worst of the worst of humanity. Oh I forgot about the time in the Stalag when he defied the orders of four guards with weapons trained on him, to stop helping a man that was shot up to the hospital and THEY ended up standing aside so he could help save the man’s life. I have never read or heard or read of a single soldier who was as “brave” and “valuable” to the cause in their own mind🤦‍♂️