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| Author | B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley |
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| Cover artist | Mark McGarry |
| Publisher | Verity Press |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | U.S. |
| Media type | Hardcover Paperback |
| Pages | 692 pages |
| ISBN | 1-56530-284-2 |
| OCLC | 39458833 |
| 959.704/3373/0922 21 | |
| LC Class | DS558 .B85 1998 |
Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History (1998) is a self-published book by B.G. Burkett, a Vietnam veteran, and Glenna Whitley, an investigative journalist. It reveals that numerous people claiming to have been mentally injured by serving in the Vietnam War never served there. In addition, it reveals persons who were mistakenly given military awards. It won the Colby Award for military writers in 2000.