Johnson got a direct commission while a congressman. He was riding in a plane
that was attacked. His "mission" was bogus, the decorations for it were bogus,
but the bullets were apparently real.

No, the bullets weren't real. Johnson's plane turned back early and
was never part of the mission as accomplished. Quoting here, referring
to Martin Caiden's "The Mission" upon which all these accounts are
based:

The passage was a gripping account of courage under fire -- except,
according to the sole surviving crew member -- it was pure fiction.

"No way," said retired Army Staff Sgt. Bob Marshall. "No, that story
was made up, put in there in my mind by the author of the book. 'Cause
we never seen Zero, was never attacked. Nothing."



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