Wish I had the gift of instant recall or a photographic memory because I believe I did read of one instance where the CW service record had been padded but I do not remember who it was that did the stuffing. It would be so nice if we had every reference we've read at hand when things like this come up. I probably saw it in a book I'd checked out of the library. Just because of the nature of the beast, I think some personal accounts given to family or friends may have been a little inflated but they were probably not meant to go down in the official records. Just family talk and Grandpa taking a story from here and another from there to entertain the grandchildren. There were times when my cousins and I sort of 'wondered' about a few of our Uncles WWII stories from their time spent in the Pacific. A couple were verified though. You just don't know for sure unless you can prove it.
Pam