An example of media hype

[Rootilda]

I think that's splitting hairs, but it would be more accurate to say he was a Vietnam era veteran.  Four years in the USMC ain't nothing and he deserves our thanks for his service.

Correction: Earlier versions of this story incorrectly said that Native American activist Nathan Phillips fought in the Vietnam War. Phillips served in the U.S. Marines from 1972 to 1976 but was never deployed to Vietnam.