Participation trophy general

Reminds me of the MASH episode in which Frank Burns puts in and gets a Purple Heart for giving himself a stubbed toe or some such thing when the Chinese was taking pot shots at the 4077th. . .
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Or a real life example Joe Biden propping up his dead son as a war hero who died during an attack/battle.

Or the Boston Butt, aka John Kerry, putting one in because he cut himself shaving.