Wow, didn't read the whole article, but I might need to reconsider my last comment. Handing out 30 from basically one unit? That's fishy.
@catfish1957 I remember reading about a drummer boy in the Union Army during the War of Northern Aggression that was given a Medal of Honor to get him to re-enlist.
Granted,very few people understand that despite not being armed,drummer boys were VERY important targets during this war because both sides tended to march out towards each other in straight lines while firing and being fired at,and it was the drummer boys and their beat that kept everybody in step and in time. Took a LOT of stones for a young boy to do that.