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Originally Posted by HarryT
It depends whether the inaccuracies fall within your field of expertise or not. If they do, they can be infuriating; if they don't, the reader probably isn't going to even notice. I wouldn't have known the "Congressional Medal of Honor" was wrong, had you not told me that it was.
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I will go along with this.
It applies to movies as well.
Example:
Three Kings with George Cloony.
During the period in question,
NOBODY just up and went anywhere out in that desert.
All troop movements were authorized in advance with a roster made of who would be on each detail. Troops at checkpoints verified vehicles on the move to see if the personnel matched the rosters. If there was any question the post radioed both the originating unit and the command unit. Under no circumstance could anyone of any rank bloviate their way through a checkpoint, and an Officer or NCO of any rank that tried any such thing was going to have a real unpleasant consequence for the attempt - as would the troops manning a checkpoint that allowed it.