I can't make up my mind about Legion4.
That he's a Walt of some kind is for sure - the insistence on constantly quoting his service record is, to me, a sure sign that he's trying to convince someone of something.
But I think it's more that he wants to convince himself that those halcyon days - where he never saw any combat and never truly tested himself (in his eyes that is) - still meant something. His military service, I believe, eats at him because somewhere inside he feels he somehow hasn't measured up; why else the repeated commentary on his service record?
I think he served - I'm less convinced about the officer bit but unwilling to brand him a liar without further proof (though that spelling and grammar is very questionable). But he obviously misses his Army time in some ways and has to relive it to feel good.
Now many people find it hard to fill that hole when they leave, but most don't harp on like that; take a look at arrse.co.uk, lots of 'old and bold', but they don't talk like L4.
So maybe he's a 'self-deluding' Walt. He's a Walt of some type for sure.
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