I accept your criticism WRT fact checking. I haven't checked the facts thoroughly. that someone was regarded a hero for voluntarily fighting the forces that ultimately defeated the nazi was evidently damning enough for me. in my reasoning, it's not relevant whether he was or was not a nazi. I'm not judging him. I'm judging those who mistook him for a hero over the allegation that he fought along with the nazi. at least one person has done just that, and I welcome any rationale you can provide in this person's defense. I understand others may have just been misled by him. I wish the "hero" had had the courage to tell them all right then that he didn't deserve that honor, that he was still ashamed of either choosing that side, or of not having resisted the imposition of fighting with that side, whatever it was.
but that he was celebrated as a hero for fighting the current enemy back when they were an ally... but wait! oceania has always been at war with eurasia! damn eurasia and its infiltrates and propaganda for confusing us so!