Vascular injury secondary to gunshot wound: wanna be, gonna be, never was

This case report is unusual not because of the history of gunshot wound but because the patient lied about the injury. The patient stated that he was wounded in combat while serving in Vietnam. When records were verified, it was discovered that the patient was not a veteran and, therefore, could not have been injured in combat. The fact that this patient claimed to be a combat veteran but never served in the military brings to mind the words from the well-known Airborne cadence "Wanna Be, Gonna Be." However, in this case the patient never was.