The Punisher War Journal version of events reads more like the way the Punisher might rewrite it in his mind as he's walking away from what actually happened in the first version.
"And then I'd be all like, 'What about THIS, MR. Flag Man?' And then he'd say, 'Dag, you're right, soldier. I am hecka molded.' And he'd give me a medal -- which I'd toss back in his stupid face!"