I fully accept the research results that many of you posted. I have thought about this for several days and have concluded that the man in my barracks somehow, and for his own private reasons, faked the CMH. I never saw the medal itself and I now doubt that he had the medal. I only saw what he said was the CMH ribbon. I had never seen one before. None of my fellow cadets probably had ever seen one before either, except perhaps in a military museum or something similar. We were as green as gourds, gullible, and eager to fly. We just accepted what he said as true. I suspect the 2nd Lieutenant was totally unprepared for what happened. My observation of the officer was that he was "shook" when it happened. That may have been the only time the cadet wore the ribbon but I am not certain of that. I also now think the guy set up the officer on purpose since that particular officer had a bad reputation with the cadets.
I did see and hear what I said in my OP. The rest of what I posted is now not my opinion, was most likely inaccurate - or worse - and should be ignored.
I am sorry for the dust up this has caused. It was not intentional.
Hoyt W.