EXETER, R.I. — In yet another case of oppressing Americans' love of country, Exeter West Greenwich Regional high school junior Brad Reynolds was admonished by administrators earlier this week for wearing his Vietnam veteran father's ear necklace to school.

"My dad brought this back from 'Nam and he passed it onto me when he died. It was his most prized possession. He used to wear it every day to show his patriotism and how much he had sacrificed for this country," Reynolds told Duffel Blog. "Nobody has ever complained about it before."

Reynolds recounted how school administrators, along with the West Greenwich Police Department school liaison, approached him during his fourth hour study period and inquired about the patriotic fashion statement. He was then politely asked to take it off .

"I could see if it was a Mother Jones t-shirt or something that might offend somebody," he added. "But these North Vietnamese ears are my birthright. I mean, yeah, they are little rubbery and smell like death, but nobody has ever complained about them being in their way or nothin'."