ABC News obtained a copy of WRC-TV’s 1971 interview with Kerry and aired it Monday morning, re-igniting the controversy over Kerry’s anti-war past.
In the 1971 interview, Kerry told Washington’s WRC-TV he “gave back ... six, seven, eight, nine” medals. He answered a questions specifically about “medals.” He said nothing about giving back ribbons only. He made no distinction then, as he does now.
Flash forward to Monday.
In a somewhat heated interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday, Kerry insisted, “I stood up in front of my nation and took the ribbons off my chest” in front of TV cameras, he noted, and then threw those ribbons over a fence.
Traitor and Liar.
Kerry was wounded in his left buttocks by a piece of shrapnel from a hand grenade, which he had thrown into a bin of rice.