[a fool in paradise]

Kerry's bronze star citation says his boat and four others were receiving small arms and automatic weapons fire, and that Rassmann was receiving sniper fire from both banks. 35 years later, anti- Kerry veteran Larry Thurlow, commander of a nearby boat says there was never any fire.

Did everyone on these 5 boats received bronze stars for the incident?

[Red Steel]

In 2004, Kerry released documentation for all his 3, dubious, Purple Heart medals, which he used as justification to leave Vietnam very early.

What Kerry made public was incomplete and insufficient. I and few others here found he tried to duplicate and obscure one of his Purple Hearts.