[soozla]

I understand that none of his wounds required him to leave his post...meaning they were superficial enough to allow him to continue his honorable service to our country for the entire 4 months he was in Nam....and since they had a rule which allowed wounded service persons to request early "out" after receiving three injuries, he received the third injury for which he was awarded a purple heart and two days later he requested his "early out".......this I discovered by doing some preliminary research...will do more.....much more!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

He only had 3 months in country best i can tell. (Bush had more days flying than Kerry had in Vietnam.)

Dec to late February, early March.

Then he requested transfer back home to go to an "admiral aide" position in Boston.

Even from easy of a position, he requested early discharge to go run for Congress!

[Grammy]

I was listening to Col. Oliver North on Hannity yesterday. He said he had 2 purple hearts from his service in Vietnam. He had other wounds, but because of the 3 and out rule, he never accepted any other purple hearts. You see, Oliver North wanted to be there doing what he was trained to do, and Kerry took the first ticket out he could get.