so shooting a fleeing vietnamese kid in the back rises to the level of a 'v' on a silver star?
And you joined today just to point this????
You left out the kid was wounded by an M60 machine gun.
they didnt seem to have any problem shooting fleeing American kids in the back......
Though a Silver Star was not merited ..imo...the so called 'Vietnamese Child"...is pure BS
Almost every one of my 11B enlisted grunts at or below the rank of E4 were 19 yrs old and we had a couple of 18 yr olds..
The VC we encountered were as young as 14...when we would assault a ville by air or by river and they were caught by surprise they would run...before they ran they would hide their weapons hoping to be able to talk their way out of a jam if taken prisoner...and also to save the weapon if they sucessfully E & E's US troops....they could sneak back for it later...or their buddies could use it..They did not want to loose weapons to us...
If Kerry shot a 17 yr old unarmed escaping VC in the back..more power to him...the act would ultimately save the lives of my guys...who were all ground pounders in that same AO...
Is Kerry a liar...oh yeah...did he deserve a Silver Star for the act...hell no....if he did I had a buddy in my platoon who earned at least 10 of them that way...and more as he offed a few face to face with their weapons hot and active...
Every time I hear this punk VC that Lt (jg) Kerry shot in the back as a fleeing Vietnamese child I wanna barf....
Knock it off ...please
other than that I dont care how much voltage you use on this troll...