No, Kerry's three months of service were not even that impressive. He got his metal for bravery for going after a man who had already been riddled by machine gun fire and pumping him full of bullets with his hand gun at close range and finishing him off. Some act of bravery. As a matter of fact, his statement that they never took any prisoners may be a reference to his own behavior.
Kerry's Mekong delta stint sounds like war after the spin..but it really wasn;t that terrifying nor grueling.
Not like being a member of say 3rd Marine who landed in country for operation Starlite in 65..and saw some 30 plus killed in a matter of hours..then they stayed in Quang tri prov...the Hill fights near Khe Sahn...Khe Sahn region during TET..the DMZ..the northern Ashua Valley complex.
Most went 2 tours and out in 1969..or home in a body bag.
Driving around Route 9 was like playing Russian roulette..no one was safe..not even crews in their M551 Sheridan tanks which RPG's could whistle thru like butter.
Kerry did'nt *Hump it nowhere..,,he's not that combat experienced to go off and frame the Vietnam veteran as a robotic stooge of the gov.