Three purple hearts and a silver star in one tour? Wow. He sure was busy. I'm glad he wasn't toooo hurt to get that f_ing purple heart so he could move on to the next. If the story about his silver star is true...then Kerry is a f_ing joke IMHO. What kind of officer leaves his men in the field? As a former enlisted soldier I can tell you what kind he is....but I think I'll just let these posts speak for me.
From a previous thread:
He did not finish his tour of duty and used a loophole to leave - not very honorable. His behavior after his service cannot be severed from his time in Vietnam. Kerry is a disgrace - it appears that his service was not for his country or the defeat of communism, but for his political future - the same reason he is running for president.
25 posted on 01/30/2004 1:55:14 AM EST by Time4Atlas2Shrug (Kerry: Commie Symp)
Here's another:
I was in the same exact AO at the same time Kerry was ...and was in a Army platoon that used navy PBRs and Swift boats (during the rainy season) to ferry us into ambush patrol sites....we would patrol and set up night APs for three to four days...and then get extracted by boat during the rainy season and helo during the dry...
If Kerry got a Silver Star for merely hopping off the boat after his gunner prepped the area and killed and/or ran off the only VC and retrieved a launcher and a spare rocket...then something was VERY WRONG with the way the navy awarded medals to junior officers....in that unit - imo
Enlisted soldiers that recieved such high awards in our unit ...were often severely wounded or KIA as a result...regardless- actions that resulted in such high awards WERE ALWAYS directly against INTENSE enemy fire...
A couple of guys in my unit recieved silver stars and one a medal of honor...I can assure you the things they did to get such awards were way way beyond...the call of normal combat duty...
which in itself is harrowing...(even if you are just doing your job)....
Medals in Vietnam were given to those who deserved it- to those who didnt- and many guys who deserved medals didnt get them... imo
37 posted on 01/21/2004 4:46:32 PM EST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)