[Hon]

"Most folks with scratches did NOT put in for PHs, and did not get them. I am referring to Kerrey-like wound requiring no hospitalization and no lost duty.
OTOH, if you were looking for a quick ticket out, you would catalog each and every scratch."

Yep. Notice he put in for reassignment just a day or two after his third wound.

[Texasforever]

Kerry quit as soon as he had mirrored Kennedy's record. He won his silver star by beaching his boat and chasing down a guy that had already been downed by 50-caliber machine gun fire. He put his entire crew in danger by beaching and making his boat a sitting duck in the midst of a general rocket attack. He should have been court-martialed.