Also, it looks like the wounds were quite superficial, given that his commander said he lost ZERO duty days. I'm reminded of that scene in "Band of Brothers" where one injured soldier was celebrating his third purple heart, dancing around his hospital bed while the guy next to him is barely moving due to a much more severe injury and only one purple heart.
War is war, you do what you have to to get back home to momma. I don't appreciate however how Kerry believes his war experience and subsequent anti-war experience make him bulletproof against criticism.
Hopefully someone will force him to explain how he rediscovered his pride in wearing those medals he "returned".
"I don't appreciate however how Kerry believes his war experience and subsequent anti-war experience make him bulletproof against criticism."
I don't either. And as I've mentioned, LBJ had a Silver Star. Heck, Timothy McVeigh had numerous decorations--including a Bronze Star with a V for valor.
I will once again note that NOBODY in recent memory has played up their war record like Kerry has. Not even JFK (the first). He hardly mentioned it. It was only after he was elected that most people even heard about it--thanks to the movie "PT-109."
How much did we hear about GWH Bush's war record in WWII? Or Bob Dole's? Hardly a peep. And certainly they never brought it up. But that is all Kerry can talk about.