MILITARY AWARDS: EARNED OR NOT, WAS THE CRITERIA MET?

FakeWarriors.com ^ | Thursday, February 05, 2004 | Gerald F. Merna, 1st Lt, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired)

[annyokie]

Read and forwarded.

[annyokie]

Your post is incredible bullsh*t. Shame on you. My husband earned every decoration he has and didn't take any Purple Hearts.

[windchime]

Bump!

[ohioWfan]

BTTT

[deport]

The fact remains he was there and getting shot at...... What he's done beyond that time is plenty to take him to task with. I hope the Bush campaign stays clear of this.

[onyx]

Bush campaign can stay away from this --- we don't have to.

I am still trying to determine if Kerry ever commented on Lt Calley?

[MeekOneGOP]

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[Calvin Locke]

This, unfortunately, degraded the medals' worth.

IMHO, the Silver Star was degraded by MacArthur giving it to Congressman and Lt. Cmdr. Lyndon Baines Johnson for being an
observer on a single bombing raid that was under fire for about 10 minutes.

I wonder how many of the other flight crews in that raid received that medal for that mission?

[steplock]

I didn't say YOUR husband didn't earn his medals! I was explaining the truth of what happens as a rule.

I personally know of officers who really earned the Bronze Star /Silver Star - and yes I personally know of one MOH winner also...but he was only a GySgt at the time.

"There are two sides to every argument, but I'm too busy to listen to yours"

Kind of shows why you reacted to what I said.

BTW I have 3 PH - but I did not earn a bronze star - The USMC has very stringent standards where .... "uncommon valor is a common virtue"

If you see a Marine with a Bronze Star - He has definitely earned the right.

If you see a sailor with a Bronze Star - I'd wager he was a Corpsman (or flight deck) and deserves a salute!

[TruthNtegrity]

McCain's pilot ability was also questioned. I believe I read that he was reponsible for losing no less than 3 F104's, or whatever he was flying. I forget. But he ditched them and chuted out to safety except for the third time - when he was captured.

[annyokie]

Your statement was a blanket endicment of the Officers in your and others outfits. My husband has six Bronze Stars, 2 DFCs and five commands under his belt. Your best charge is to attach my tagline, rookie.

[PhilDragoo]

VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST JOHN KERRY
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2004
U.S. VETERANS & VIETNAMESE UNITE TO OPPOSE JOHN KERRY

Contacts:

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Ted Sampley, Vietnam veteran - (252) 527-0442 - cell (252) 521-2146
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Vietnamese Americans Against John Kerry
Dan Tran, president of the Vietnam Human Rights Project - cell (281) 772-0510
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Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry (V.V.A.J.K.) today announced a national coalition with Vietnamese Americans for Human Rights in Vietnam.

"We represent hundreds of thousand of American veterans who do not want to see John Kerry any where near the Oval Office," said Ted Sampley, founder of V.V.A.J.K, and a U.S. Army Green Beret and veteran of two combat tours in Vietnam.

Said Sampley, "I have personally dealt with John Kerry on the issue of US POWs left behind in Vietnam. Kerry is not truthful and is not worthy of the support of US veterans. Many Vietnam vets have been duped into thinking Kerry is their friend. He is not. To us, he is ‘Hanoi John’"

Dan Tran said speaking as a member of Vietnamese Americans Against John Kerry, "On behalf of tens of thousands of Vietnamese-Americans, we are determined to demonstrate against Senator Kerry all across this nation."

Dan Tran, a NASA engineer and president of the Vietnam Human Rights Project, said, "John Kerry aided and abetted the communist government in Hanoi and has hindered any human rights progress in Vietnam."

"John Kerry has fought harder for the Vietnamese communists than he fought against them in Vietnam," says Mike Benge, former civilian Viet Nam POW. "In the Senate, Kerry blocked Vietnam Human Rights (and religious freedom) Bill on behalf of Hanoi, while the Vietnamese communists continue to wage a war of repression against the non-communist Vietnamese and a war of genocide against our former allies the Montagnard ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands of Vietnam."

The Coalition plans nationwide demonstrations against Kerry beginning with the New York and Massachusetts primaries.

Coalition spokesman Mike Benge, a US POW in Vietnam for 5 years is available for interviews.

Above posted on Useful Fools

Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry

C. Stewart Forbes, Chief Executive Officer of Colliers International (Kerry's cousin), was awarded a contract worth billions designating Colliers International as the exclusive real estate agent representing Vietnam. Posted by Ben Gustofik at February 7, 2004 08:03 AM

[opbuzz]

For about the fourth time, I know a Special Forces officer who got a Bronze Star for being an admin officer during the first gulf war.

Go figure.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[onyx]

Thank you for the ping back to your enlightening thread.

Phil you have put together a most imformative expose' on the man who hopes to buy the presidency. Much appreciated, and let's keep it bumped to the top.

[Congressman Billybob]

Thanks for the ping. For a different, and eyewitness, account on Kerry, take a look at my latest column just posted on FreeRepublic. The title is, "John (Benedict?) Kerry."

Congressman Billybob

Click here, then click the blue CFR button, to join the anti-CFR effort (or visit the "Hugh & Series, Critical & Pulled by JimRob" thread). Don't delay. Do it now.

[Congressman Billybob]

Good evening, my friend. It is good to meet you on a thread other than anti-CFR.

Because of your interest in this subject, you will probably appreciate my latest column, "John (Benedict?) Kerry," just posted on FreeRepublic. I think you will find it interesting.

Cordially,

Congressman Billybob

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[PhilDragoo]

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said that Kerry, "who drew rave notices in the media for his eloquent testimony before Congress," was using material ghosted for him by a former Kennedy speech writer (Adam Walinsky).

Pictured above, VVAW supported demonstration during the Washington Spring Offensive, April - May 1971. Notice the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong flags.

Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda being interviewed after their return from North Vietnam. Jane Fonda tells the world press that the American Prisoners of War were being well treated and not tortured.

Phil's note: O'Reilly had Hank Holzer author of Aid and Comfort: Jane Fonda in North Vietnam and Tom Hayden on together. Hank Holzer had the facts; Hayden was taken aback.

Here we have Fonda who betrayed our troops, then got implants. Kerry who betrayed our troops in 1971 and our POWs in 1993--

And gets botox injections--yeh, right, act like a maggot, just don't have small breasts or wrinkles--

Who's looking out for America?

HanoiJane.net

[Congressman Billybob]

Some of the stuff on John Kerry is right on the surface, if you've known him for 41 years, as I have. Take a look at "John (Benedict?) Kerry," which I just posted on FreeRepublic.

Congressman Billybob

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