[Fledermaus]

But that doesn't explain the "in battle" line since I was under the impression from Coulter's article that it was at a training site in Vietnam.

Now, Hunt and others could argue that is "in battle" and I guess I'll give them that distinction. When I normally hear "in battle" is assume a fight against the enemy.

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I guess it doesn't really matter to me whether he was in battle or not. A lot of our guys are being blown up in Iraq and Afghanistan while attempting to dismantle mines or while destroy ammo (we lost eight in one incident the other day). I'm not about to say that disqualifies them as heroes. I personally think Coulter took this one way too far.