[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

John Kerry's first request for a deferment from active duty was denied.

I suspect that JohnEffingKerry enlisted only after his "war record and future political career"(ala JFK); was being concocted over cocktails at the Kennedy Compound in Hyanissport.

[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

typo: Hyanisport

[Zman516]

I've always figured Kerry got his medals because he was a Kennedy family suck buddy. It doesn't sound like he did anything that the rest of the Vietnam grunts didn't do routinely every day.
And three Purple Hearts in four months without so much as a day in the hospital or any convalescent leave? BS!! The RATS insisted on GW showing his ANG records, let's see Kerry's records.

[Travis McGee]

Exactly!