To: FR_addict
I was over there myself, and I never heard of any Purple Hearts for phony wounds, but I have heard of some for minor wounds -- wounds which most people would have shrugged off. The problem is that any injury, even a minor one, if caused by enemy action, made you eligible for a Purple Heart.
Kerry's Silver Star I'm not sure about. It seems pretty excessive for chasing and shooting a VC who was trying to escape.
To: findingtruth
Maybe "phony" is the wrong word, maybe I should have said "virtually non-existent" or "very minor superficial" wounds.
If he really had something to crow about, he would release his records.
Thank you for your service.
To: findingtruth
"Kerry's Silver Star I'm not sure about. It seems pretty excessive for chasing and shooting a VC who was trying to escape."A wounded VC, BTW, one previously hit by a at least one 50 cal. round from the swift boat's M2.
I'm trying to imagine that VC being ANY kind of a threat, being ANYthing other than an ambulatory corpse, and I just can't.
68 posted on
04/05/2004 7:24:10 AM PDT by
Redbob
To: findingtruth
Maybe the VC was a Republican. Kerry would have rewarded himself for that.
114 posted on
04/05/2004 8:08:47 PM PDT by
U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.)
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