[findingtruth]

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.

[FR_addict]

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.

[Redbob]

"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.

[U S Army EOD]

Maybe the VC was a Republican. Kerry would have rewarded himself for that.