[HankReardon]

It's very ironic that the real war heroes never beat there chest and proclaim themsleves war heroes. North like many, did not officially report any wound after his 2nd injury, if he had he would have been rotated out on Vietnam, he wanted to stay with his men, he felt they needed him. War hero Kerry sprinted to report his 3rd shrapnel wound after 4 months in 'Nam.

[LisaMalia]

It's very ironic that the real war heroes never beat there chest and proclaim themsleves war heroes.

Shades of the PT109 fiasco. Kerry certainly learned from the best. At least they didn't make a movie about Kerry's exploited "heroism".