[Bob]

I was told Viet Nam couldn't afford a medal so they only gave the green ribbon. The U.S. gave a yellow medal with ribbon.

I don't know about that. They were able to afford mine. :=)

The yellow ribbon with two green stripes on the outside, three red ones in the center, and a star is another one that everyone got. I really do need to look these up online. I haven't even thought about them for years (actually decades) until this thread came up.

[Terry Mross]

Like you, my memory has faded some. My memory is that one was given by the U.S. with a medal and the other was from South Viet Nam and was a ribbon only.

Either way, I'd still like to know what Kerry's "11" medals were for. He even used the term "9" that he says he through over the fence. Was he saying he threw over the PH medal with two oak clusters and calls it "3" medals?