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Kerry Purple Heart Doc Speaks Out
National Review Online ^
| May 04, 2004
| Byron York
Posted on 05/04/2004 2:47:46 PM PDT by rwfok
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To: 4mycountry
You mean that they actually would mind if the next civil war started on their property? Couldn't they gleen somekind of lesson for you out of it? I know I could!
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:30:36 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(For Tali Hatuel, her son & daughters Tehila, 11; Hadar, 9; Roni, 7; and Meirav, 2 - Kill Arafat)
To: cajungirl
Okay...thanks for clarifying that.
To: woodyinscc
Kerry is an affront to all other PH recipients, who did their job while in harms way. This man is pathetic and will never be elected. Not all purple heart recipients, you know like ones that jump down out of helicopters and drop their own grenades and blow them self up.
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:33:30 PM PDT
by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's floats, Mary Jo's don't!)
To: rwfok; Howlin
The wound was covered with a bandaid. That says it all. Sounds like the same thing should occur for his candidacy.
To: cajungirl; mass55th
Thanks!
(geeeez.... freepers are great! A wealth of knowledge!)
To: rwfok
A boo boo just the one he received when he fell down and went boom on the ski slopes and on his expensive bike...wonder how many other spills this accident prone idiot has had?
246
posted on
05/04/2004 5:36:53 PM PDT
by
GailA
(Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
To: NorthWoody
I have been saying this for awhile,their should be a test before one can vote!!!!
To: mass55th
Letson graduated from Med school in 1966, so he probably did his 4 years in the Service until 1970, at which time he took the licensing exam as he was returning to civilian life.
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
maica
(Member of Republican Attack Machine, RAM, previously known as the VRWC)
To: calcowgirl
I swear I never had a question that a Freeper wasn't an expert on,,quite amazing really.
249
posted on
05/04/2004 5:39:39 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: GailA
The medals don't really bother me....the lies do.
If he said we committed atrocities and admittedly, was guilty of the same, THEN we have a problem because no soldier is required to perform an illegal order.
Yet, Kerry continued to carry out the illegal order....And the question is, Were they HIS illegal orders.
250
posted on
05/04/2004 5:42:15 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: lstanle
I can imagine how the Doc would remember a grown man, a Naval Officer no less, coming in with such a minor "wound", I guess the Doc took copious notes, but with thousands of patients going through his sick bay in Vietnam followed by many more later on in private practice, I find it hard to believe that he would remember treating one LTJG with what amounted to a splinter that Kerry could have pulled out himself. The only reason Kerry sought treatment was to document a PH.
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:44:05 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: maica
Probably he did internship till 1967 then went in for two years,,that was the period drafted physicians served. And most went to Viet Nam. And this guy was a southerner from Alabama,,he would not forget a supercilious prick like Kerry. Interesting Kerry's crew told the Doc the truth.
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:45:03 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: kabar
Southern Doctors won't forget pikers and malingerers with Boston accents. The fact that the guy's crew talked to the Doc tells me something,,,the Doc either was in a small opeeration where everyone knew everyone, Kerry had a rep as a piker or people truly hated him. You ought to hear my hubby tell stories chapter and verse of things that happened with people in the service,,,docs don't forget memorable patients.
253
posted on
05/04/2004 5:47:55 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: mass55th
"Thanks...that means that Letson wasn't a licensed physican at the time he treated Kerry for his first wound which allegedly occurred on Dec. 2, 1968."
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No, that means that he wasn't a licensed physician in that state on Dec 2, 1968.
To: cajungirl; mass55th
when one went into the army straight out of internship one wouldn't have a state license. You don't need it in the army, That's what I wanted to say, before the phone rang and dragged me away.
255
posted on
05/04/2004 5:49:35 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 a.m. EDT, until she's safe.)
To: rwfok
Could have kissed the boo-boo and saved a band aid.
256
posted on
05/04/2004 5:51:50 PM PDT
by
norton
To: Pukin Dog
We will probably never see those records. These are RUMORS. I heard somewhere that it was over his battle with prostate cancer. I think that Kerry is afraid of falling into the same trap that his predecessor Paul Tsongas fell into -- proving that he's cured from the cancer and then dying a few years later from it.
-PJ
To: mass55th
Can answer for Navy policy...but Medics were ALWAYS available (sort of a triage) in the Army when ANY unit returned to base...and had faced enemy fire.
To take care of any wounds such as Kerry's.
My guess is that the Navy had pretty much the same policy.
redrock
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:54:50 PM PDT
by
redrock
("Better a Shack in Heaven....than a Mansion in Hell"---My Grandma)
To: rwfok
I Don't Know the "Criteria," but I have been "Lead to Believe" that a "Purple Heart Wound" is one Inflicted by Enemy Action which Diminishes or Prevents a Soldier from Continuing his/her mission.
Under Normal Criteria, Mr Kerry's (Bandaid Wound) would NOT Qualify for a "Purple Heart."
But, Then, "Politics" have not been "Factored Into" the "Purple Heart Calculation!"
The 'Doc's report was NOT "Flattering!"
It's SO HARD to uncover "The Truth" when Powerful Political Forces are involved.
Mr Kerry's Truncated Military Service & Questionable Injuries speak Volumes about his Loyalties/Values/Ambitions & his reliability "in the Trenches."
He is NO "JFK!!"
I fear Mr Kerry has FAR MORE TO HIDE than we all have yet Discerned.
I Fear That--as MOST of his "Vietnam Collegues & Commanders" have Asserted (On Paper), Mr Kerry Is Not Fit to be "Commander-in-Chief" of America.
Until Proven Otherwise, John Kerry is a DEEPLY FLAWED Individual, Whose "Character" is UNFIT to serve as "CIC" of America.
Since he is the Likely Democratic Candidate for President, I would DEARLY LOVE FOR SOMEONE to present Evidence that Mr Kerry is an Honorable Man.
To Date, ALL OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE indicates that Mr Kerry is a Prevaricating Political Opportunist of the WORST kind--a Man with NO Conscience!!
Hopefully, I will be Proven "Wrong!"
Until I am Shown to be incorrect, Mr Kerry is, Indeed, UNFIT to be President!
Doc
To: small voice in the wilderness
Goofier than most, but not as goofy as gore, staring down the barrel of his rifle. The one that wouldn't let him have bullets, or even a magazine?
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posted on
05/04/2004 5:56:41 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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