Crew Contradicted Kerry Over Battle, Doctor Alleges

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 5, 2004 | Stephen Braun

[kellynla]

WASHINGTON — A former Navy doctor who says he treated Sen. John F. Kerry for the wound that led to his first Purple Heart in Vietnam said Tuesday that several of Kerry's crewmates told medical personnel at the time that the injury did not occur in battle.

[kellynla]

We finally learn who the doctor was who attended to Ketchup's first "wound" in which he "mysteriously" was awarded his first Purple Heart.

[Pikamax]

this in the LA times??? shocked..

[onyx]

Hardly on the front page.
It's buried, but it's there.

[Rome2000]

Its a legitimate news story, it should be in the LAT and everywhere else.

Now Kerry will yell at the first reporter who questions him on it, and then the press willl let the story fade away.

[an amused spectator]

"oops" bump ;-)

[Mo1]

Hey Tonk .. Over here

[Constitution Day]

[Arrowhead1952]

Another kerry purple heart ping.

[Zeppo]

Yes, this is apparently a follow-up to this National Review article by Byron York.

A quick search on Google News using the search term "louis letson" shows about a half dozen other press citings, including the Seattle Times and Chicago Tribune.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[kellynla]

and to add more fuel to the "Frank Burns PH" fire

[JesseHousman]

..this in the LA times??? shocked..

You shouldn't be shocked. Hillary Clinton is the LA Times candidate of choice.

[Mo1]

Kerry did not respond directly, but campaign officials angrily dismissed Letson's account and questioned why another medical official's signature appeared on Kerry's own records of his treatment for the wound. The Kerry campaign also said it had already posted online a copy of all official documents Kerry received from the Navy in his military file.

"If these people have different recollections 35 years later of what they saw or signed, they ought to take it up with the U.S. Navy," Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said.

Gee .. calling these Vets liars huh?

Oh and Meehan .. We can't take it up with the Navy because Kerry won't sign that dang form

[kellynla]

more like a "Frank Burns PH"...

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hanoi Kerry at his "moment of glory."
What a piece of ******
The media WILL NOT mention this book.
I will!
The cover is a insult to Iwo Jima vets,
then it gets worse towards Viet Nam vets.
I was there the same time Hanoi Kerry was.
I served on a Destroyer which supplied PBR's
and gave gunfire support in North AND South Viet Nam.
My ship may have even supplied Hanoi Kerry's boat.
I VOW I will do everything I LEGALLY can
to keep this traitor from being elected.
I owe it to those who gave their all.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Is it possible to copy and paste the whole article? It won't let me access it unless I'm registered, which I don't want to be for a variety of reasons. If it's not against FR rules, could someone provide a link that doesn't require me to register with them? Thanks if you can.

[R. Scott]

Then why was he awarded the PH?

[onyx]

Oh and Meehan .. We can't take it up with the Navy because Kerry won't sign that dang form



Exactly right.
That's the crux:
the vets WANT him to sign the form.
Why won't he?
HA!
The truth will not set him free.
It'll hurt him.
Fatally.

[kellynla]

Excellent news conference yesterday by the "Swifties" eh...
Too bad that it was largely ignored by the major news media...
But Laura Ingraham discussed it on her radio show this am and said that she would be inviting some of the members on her show.

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Kerry did not respond directly, but campaign officials angrily dismissed…

The beauty of all this is that Kerry campaign officials spend their entire day angrily dismissing things.