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Kerry Has Shrapnel in Thigh From Vietnam
AP ^ | April 25, 2004 | Nedra Pickler

Posted on 08/19/2004 9:20:29 AM PDT by Shermy

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To: Osage Orange; Shermy; All
If you haven't yet found the excerpts from Unfit for Command, that the Wash Times is running, it's not to be missed!

Here's a little bit from yesterday's article (running in 3 parts):

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"When Kerry was dispatched to go to An Thoi with Lt. Tedd Peck (who would retire as a Navy captain), Peck told him: "Kerry, follow me no closer than a thousand yards. If you get any closer, I'll teach you what a real Purple Heart is."

181 posted on 08/19/2004 12:51:40 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Shermy

"The Kerry campaign allowed 19 reporters who travel with Kerry to talk to his doctor and view the medical file for about 30 minutes. Reporters had to sign the file in and out and were not allowed to take a copy."

It appears Dammocraps take better care of Kerry medical records than of national security documents.


182 posted on 08/19/2004 12:51:59 PM PDT by sitetest
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To: All

The Wash Times article goes into the wounds he received -- on the first occasion, the doctor looked at his "unimpressive" wound, and asked Kerry "Why are you here?"


183 posted on 08/19/2004 12:54:56 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: jos65
What kind of fools do they take the American public to be?

The kind that will vote for a self aggrandizing, lying, backstabbing seditious traitor.
184 posted on 08/19/2004 12:57:23 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Imaverygooddriver

You are absolutely right, but a piece of rice would have simply dissolved at some point. I suspect the shrapnel was really rice. :)


185 posted on 08/19/2004 12:59:07 PM PDT by MistyCA
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To: Shermy
"Doyle said if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him."

No kidding? If I stick a fork in my eye during dinner, I might be blinded too!

186 posted on 08/19/2004 1:10:32 PM PDT by canalabamian (Common sense, unfortunately, is not very common)
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To: Shermy
Kerry got his first Purple Heart after he got shrapnel in his left arm above his elbow. Doyle said if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him.

The first thing that jumped to mind when I read this was "don't run with scissors!"

Semper disgusted

187 posted on 08/19/2004 1:12:15 PM PDT by Trident/Delta ("Veni..Vedi..Velcro... I came, I saw, I stuck around......")
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To: Docbarleypop

I had a "minor urinary tract infection" at Ft. Benning - not the clap, just where the damn bacteria decided to camp.


188 posted on 08/19/2004 1:42:15 PM PDT by RebelBanker (Puff, the Magic Dragon, lives by the sea...)
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To: ladtx

You have my vote!..but not because of the shrapnel....;)

Thank you for serving our country...


189 posted on 08/19/2004 1:56:27 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: Don Simmons
...an MRI has revealed...
An MRI? Not with a piece of metal in him! It simply isn't done.
190 posted on 08/19/2004 1:57:34 PM PDT by philman_36
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To: Shermy

Something has always bothered me about this. The doctor states that for his third wound (purple heart), Kerry received a a tetanus shot. Tetanus shot is good for three to five years. Does this mean that he did not receive tetanus shots for his first two wounds which resulted in his first two purple hearts? They were not severe enough?


191 posted on 08/19/2004 2:05:44 PM PDT by 12chachacha
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To: MistyCA

That`s why the Dr. left it in, isn`t it? Because it was a piece of rice. So where does he get this "shrapnel" BS? He`s making himself out to be like he`s some sort of disabled Vet, but all he did is get food in him.


192 posted on 08/19/2004 2:17:03 PM PDT by Imaverygooddriver (Never forget: "We will take things away from you for the benefit of the common good"-Hitlery Rodham)
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To: Shermy
danger of serious injury several times

I'm in danger of serious injury -- or even death -- every day when I walk across the street to check my mail. In fact I'm in danger twice, because I have to walk back across the street to my office. I expose myself to all this danger voluntarily, because I could just close my Post Office Box and have the mail delivered. Perhaps I'll put in for a Presidential Medal of Freedom if Kerry wins.

193 posted on 08/19/2004 2:40:05 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Imaverygooddriver

I bet he is getting benefits! I resent the hell out of that guy!!!


194 posted on 08/19/2004 2:48:45 PM PDT by MistyCA
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To: texasbluebell
"When Kerry was dispatched to go to An Thoi with Lt. Tedd Peck (who would retire as a Navy captain), Peck told him: "Kerry, follow me no closer than a thousand yards. If you get any closer, I'll teach you what a real Purple Heart is."

BINGO..!!!

I'm assuming a lot of guy's just blew him off...as long as he wasn't causing them to be in harm's way. And I'm also sure...lot's of guy's knew he was putting himself in for band-aid hearts. I would imagine at times that didn't go over too well...

I'll even go out on a limb and say....if he hadn't of left early...someone would have "handled" that for him. And it wouldn't surprise me one bit....if Kerry knew that many he "served" with didn't think too highly of him. And was a motivating factor in him 3 hearting out.

God help us...if he get's elected.

Thanks for the post...!!

195 posted on 08/19/2004 3:09:58 PM PDT by Osage Orange ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"- Hillary Clinton)
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To: 12chachacha
To the best of my knowledge...you don't need a tetanus shot for a rice impaction.
196 posted on 08/19/2004 3:12:33 PM PDT by Osage Orange ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"- Hillary Clinton)
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To: Osage Orange
Here's a stunning quote from today's Wash Times excerpt -- off subject from this thread I know (can be gotten to by using link in my earlier post above):

"Kerry seemed to believe that there were no rules in a free-fire zone, and you were supposed to kill everyone," Swift Boat veteran William E. Franke of Coastal Division 11 told us. "I didn't see it that way. I will tell you in all candor that the only baby killer I knew in Vietnam was John F. Kerry."

The evidence shows John Kerry was a ruthless operator in the field, with little regard for life...

197 posted on 08/19/2004 4:47:13 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell
will tell you in all candor that the only baby killer I knew in Vietnam was John F. Kerry

That would probably be the small child in the sampan which Kerry neglected to mention in his first report on the incident.

198 posted on 08/19/2004 5:38:45 PM PDT by what's up
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To: Shermy

An X-Ray of his butt would be more appropriate that one of his chest. Let him prove he is carrying shrapnel there. Rest assured he will never allow it.


199 posted on 08/19/2004 5:44:59 PM PDT by hgro
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To: NavySEAL F-16
I still wonder where Doug Brinkley is?

I just heard that he has become a contributor to NBC. I guess that keeps him safely quiet until at least after the election.

200 posted on 08/19/2004 5:50:26 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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