So, I heard from someone that on the Michael Medved show today, thery were talking with some Brooklyn Lawyer who said that Kerry's DD-214 contains a serious inaccuracy - a really bad one.
What he said was, that Kerry's DD-214 ( http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/DD214.pdf ) contains the listing of his medals, and it shows that he earned a "Silver Star with Combat 'V'". What is being said is that there is no 'Combat V' attachment for the Silver Star, since the Silver Star is already an award for valour, the "Combat V" would be redundant.
Now, looking at his DD-214 (link above) shows that to be true - he does, in fact, list a "Silver Star with Combat 'V'". I've never heard of a Combat 'V' device for the Silver Star - other medals have them depending on circumstances, though...
That appears to be an incorrect entry, and at least to my mind calls into question the authenticity of every record the Kerry Camp has released.
Thoughts, anyone? Has this little issue been discussed before?
That's outrageous! My husband has the silver star and two bronzes, both with V device, that must have been put up by some ignorant kid.
The bronze star can be awarded for merit or for valor. Putting on the V device means it was won for valor.
He has a purple heart, too, and for years kept the 30. cal machine gun bullet that got him the PH.
Some ignorant leftie boob putting that on the website heard somewhere about a V device and jus tthought they'd throw it in. The boob learned all about'critical thinking' in school.