Posted on 08/23/2004 9:14:50 AM PDT by Pikamax
Kerry's thigh has shrapnel, records show Wound sustained in Vietnam War By and Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | April 24, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry has shrapnel in his left thigh as a result of an injury sustained in the Vietnam War, according to medical records displayed by his presidential campaign yesterday. The records include notations for wounds for all three Purple Hearts, as well as for two bouts of pneumonia and "a minor non-specific urinary tract infection."
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The shrapnel still in Kerry's thigh stems from a Feb. 20, 1969, attack for which he was awarded his second Purple Heart. Kerry has said none of the three Purple Heart wounds cost him more than a couple of days of service. Kerry was able to leave combat six months early under Navy regulations that allowed a thrice-wounded sailor to depart Vietnam early.
Asked yesterday whether the thigh bothers him, Kerry told reporters on his campaign plane: "Only when it rains."
The Kerry campaign removed a 20-page batch of documents yesterday from its website after The Boston Globe quoted a Navy officer who said the documents wrongly portrayed Kerry's service. Edward Peck had said he -- not Kerry -- was the skipper of Navy boat No. 94 at a time when the Kerry campaign website credited the senator with serving on the boat. The website had described Kerry's boat as being hit by rockets and said a crewmate was injured in an attack. But Peck said those events happened when he was the skipper. The campaign did not respond to a request to explain why the records were removed.
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Ping Admin Moderater by hitting "Report Abuse" for post #1 and explain the situation. I agree that it's important that it be corrected.
That piece of metal is from falling on his sword after his scurrilous diatribe about Nam soldiers cutting off ears, heads, arms, killing babies etc etc etc.
"Edward Peck had said he -- not Kerry -- was the skipper of Navy boat No. 94"
Not suprising. They can't figure out which Kerr(e)y is running for President.
Yeah, right.
Very good point!
If Kerry takes ALL the BS off his website, it will just be a "blue screen".
I'm glad you added the word "doctors" in there :-)
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.johnkerry.com/
Here's an archive of his site. Perhaps someone here with more patience, and a stronger stomach than I, can fish around and find these 20 pages?
Kerry was hit by watermelon shrapnel at one of Gallagher's USO appearances.
Correct me if I'm wrong...but the Swiftvets didn't contradict ALL of the purple hearts...only the first and third! Also, the main point is what Dole said...three purple hearts in three months WITH NO TIME OFF!
I had no idea.
And I wonder if his butt expands when there's high humidity?
I've read (sorry, can't remember where) that the shrapnel was so small ("the size of a quotation mark") that doctors decided that the incision to remove it would be so large that it might cause infection and they chose to leave it in. Do you or anyone else have info on the location of this factoid?
The raving lunatics at our arch-nemesis site are saying incorrect documents on Kerry's website is due to sloppy, overworked, and careless web staffers.
Of course. That must be it. We have no reason whatsoever to think Kerry would deliberately embellish, do we?
He's so "done" maybe it's the fork somebody stuck in him.
I hadn't heard that, Carolina. A description I read said it was so small that it was like the thorn of a rose.
SBVT isn't questioning sKerry's 2nd PH. I've heard them say the circumstances may be questionable, but they can't find good evidence to support that; thus, they've chosen not to question PH #2. More obstruction by Kamp sKerry.
I remember that John's PRESENT DOCTOR said he reviewed the records and said John has a piece of schrapnel in his leg. But I DON'T REMEMBER the present Doc saying that he took an xray to confirm it. It would have been a pretty simple thing to do...so why didn't he do it?
So did the Doc give John some Penicillen and read him the riot act on.....you know what.
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