[ClearCase_guy]

Very nice timeline.

Add to this the first Purple Heart which was given for an injury Kerry suffered 9 days before he experienced any combat (self-inflicted).

Your timeline shows that his third Purple Heart was also for a self-inflicted injury, received while not under enemy fire.

Three purple heart, two of them fraudulent.
Bronze Star for fleeing the scene of a mine explosion
Silver Star -- with improper V -- for shooting a wounded man in the back.

The guy is a big fraud, and its now impossible to hide it.

[BIGLOOK]

One of the Swiftvets has already said that it takes a while to get to know a guy. From Kerry's total in-country service, subtract the month of training, his brief service on the 44 boat, Kerry's co-OICs and their respective crews got a clear picture in about a month. Usually there is 1.) Shape up and 2.) Or ship out. IMHO, the SB OICs went directly to 2.). That cut Kerry too much slack. Little did they know all that was to follow.