[Oblongata]

"Bronze Star Signature:

Silver Star Signature:

9/11 Report Signature:"

The first two are clearly autopen signatures. You can tell because there are no "tails", where the pen is gradually lifted off the paper while moving. In other words all the lines end abruptly, as if the pen stopped moving then was lifted.

The third is clearly a hand signature. You can see the tails. Plus the first two are identical, while the third shows some variation.

Does anyone have dates for the first two signatures? or is that info lost forever?

[claudiustg]

Would you believe the Government routinely embellishes awards citations and then signs them with "autopen"?

[mass55th]

"Does anyone have dates for the first two signatures? or is that info lost forever?"

There's no dates on the citations themselves, but I read on another thread that the Kerry campaign claims these citations were requested in 1986 for framing purposes. They were probably done when Kerry was elected Senator so he could hang them in his office on Capitol Hill.