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But he didn't lose them. Kerry's website posted them, so he still has the earlier versions. Maybe he reported them lost, but....well, another lie.

Heheheh. He didn't lose the medals either. He threw them away on purpose.

They did NOT post the earliest known Silver citation...the one signed by Zumwalt. We found that one at findlaw.com. And its language is significantly different from the two versions posted by Kerry.

Yes, that one runs more than one page (against regulations) and contains a description of events that day that is helpful to reconstruct history. Elliott, who signed off on the Silver Star, says he would NOT have done so, if Kerry's after action report recited only the same events that are recited in Kerry's book, "Tour of Duty."

FWIW. After the antiwar protesters tossed their medals,it was reported that if they wanted them back,they could have them.

Don't remember who said it but I do remember the reports and the anger they brought to everyone I was working with at the time.We were a "very" conservative group.

Actually, All THREE (sheesh) Silver Star citations ARE on Kerry's website. The original signed by Adm Zumwalt is included in the link titled "Military Service Awards" http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/militaryrecords_1.pdf. It is just before the reissued Bronze Star citation signed by Secretary Lehman (who served from 1981-1987!).

It is so weird to have Vietnam era citations signed by a Navy Secretary twenty years later. Besides Kerry's questionable awards, does anyone know of any other instance of this?

Despite this kooky business of multiple citations, my other beef is how these awards are displayed on the site. Military awards and decorations have an established precedence. The Silver Star is Kerry's most senior award. Yet, all his files lead with the Purple Heart, which has a lower precedence. I wonder if these awards genuinely mean much to Kerry. I think if they did he would have his campaign staffers display them properly. Just another indication to me that Kerry is out of touch with the military, its culture and those who have served.

For genuine Silver Star stories...go here: http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/ac95bc775efc34c685256ab50049d458/400d4f2b6899aac985256e8c00716d2c?OpenDocument
and here: http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/ac95bc775efc34c685256ab50049d458/8834c21993294dac85256ef500502da1?OpenDocument