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Thanks for finding that! I was trying to find info on that last night.

I'm curious what the difference is in the after-action reports of what Rood and Droz did vs. what Kerry did that they got Bronze and he got Silver? I found Rood's citation here:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:8Z_SzIiglKQJ:www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/chi-040821kerry4-photo,1,6751493.graphic%3Fcoll%3Dla-bottom-elect2004+rood+bronze+star&hl=en

Good Find! And very interesting! One might conclude that one of these is a forgery.
Notwithstanding content differences, here are some things I noticed in a quick comparison:

Two Citations (at least) given for same event of Feb 28, 1969
  Kerry: Silver Star
  Rood:  Bronze Star

Same Signature
  Kerry: E. R. Zumwalt, Jr.
  Rood:  E. R. Zumwalt, Jr.

Similar but different wording.  Example:
  Kerry: Underwater Demolition Team 13
  Rood:  Underwater Demolition Team THIRTEEN

Different font and/or typewriter
  Kerry: Courier ? (with serifs)
  Rood:  ? (San serifs. Font looks like one that was common
         on IBM selectric typewriters... Elite?)

Margins
  Kerry: Narrower margins (and more letters per line)
  Rood:  Wider Margins

     This is obvious in the first line of the citations:

       Kerry: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the 
       Rood:  The President of the United States takes pleasure in