[angkor]

These officers were surprised to later learn that Kerry had received a HP after they were transfered to other duties.

Another stranger-than-strange event in the Kerry record (and the deeper you dig, the stranger it gets).

The PH was approved on Feb. 28, 1969 by a Donald Still, chief staff officer for the U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Saigon (now deceased). This is very strange, since U.S. Naval Support Activity was the logistics (not combat) command for South Vietnam. NSA handled the contruction and supply of nearly all naval bases in the Mekong Delta, including Cat Lo and Sa Dec, where Kerry was stationed.

http://www.mrfa.org/saigon_b.htm

But as mentioned, Still was essentially a Saigon logistics officer, and how Kerrys application for a PH came to his attention is a complete and utter mystery. Kerry was at no time under the command of Naval Support Activity Saigon.

One can only speculate that Kerry somehow located a "friendly ear" with a command position.

[js1138]

ping to #101

[js1138]

That's worth a thread of its own.