Navy Probes Kerry Medal

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[rdl6989]

NEW YORK — In what has been described as a routine process, the Pentagon's inspector general's office on Thursday referred to the secretary of the Navy a request to investigate medals won by John Kerry in Vietnam.

Navy sources said the service will probe the medals, but added that most questions have arisen because of what appear to be errors in processing records.

Kerry received five medals during his four months in combat in Vietnam. Judicial Watch asked the Pentagon to investigate Kerry's receipt of the Silver Star with a "Combat V" designation, which stands for valor under fire.

Kerry's campaign Web site includes military records listing the Combat V citation. Navy procedures show that the Silver Star cannot carry a Combat V designation because part of the reason the medal is awarded is for valor under fire — the added designation would be redundant. The findings of the probe, therefore, will not change the record of Kerry's Vietnam service.

The Navy has said that it's the responsibility of all personnel to correct errors in official records.

At the time, Kerry told the Boston Herald that wrongly wearing the medals is a severe error in judgment.

"Is it wrong? Yes, it is very wrong. Sufficient to question his leadership position? The answer is yes," he is quoted as saying.

Kerry also spoke to the Boston Globe about the matter.

"If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value, self-esteem and your sense of how others view you."

Judicial Watch representatives said the group also wants an investigation into Kerry's third citation for the same Silver Star. In 1986, Kerry received the third citation after requesting a copy of his original citations.

[PhilDragoo]

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[nopardons]

Woooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooo! This IS going to hurt.:-)

[shield]

Oh God HOW FUNNY....I'm laughing my A$$ off!!!!

[JulieRNR21]

This is getting HOT HOT HOT!

[cookcounty]

" C'mon can't we stop talking about Kerry's Viet Nam record and talk about the important things like his Senate record? Oops, never mind, can't talk about that either. Anything else about Kerry that we are allowed to talk about?"

Well, owing to the fact that he's spent his whole life trying to figure out which way the wind is blowing, he's developed a pretty good record as a senior-class amateur wind-surfer.

[nopardons]

bttt

[TASMANIANRED]

ping

[Grampa Dave]

Senator Sensitive!

[BIGLOOK]

I'm requesting that the US Navy upgrade my National Defense Medal with a "V" for disembarking a Freedom Bird into hostile territory.

[pizzalady]

"...Kerry also spoke to the Boston Globe about the matter.

"If you wind up being less than what you're pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value, self-esteem and your sense of how others view you." ..."

Did he really say "Wind up being less than what you're PRETENDING to be"??
Slip of the tongue or the 1st time he's made a truthful statement?

[Grampa Dave]

le Jacquestap moi Kerri, the great medal winner of the DNC. He probably has another 100 medals on the back of his dress uniform.

[grey_whiskers]

You wrote:

"OTOH, his first Purple Heart, which was rejected by his CO and MO, and which was mysteriously resubmitted weeks later, after they rotated out of VN....that is the smoking gun"

All right. Give him a Lavender Heart with fig leaf cluster.
"I'm John Kerry and I approved this medal."

It'll take more than a band-aid to save this bleeding heart.

[PhilDragoo]

[BradyLS]

Skerry claims on his website that he got a V for valor on his Silver Star. As the story clearly states, this cannot be true because the Silver Star itself is for valor under fire and to have a V on it would be redundant. The more we dig into Skerry's 4 month acting career in home movies, the Skerry lies we uncover.

Will Kerry tell us that he was extraordinarily valoriously valorous under fire?

[Husker8877]

Senator Spitball!

[BIGLOOK]

Tell your husband that others are livid about this too. BIGLOOK, USN

[Mr. Silverback]

I'm beginning to think we are going to long for the days of Slick Willy -

I'll say this: John Kerry makes Bill clinton look like General Patton.

Kerry running against dubya is like Benedict Arnold coming back across the pond to run against James Madison.

[Mr. Silverback]

It was mentioned on NPR this week (on the quiz/comedy show "Wait, wait Don't Tell Me") that Lehman doesn't remember signing Kerry's stuff, and though it may have been autopenned by his staff, he thought he would remember it clearly, given Kerry's Senate seat and antidefense positions.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Double Secret valor.