[Smoote]

If he recieved a General Discharge would his citations and medals be revoked?

[BigKahuna]

No. He wouldn't have suffered any consequence, other than to his self-esteem, to have received a General. I had plenty of sailors who served under me who, for one reason or another, weren't awarded an Honorable classification of service (and the corresponding reelinstment code on their DD-214s) at the expiration of their active duty commitment.

Most of them petitioned the BCNR within three years of their fulfillment of service obligation (active duty time plus IRR commitment) and got their discharges raised to Honorable. It depends on the circumstances surrounding the original classification.

[Congressman Billybob]

Notice that the article says that awards are revoked, if various categories of less than honorable discharges are given. It also notes and names the precise date, when all of Kerry's awards were reissued, which clearly suggests that all had been revoked previously.

Billybob