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Posted on 10/13/2004 7:26:00 AM PDT by gunnygail
An official Navy document on Senator Kerry's campaign Web site listed as Mr. Kerry's "Honorable Discharge from the Reserves" opens a door on a well kept secret about his military service.
The document is a form cover letter in the name of the Carter administration's secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Claytor. It describes Mr. Kerry's discharge as being subsequent to the review of "a board of officers." This in it self is unusual. There is nothing about an ordinary honorable discharge action in the Navy that requires a review by a board of officers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
Also not available at Kerry's web site are the December '68 and January '69 spot reports.
The February and March ones are posted.
It's easy to figure why. The December report, in Kerry's own words, would blow away the "christmas in Cambodia" claim. The January one would evidence his bs about shooting up the sampan.
As for the March report, it blows away the third purple heart story, but in a way that requires much decipherment. It was Kerry's ticket to bug out under the supposed "3ph" rule.
Kerry's contemporaneous report attributes his shrapnel injury to the "mine incident" - which would qualify as enemy action in the heat of battle. But he, and Rassman, later admitted the injury came from a foolish fragging of a rice bin earlier in the day, self-inflicted and NOT in the heat of battle. Kerry lied to get home. Many did, but didn't years later claim their acts heroic and a qualification for political office.
You're my kind of driver/poster. Pay no attention to those who observe each and every rule. Wind in the hair, center of the road, bat outta hell. Yesss!!! Besides, we need every bit of truth out there on Kerry. We're getting little or no help from Fox and the rest of the MSM. We have to get the word out so soccer moms and dads will read it and think, How dare that treasonous RAT run for CINC! Kerry's already running around the country claiming that he's got a PLAN to cut taxes for the middle class, and if you believe that, there's no hope for you.
But the record states that his medals were reinstated in '78. That means they were taken from him or declared invalid, null and void in '70. Why would the Navy do that? Because he'd been dishonorably discharged? Would they take your medals away on a lesser classification? One wouldn't think so.
But with the 'resignation for the good of the service', would Kerry still retain his medals? Because the record seems to say that he didn't, but that they were returned/reinstated when Carter fixed things for Kerry in '78.
Stranger things have happened, but trust me, if he got a dismissal, there would be a record of trial floating around somewhere. Given Kerry's high profile at the time, moreover, it would probably have made the news. At the very least, there would be a judge advocate or two who would know. There's no way he could have been court-martialed without the world knowing about it.
I don't know anything about his medals. I do not know what it requires to strip someone of their awards, but I doubt it requires a criminal conviction (i.e., court-martial). Perhaps we have a former Navy admin troop who can elucidate?
Had it not been for your post, GG, I would not have seen this excellent article. Thanks for repeating the refrain.
Any comments from Rush or Hannity today?
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