There are military records that sKerry has released that show his medals as being issued (reissued?) on a day long after his expected date to get out of the Navy. That led to speculation that he got a less than honorable discharge in the end, and that discharge resulted in his medals having been withdrawn. I don't know... haven't studied the intricacies... so have little opinion on this now. No matter, this effort is in the vein of trying to nail down the facts, since sKerry refuses to sign Standard Form 180 and let the people of America see all his records.
It really seems he's been hiding something. I, for one, really wonder what it is, but for me it would not affect my opinion or the way I will work to defeat him. It might well matter to others, though.
Perhaps Kerry couldn't toss his own medals over the WH fence because he didn't have them...
That's another red flag that he might have had a dishonorable discharge in 1972 due to his alleged treasous activities and then jimmuh carter offered draft dodgers amnesty and I have read where those who had dishonorable dishcharges were allowed reviews of their discharges to have them upgraded.
And something sure happened to his medals and citations to where he had to have them reissued in 1985. If he were dishonorably discharged, he would have had those revoked in 1972.
Or so I've gathered from all the threads on this matter.