[Rembrandt]

"They never did tell us what made Max Cleland a "War Hero" either."

The skinny on Cleland is that he and a buddy were relaxing in their camp and went to get a beer. Cleland or the other guy dropped a grenade which had been attached to his person, thus making the grenade live. Hello grenade, goodbye limbs. No medals for carelessness.

Of course, Cleland does't feel its necessary to relate all those tedious facts, easier to just keep quiet while the hero worship arrives.

[BIGLOOK]

Hey G L

Couple stories floating around about Cleland. Last I'd heard, he'd snagged his harness exiting a chopper, causing a grenade to fall loose. Turned back to retrieve it and it went off.
No reports on damage to the chopper though.
Go figure.

[R. Scott]

Cleland or the other guy dropped a grenade which had been attached to his person, thus making the grenade live.

If this is the case, they were idiots who watched to many Hollywood war movies. We would never hang a grenade by the pin.

[Prost1]

Cleland did relate those facts. He was honest about the fact that he lost his limbs on the way to get drunk when he bent over and picked up a grenade.

What is omitted is that it sounds very much like a fragging!

And then question is why would someone frag Cleland unless he was incompetant and they thought he would get others killed.

Of course, since he registered and ran and voted democrat, no MSM would pursue the story.