[Carolinamom]

I read recently that Murtha, like Kerry, had requested these medals about 10 years later, after having been refused them by a commanding officer at the time.

[Calpernia]

Here you go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557630/posts
Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question

>>>World War II Navy veteran Harry M. Fox, previously indicated that Murtha in 1968 personally asked Fox's boss, then-U.S. Rep. John Saylor (R-Pa.), for assistance in obtaining the Purple Hearts, but was turned down because Saylor's office determined that Murtha lacked sufficient evidence of wounds. Murtha later challenged Saylor for his House seat in 1968 and lost. Fox said he personally viewed Murtha's military records in 1968 as Saylor's aide.<<<<