What gives the aBhole Murtha his credibility? Is it only due to his Viet Nam service? This guy should get NO print inches at all. What a d*ck!
Those who give the 'print inches' (like that) are the same people who give Murtha his credibility or. . .at the least, enable that function by their constant celebrating of every utterance this man makes.
Which, in turn, is valued because. . .yes. . .He served in Viet Nam. . .(take that back!. . .think he served 'somewhere' during VietNam. . .do not think he is a 'VN' VET; despite constant referencing as such. . .but I could have him mixed up with someone else. . .as well.
That said.. .am pretty sure...he never went 'there'. So typical of Dems; because they are sooooo desperate to find legitimacy anywhere; whether the 'where' has truth or not. . .
He left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marines during the Korean War. There he earned the American Spirit Honor Medal.
He rose through the ranks to become a drill instructor at Parris Island and was selected for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. He then was assigned to the Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
After his service, he ran a small carwash business and attended the University of Pittsburgh on the GI Bill, receiving degree in economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Murtha remained in the Marine Corps Reserves. In 1959, then-Captain Murtha took command of the 34th Special Infantry Company, Marine Corps Reserves, in Johnstown.
He remained in the Reserves after his discharge from active duty until he volunteered for service in Vietnam in 1966-67, serving as a battalion staff officer(S-2 Intelligence Section), receiving the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for valor in combat, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
He retired from the Reserves as a colonel in 1990, receiving the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Cybercast News Service, a conservative news outlet, has called Murtha's Purple Hearts into question. [1] (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200601/SPE20060113a.html) [2] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/13/AR2006011301736.html)
*** Supporters of Murtha have noted a pattern of conservatives making an issue of the war records of decorated veterans--including John Kerry, Max Cleland and John McCain.*** /
(asterisks mine)