How does an Intelligence staffer get a Bronze Star in Vietnam? He was a staff officer. The Bronze Star can be awarded for non-combat service. The question is the "V" (signifying valor in combat).
Navy CNO Jeremy M. Boorda committed suicide when his wearing of a "V" on his Navy Achievement Medal and on a Navy Commendation Medal were investigated and found to be unearned.
What troubles me is why a copy of the text of Murtha's Bronze Star citation that would clarify the matter in his case cannot be found by a Google search.
Does anybody have a copy of the text of Mutha's Bronze Star citation?
I'd sure like to see that too, but it seems like Murtha has the facts behind his Bronze Star locked up tight along with what happened to his scruples and integrity. And this is the first I ever heard that someone receiving the Bronze Star for non-combat service. It's always been my understanding that the Bronze Star for Valor is only awarded for gallantry or conspicuous acts while in combat. Just like the Silver Star, Air Force Cross, Navy Cross, And Medal of Honor. That's why it's called the Bronze Star for VALOR. How much valor is there in typing reports or filing information or pictures, or other things of that sort that present no danger to the individual? Any one could do that. Is this a recent thing or has this been happening ever since the Bronze Star was commissioned as an award?
Murtha is clearly trying to infer that he got his BSV for gallantry in combat, and that is definitely not true. Intelligence Staff officers don't just find themselves in that kind of combat. And he didn't even file for and get his two Purple Hearts until after he was in the States running for office. That stinks to high heaven. Blech. What a total turd he is.