[usmcobra]

According to this Murtha was in the Korean war and received what had to have been a battlefield promotion.

Figure it out he enlisted "during the Korean conflict where he was subsequently commissioned a second Lieutenant" and "after already seeing combat service in the Korean Conflict" and no mention of him ever being a Drill Instructor during Korea either.

I know I'm not supposed to point out the flaws in his ever changing records since it would be "wrong" to attack the past that he has so carefully crafted for himself but yet this is yet another instance where he has fashioned his record to reflect something he later corrected.

[DJ Taylor]

Murtha served on active duty during the Korean conflict but never left the U.S.

[old school]

Let's clear the air here. At best, as an S2, Murtha would have collected Intel from some poor grunt, living in a hole, under a shelter-half, with a handful of ARVNs,out in the boonies somewhere. It was that Marine or Soldier, who actually gathered that information, at great personal risk! And not the guy who merely collected it!