Having spent most of my time in Personnel there is no doubt in my mind he was thrown out with an “Other than Honorable” on his original 214 for meeting with the North Vietnamese in Paris without permission while a member of the Naval Reserve. It was then upgraded under the Carter amnesty which is why we will not see it in his lifetime. Now, once he kicks off it becomes public and the truth will come out.
Indeed when, as Hanoi Kerry said, he met with "both" sides, insinuating that he had some level of "fairness" about him, without elaborating that it was both ENEMY sides with which he met. Traitorous!
No doubt in my mind that he did not receive an honorable discharge. Kerry is a forked tongued traitor who was resoundingly rejected by every officer in his chain of command when he ran for POTUS.
Chain of command: Lt. Commander Grant Hibbard, Lt. Commander George Elliott, Captain Charles Plumly, Captain Adrian Lonsdale USCG, and Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman all say NO WAY!
Three of his comrades supported him. The rest were honest men. I've spent my life understanding military men. The Swiftees are honorable men and did us a great favor.