Reminds of this:
“Kerry’s paperwork doesn’t pass the smell test. The few records so far released by his campaign identify FOUR “honorable” discharge dates (every other military member I know, myself included, received one). Kerry’s released documentation notes discharges of January 3, 1970, February 16, 1978, July 13, 1978, and, most peculiarly, March 12, 2001. He has as many discharge dates as months he spent in Vietnam. In my twenty years in the Air Force and through the thousands of people I came to know and serve with, I have never heard of anyone in the military having more than one DD 214 with one discharge date. Kerry, according to his own campaign, has at least four.
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“On February 18, 1966, Kerry obligated himself to a six-year commitment to the Navy, and to the tenets of the military judicial system, with an expiration date of July 1, 1972. On January 3, 1970, Kerry asked for, and was granted, an early transfer from his active duty service to the Naval Reserve. As a reservist, he was still under oath as a commissioned officer and subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He still carried a military ID card and was still a member of the U.S. armed forces. Kerry’s service commitment came to an end, as scheduled, in July, 1972. As such, a DD Form 214 with a discharge status was due.
“Kerry’s “honorable” discharge, though, doesn’t come until February 16, 1978. Why? Possibly because President Jimmy Carter, through Proclamation 4483, granted a full and complete pardon to all military personnel who committed offenses and violations of the Military Selective Service Act during the Vietnam War. He pardoned deserters, draft dodgers and those who went absent without leave (AWOL).
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“Finally, and most bizarre of all of Kerry’s military records so far released is a DD 215, “Correction to DD Form 214,” initiated for John Forbes Kerry on March 12, 2001. Among other things, the new form changes Kerry’s official US Navy separation date to March 1, 1970! As noted earlier, he wasn’t eligible for discharge until July, 1972, and was so. Why, then, the new document in 2001? Why, 29 years later, is there the need to correct or change the record?”
Hi Ben
I have three Honorable Discharge certificates: one at the end of my four year enlistment, another at the end of my reserve commission, and one at my retirement at the end of my regular commission.
I would find it odd that the young lady “can’t find” her DD214 - we were taught to keep that document safe and to make many copies. Little hard to apply for Veteran’s” Benefits without it.