[Mo1]

I believe the signature on Kerry's Citations are probably correct, he probably ordered replacements that required the current Navy Secretaries Signature.

I agree

But the thing is .. he told a reporter that he didn't throw his medals .. that he threw someone elses

Smells of a double lie there

As for being re-assigned ... didn't he have some kind of meeting with some top officer while he was over there .. then shortly after that he rec'd is last purple heart?

I thought I read something about that

[Robert A Cook PE]

Kerry was actually infamous for his agitated protests in front of both Gen Abrams (Army head in Vietnam) and Admiral Zumwalt.

he was at several meetings with both in Saigon protesting the war, how we fought it, and how it was run.

Takes a bit of a mess to get a very junior officer clearly remembered BY both the general and the admiral in charge of a war!

Do you recall Patton and Ike BOTH, for example, distinctly complaining about the same junior officer while they were conquering Germany?

[eastforker]

OK guys, listen up. You can go to any store outside the gate of any military instalation and buy any medal you want along with the ribbon,get caught wearing it without written authorization and it is a courtmartial for ya, but anybody can buy any medal.