[Robert A Cook PE]

Bingo!

We have a winner.

(Unless, you see, Kerry threw his CITATION over the White House fence (instead of his medals!) and needed to get new copies made when Lehmann was Sec Navy under Reagan....)

Yeah. That's it.

[Parthalan]

As I posted earlier. Even if Kerry destroyed the original citation and needed a replacement, Lehman would not, could not, sign a new citation for Kerry. There would have been a copy of the original, signed by Chafee, in Kerry's records on file at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. And Chafee would have been the one required to sign the citation as it was during Chafee's shift that the medal was "awarded".

[Velveeta]

It is a curiosity, for sure.

[BJungNan]

I'm a little thick and missing the connection between the signitures, where Chaffee and Leh_____ fit in and the docs. Can you explain it to us puzzle challenged.