[rwfromkansas]

bump to self on why this is different.....check it out again

" http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/election2004/docs.html

They have an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT silver star medal write-up and signer.....Zumwalt."

[kabar]

Zumwalt nominated Kerry for the Silver Star. It was a two page citation. ADM Hyland, CINCPAC, was the approving authority. It is not unusual for the approving authority to change the final citation to condense and edit it. Zumwalt's write-up is too detailed and wordy. It sounds more like the actual nomination. If you notice, Hyland and Lehman's citations are virtually identical except for the boilerplate last sentence, which may have changed since 1969 to 1981.

The Zumwalt and Lehman Bronze star citations are identical, which makes sense since Zumwalt was the approving authority for the original award.