Thanks for the info. You confirmed what I thought about SECNAV having to sign the approval. I bet Kerry filled out a form 180. The timing for his first run at the Senate in 1984 fits in terms of Lehman approving replacement medals. There is obviously a paper trail that documents all of this. Unfortunately, they are in Kerry's military records, which he refuses to release.
Were not these docs part of Kerry's private files? If so, why would he spend the time to fix up his own records that nobody but he sees (until running for POTUS of course)?
If he does that, he is more messed up than we know.
Okay....so...trying to follow this......there is nothing odd about the record being signed by Lehman?
I wonder why the Findlaw folks only have the later citation?
Anyway, this just means that Kerry, for some reason, requested more medals?
Obviously politically motivated of course. Did Chafee not have to sign the original citation, which is why we have Zumwalt on it, but not Chafee?