Kerry received his first "injury" just 24 hours after he arrived in Vietnam. It seems he had no intentions of staying any length of time. So he had to figure out a way to get the *ell out of their.
You must notta been there. Everyone in Nam knew about the three purple heart rule. I saw guys sticking arms and legs out of bunkers hoping to get one a then 'million dollar' wounds. You had to be there...
35 - "Kerry received his first "injury" just 24 hours after he arrived in Vietnam. It seems he had no intentions of staying any length of time. So he had to figure out a way to get the *ell out of their."
I searched his papers and can find no supporting data/paperwork for his first PH. The second (a 'wound in the left thigh - no lost time that I can find) third are apparently miniscule, and he was sent back to duty from sick call on the third, with no followup treatment, and a pronosis of 'excellent' (a scratch on the arm and butt).
But no one even willing to report the first incident on his evaluation report covering the 2 dec 68 'incident'.
http://www.johnkerry.com/about/militaryrecords_1.pdf 2 Dec 1968 - purple heart 1
20 Feb 1969 - purple heart 2
13 Mar 1969 - purple heart 3