John Kerry had three PHs, all of them questionable, especially the first one, and none requiring any hospitalization. By virtue of having three PHs, Kerry was able to curtail his one year tour in Vietnam to just 4 1/2 months in-country using an obscure rule.
P.S. Kerry had a personalized MA license plate "PH3" on his car. He liked to advertise his "hero" status.
REAL heroes/heroines hardly EVER "mention", much less BRAG about their medals.
when i was one of the students at the USAIS (popularly known as: the benning school for boys), one of our "distinguished speakers" was MAJ Roger Donolon (MOH, RVN), who said, "What i did was no big deal. at least a THOUSAND GIs did more than me." (emphasis: MINE)
also, i was (until his untimely passing) a close friend of Joseph O. Berry, late member-in-good-standing of Merrill's Marauders.
Joe NEVER even talked about hr war, except to tell us about the FUNNY things that happened to him. (for example the day that he sat down on a KRAIT. Joe said, "didn't know i could jump THAT high!!!")
free dixie,sw