[honway]

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/borda.htm

But four months ago, Dalton put in Boorda's service record a letter from Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., who was chief of naval operations during the war, acknowledging the admiral was entitled to wear the Combat Vs.

[sit-rep]

Are you prior service? If you were in the heat of it, would you approve of someone, no matter who they are, wearing the same ribbon that you recieved if they were far from the AO? I think maybe you would.

[sneakypete]

Dalton put in Boorda's service record a letter from Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., who was chief of naval operations during the war, acknowledging the admiral was entitled to wear the Combat Vs.

The equivalent of getting a note from your mother. One Admiral sticking up for another Admiral isn't exactly breaking news.

[col kurz]

Elmo Zumwalt was Boorda's "Rabbi". Boorda was not a bad egg, but had serious personal problems. The Navy , politics and his own devils, not Hackworth, sunk him. RIP Adm. Boorda..