[Mo1]

Does anybody have the details of the action for which Kerry won his silver star?

I'm not really sure .. there is a story of how his boat was in a firefight with the enemy

He also rec'd a bronze star and three purple hearts .. but I've only been able to find stories that he was injured twice

[revtown]

The 3rd purple heart came when he had a seed in his joint.
The seed exploded and he got hot ashes in his eye.

[cajun-jack]

I have the utmost respect for anyone that genuinely earned a Purple Heart, however, things are not always as they seem.

I was with the 101st in Phu Bai aug 70-aug71 and was stationed in a base camp. One night as mortars were coming in, a couple of new guys were running for the bunker and one ran over an engineer stake and cut his leg and another didn't duck low enough when he ran into the bunker and busted his head.

Yep, both got a Purple Heart for injuries received during hostile enemy action.

I know lots more that were injured badly and fully deserved the Purple Heart, but some awards were completely without merit. Sure would love to be a fly on the wall and hear the war stories these guys tell about how they "earned" their Purple Heart.

[cynicom]

Threee Purple Hearts was a ticket out of Nam. Guess who got three and left early, leaving the grunts to fight the war with no medals.