[what's up]

Did Kerry spend more than a day in the hospital for the purple hearts he received?

Should the Military be giving purple hearts to those who don't really get injured?

[raynearhood]

"Did Kerry spend more than a day in the hospital for the purple hearts he received?

Should the Military be giving purple hearts to those who don't really get injured?"

The answer to your first question is, it doesn't matter.

The answer to your second question is, the military only awards Purple Hearts for injuries incurred as a result of enemy contact. No matter the extent of the injury.

A friend of mine, while in Iraq, was involved in an ambush of the convoy he was in. No one was killed, he was the only one injured. His injury was a broken nose caused by the steering wheel of his Humvee. A mortar destroyed the rear axle of his truck, running him of the road into a ditch. He received, and rightly deserved, a Purple Heart.

I also know that alot of Purple Hearts awarded during WWII were for relatively minor injuries incurred during combat.

Attacking Kerry's awards is pointless. Most likely he deserved them. Just because he is a liberal doesn't mean that he didn't serve bravely in Vietnam. His actions since have been liberal enough, or detestable enough, to draw criticism.

Leave his military record alone, it always ends up making us look stupid.