"Prettied up"? The man wrote up his own medal reports and there isn't another vet, not even Audy Murphy, who garnered THREE Purple Hearts, silver and bronze stars,in four months for scratches and no, NO time missed from serving.
Yes, I have. I only qualified my remarks because I am extremely loathe to question the valor of any serviceman, democrat or otherwise. This stuff matters. To question the duly earned citations of a serviceman is not something to be undertaken lightly.
That said, I agree that there are bizarre irregularities in this record. Maybe it is nothing, but maybe it is something. If the reports are true, I am personally offended by somebody that puts in citations for his own purple hearts for insignificant injuries.
If his citations are true and correct, then we should-- we must-- drop the matter completely. I will not be a party to the vilification of honorable service-- even if the serviceman in question is John Kerry, someone for whom I have no other reason to have any respect for.
If it turns out, however, that the citations are not in good order and that there is unearned embellishment of a service record for political gain... then this is the most vile and obscene violation that I can imagine.