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snopes.com says there is no controversy about Kerrys' medals.

People aren't talking about other 'medals'. They are referring to three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star - unless that's what they meant. If they did, then there are a lot of questions.

Was Kerry awarded his Silver Star in Vietnam? Because a photograph even suggests that he was.
Was Kerry awarded this for galantry, or for recklessly endangering lives? Did not the reviewing officer wonder if Kerry should have been court-martialed, instead?
Was the enemy essentially unarmed and wounded when shot by Kerry? The weapon used is reported to be a disposable one-off 'bazooka', like a LAW rocket. If the boat was already hit, was the Viet Cong still sufficiently a threat, after being wounded by the PCF's twin-50 machine guns?
Kerry returned, perhaps still while on duty, to join the VVAW as a principal public spokesman. He testified before Congress about a slew of uncorroborated atrocities and murders. Did Kerry believe that he was awarded his own Silver Star for committing a war crime? Did he believe that?
Did Kerry deserve the Purple Heart for a couple of those wounds? Is the Purple Heart typically awarded for surface scratches? or rather for serious injury?
Who authorized his Purple Hearts?
There are two versions of his Silver Star citation. It's been suggested that this was common, and merely a desire to fit the description on a single page. Was it common? Is this the reason?
Citations signed by John Lehman, who was Secretary of the Navy under Ronald Reagan, of course (and chairman of this 9/11 commission just concluded), are found for exactly the same medals and same incidents. One for the Silver Star. One for the Bronze Star. That makes three separate citations, signed by three separate officers, over a stretch of about a decade, for Kerry's single, one Silver Star, which he did receive in Vietnam.
Did Kerry put it for replacement, duplicate medals?
Did he throw away the medals awarded him in Vietnam, as he claimed at the time?
What was required to even request duplicate medals, and on what basis? Where is that paperwork? Who authorized it?
Was a 'combat v' the reason for requesting duplicate medals, even if there is no paper trail? But such is already indicated on the earliest citations.