[CatoRenasci]

Guys, calm down. When Kerry signed up for the Navy, he enlisted. Then he went to training and Officer Candidate School. When, in 1966 (the year this document is dated), he graduated from OCS, Kerry was discharged as an enlisted man, hence the DD-214, so that he could accept a commission as an officer.

Every officer who's been in ROTC, or gone through OCS, has a DD-214 just like this.

[texasbluebell]

Have you seen this? Posted a few days ago by calcowgirl. Is this new information for you? (More at link)

link

February 20, 1969 2nd Purple Heart... no enemy.

www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/SpotReports_February1969.pdf

Spot Reports for February, 1969 [pdf: 2.1MB]

bottom of page (Page 4 of action report):

"CASUALTIES: FRIENDLY - WIA - JOHN F. KERRY, USNR... ENS THORSON, EUGENE K, USN... ENEMY: NONE

[DPMD]

From the dates and the reason for separation shown on the 214, it doesn't appear this is the final 214 for Kerry, but rather one issued on his separation from enlisted duty, and possibly before his tour - such as it was - in RVN. If so, he hadn't received a wound -such as it was - by then. Then again, maybe I misread it.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Ooops, how is Kerry going to spin that?

[camas]

???'foreign and/or sea duty' is zero??? total time is 9 months 27 days medals were added via dd form 215 on 20010312?? something is fishy, me thinks

[Steven W.]

VERY GOOD CATCH! e-mail swiftvets!

[Zavien Doombringer]

Where is the cover page 1?

We have the 214s of his service, pages 2 and 3. Where is 1?

And the notes attachment for the Decoration discriptions?

[OXENinFLA]

BOX 27

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[centurion316]

True, but not relevant. The PDF file contains two discharge certificates. The first is his discharge as an enlisted man to accept a commission as Ensign, USNR. At this point in his illustrious career, he had not been wounded or otherwise maimed while in the service of his country, but had clearly distinguished himself sufficiently to be awarded the National Defense Service Medal (Alive in '65). The next discharge document notes his release from active duty and shows the award of his Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. What I find more interesting, is that when released from active duty, he was transferred to the Naval Reserve and retained his commission. He was, therefore, still a Commissioned Officer of the United States when he engaged with the North Vietnamese government in Paris.

Of course, according to the New York Times, LA Times, Wash Post, and USA Today; none of this matters and the American people don't have any need to know.

[aft_lizard]

Wasnt one of the evidence the left uses on AWOL charges against Bush is that he didnt sign his 214? I noticed on Kerry's 214 he didnt sign it either.

[Chode]

kudos... and the hits just keep right on coming!!!

[windchime]

I found this thread while searching for Kerry's  DD214 to check out and save the Silver Star with the combat "V" before it disappeared.  Difficulty in linking to the site led me to check Google where I found  the DD215 that corrects his separation date to 3/1/70 (as well as changes in citations).  I thought the separation date change might be related to his VVAW activities.    I may have missed this info or it may not be significant, but wanted to make sure others were aware of it.

John Kerry's Mysterious Combat "V"  Front Page   FR   8-20-04

John Kerry's Mysterious Combat “V”-Even his questionable Silver Star is illegally embellished  FR Duplicate  8-20-04

Google- John Kerry for President - John Kerry's Official Naval Records

... Duty [pdf: 507kb]; DD214 [pdf: 361kb]; DD215 (correction to DD214) [pdf: 113kb]; Duty Recommendation [pdf: 163kb]; Emergency Data [pdf ...
www.johnkerry.com/about/military_records.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

John Kerry's DD215  Dated 3/12/2001