[texasbluebell]

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

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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

[KarlInOhio]

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

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

Huh? ENEMY: NONE means no enemy casualties.

[conservative in nyc]

I am guessing that CASUALTIES: FRIENDLY means Kerry wasn't VC, not that his wounds were caused by friendly fire.

[Bob]

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

Easy, folks. Here's a translation:

Our guys, Kerry and Thorson, were wounded in action. No enemy is being reported having been wounded or killed.

This doesn't say that there was no enemy present.

[calcowgirl]

>>Have you seen this? Posted a few days ago by calcowgirl.

Sorry for the late reply. I was reading that report wrong and acknowledged it a couple posts
after the original post. (I couldn't find the 'delete that stupid post' button, LOL.)