"Say the secret word and the duck will come down and pay you $100. It's a common word, something you see every day."
Posted on 08/19/2004 9:20:29 AM PDT by Shermy
" Kerry got his first Purple Heart after he got shrapnel in his left arm above his elbow. Doyle said if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him. "
Isn't this shrapnel the piece that was half the size of a pencil eraser ?
The piece was literally hanging off Kerry's arm- he traveled 20 miles through jungle, to have it officially attended to- for Kerry's own medal count.
Any small projectile can blind- a piece of rice forced into the eye can blind.
But, Kerry wasn't hit in the eye.
The doc sounds as cuckoo as Kerry.
The Kerry camp should adopt NBC's Olympic theme as their song, with daily medal updates.
"No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night..."
Were his so-called "left-in shrapnel" written about in Tour of Duty?
Doug Brinkley doesn't seem to be available to ask this question?
Thank you. We think alike, "you'll shoot your eye out" was the first little voice I heard when I read that.
Better yet, I'd like to see him scanned with one those body wands.
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"Say the secret word and the duck will come down and pay you $100. It's a common word, something you see every day."
He might have been doing undercover work for the CIA.
Yes, I believe it was in that book. And if I am remembering right, he made the incident out to be more realistic in that book, claiming that the rice pile exploded while he was too close to it leaving rice and a piece of shrapnel in his derriere. That is why that book is difficult to find right now. That is mentioned on another thread at post 298 or so where there is a link to Kerry's gunners memories. The thread is found if you do a FR search on kerry critic (Steven Gardner)
Here's the link...it's post 399
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194386/posts?q=1&&page=381
Oops...scratch that....not the right link. I will find the right one. Sorry
When a working class guy loses a foot, he has an article written about him that puts the word hero in quotes. Such was the example of New York Newsday and the Associated Press last year.... Iraq war "Hero" returns home. When a rich liberal elitist gets a splinter, there are no quotes around the word hero. Matter of fact, the word hero cannot be said enough.
...shouldn't it be called the "Contract ON America's Middle Class"
OK...sorry. Here's a good link on Gardner's most recent statements and the radio show he was on that lays it all out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194251/posts. Go to post 5
This link is new and I am also going to go read it! :)
Dang....I am sorry that I am not getting this link right! This is what I am trying to get you to! :)
Stephen Gardner- Member of Kerry Swiftboat- on WBT, 1100 AM @ 7.00 p.m. e.s.t
Posted by blteague
On News/Activism 08/18/2004 5:59:43 PM CDT · 26 replies · 1,119+ views
LOL!!!! I shot my eye out!!
No wonder Kerry can't keep his stories straight. I can't either.
The truth is just so much easier to remember. Something Kerry ought to take into account.
I still wonder where Doug Brinkley is?
That`s absolute BS. When I was 17 y/o (a looong time ago) I was running through a field with high grass and accidentally ran into some barbed wire that ripped into my leg. A piece of one barb got imbedded deep in my thigh and I had an operation to remove it, because as my doctor said "Your legs move more than other parts of your body and the barb will move with it.". Think about that, it`s true isn`t it? Unless you have something screwed in like splints for a broken leg, a piece of metal is going to go all over the place. And this Kerry rides bicycles, roller blades and snow surfs?? Bullllll shiiii. If this Doctor didn`t want it removed then the damn thing must have been small enough to be absorbed by the body. No Doctor is going to leave a chunk of metal in your thigh! That thing would move and cut an artery in no time. The thigh muscle constantly contracts and retracts 1000s of times every day.
… but he noted that Kerry was in danger of serious injury several times.
Kerry got his first Purple Heart after he got shrapnel in his left arm above his elbow. Doyle said if the shrapnel had hit Kerry in the eye, it could have blinded him.
And Doyle said Kerry's third Purple Heart came from a dangerous situation on March 13, 1969, that could have been life-threatening. A mine had exploded near Kerry's swiftboat and enemy snipers were shooting around his boat.
Could have and might have might cut it with Hanoi John’s supporters, but not with me. How about he release his medical files from the time, and the recommendation and approval for the awards?
I have heard a couple of times that "non-specific urinary tract infection" in military reports generally means the clap.
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