Under the Radar - Kerry's Medal Problem Grows.

1 posted on 09/02/2004 1:04:04 PM PDT by Bell407Pilot

To: Bell407Pilot

SOOOO glad someone finally picked this up besides Newsmax! Bombs Away, Jacquestrap!!

2 posted on 09/02/2004 1:05:57 PM PDT by rocky88 (" John Kerry has no such clear, precise and consistent vision." - Rudy Guiliani)

To: Bell407Pilot

sorry- I can't help myself: bwaa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

3 posted on 09/02/2004 1:06:18 PM PDT by luv2ski

To: Bell407Pilot

Maybe he'll do a Boorda.

4 posted on 09/02/2004 1:06:23 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance ( "Stay safe in the "sandbox", cuz!)

glad someone finally picked this up besides Newsmax!

Hillary made sure of it.

5 posted on 09/02/2004 1:08:47 PM PDT by bankwalker (We are having a cultural civil war and our side had better win it.)

To: Bell407Pilot

Why did Kerry base his campaign on his Vietnam service record when it appears that it is even dicier than his Senate record?

6 posted on 09/02/2004 1:08:56 PM PDT by Skip Ripley

Hey, we ha it at Christian-nes-in-maine.com last week. But, when you only hav 6,000 hits a month, not much of what we do cases even a ripple, but then again, our readers pretty much know what John Kerry really is.

7 posted on 09/02/2004 1:09:33 PM PDT by newsgatherer

To: Bell407Pilot

...Mr. Kerry had lost the first two citations for his Silver Star...

Lost or tossed?

8 posted on 09/02/2004 1:09:38 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)

Becuase he thought no one would ever question him about anything.

9 posted on 09/02/2004 1:09:38 PM PDT by abnegation (John Kerry makes any sane person ill.)

To: Bell407Pilot

Your link that should take me to Chicago Sun Times is actually a link to http://mostlydeadarmadillos.blogspot.com/ |

Why is that?

10 posted on 09/02/2004 1:10:30 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan (We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)

To: Fierce Allegiance

Maybe he'll do a Boorda.

Right. And Clinton came very close to resigning...

11 posted on 09/02/2004 1:10:58 PM PDT by green iguana

To: Bell407Pilot

12 posted on 09/02/2004 1:11:10 PM PDT by r9etb

I question why this post has a Chicago Sun Times when it takes you to a blog page. And the person writes what we have heard.

13 posted on 09/02/2004 1:11:39 PM PDT by stockpirate ("Kerry, backed by, supported by, lead by, funded by, admired by, COMMUNISTS!" It's about VVAW)

To: Bell407Pilot

The US Navy is now investigating. This could get interesting.

Looking forward to it!

14 posted on 09/02/2004 1:12:17 PM PDT by Just Lori (Communists, dictators, and terrorists all SUPPORT KERRY FOR PRESIDENT!!!)

Hillary made sure of it.

I'm hearing rumors that hildabeast might even possibly seek to replace hanoi john fonda on this year's ticket.

Crazy? Would it work?

15 posted on 09/02/2004 1:13:02 PM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Excellence In Posting Since 1999)

To: Bell407Pilot

16 posted on 09/02/2004 1:13:03 PM PDT by Jenya (Buy Unfit for Command. Donate to Swiftvets.com. It's your American duty.)

To: Bell407Pilot

Actually it is by someone from the times.

By THOMAS LIPSCOMB Mr. Lipscomb, the founder of Times Books, was the publisher of Admiral Zumwalt’s best-selling book, “On Watch.”

Senator Kerry no longer has a problem with just the 35-year-old recollections of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that are questioning his military records. He now has to deal with the United States Navy.

Mr. Kerry’s campaign Web site, which may be viewed at www.johnkerry.com, lists a Silver Star with a Combat V on his DD214. This form issued by the Department of Defense summarizes a serviceman’s career. It is always signed and authenticated as accurate by the individual, in this case Mr. Kerry. But according to a Navy spokesman it is “incorrect.”The Navy has never issued a Combat V at any time for the Silver Star.

This is a serious issue. The chief admiral of the Navy, Jeremy Michael Boorda, committed suicide over questions raised about his right to wear a Combat V by Newsweek magazine in 1996. Boorda stated in his suicide note to his sailors that the questions raised about those he wore caused him to take his life. And that was only a Bronze Star, not the Navy’s third highest decoration.

At the time, Mr. Kerry told the Boston Globe that Boorda’s conduct was “sufficient to question [Boorda’s] leadership position.…If you wind up being less than what you’re pretending to be, there is a major confrontation with value and self-esteem and your sense of how others view you.”

The Navy also questioned the listing on Mr. Kerry’s Web site of a DD215 form listing four bronze campaign stars for his service in Vietnam. According to its records, the Navy credits Mr. Kerry with two campaigns.That is sufficient for the wearing of the Vietnam Service Medal for one campaign bearing one campaign star for the additional campaign — not four

17 posted on 09/02/2004 1:13:11 PM PDT by stockpirate ("Kerry, backed by, supported by, lead by, funded by, admired by, COMMUNISTS!" It's about VVAW)

To: Bell407Pilot

Awwwwww yeah. Here we go!

18 posted on 09/02/2004 1:13:37 PM PDT by itslex71 (southern by birth, republican by the grace of my dad)

I read somwhere that the FBI were checking the typing on the citations.

It seems that the correct typewriter in use at vthe time was an IBM SElectric with a special ball for the fonts.

Kerry toted a portable (Smiths Corona ? ) with him.

I guess that its easy to pick up the difference in typewriter....sniff...cough cough...

19 posted on 09/02/2004 1:22:02 PM PDT by spokeshave (Traitor Kerry did for free what the POWs received torture for to avoid saying)

To: green iguana

The difference is Boorda had honor, clinton & kerry do not.

20 posted on 09/02/2004 1:23:10 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance ( "Stay safe in the "sandbox", cuz!)

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