[Wristpin]

"Fact is that politicians with war records tend to "improve" them as time goes on and memories fade. Many civil war veterans who mustered out as sergeants were promoted to Captain or major as time went by."

I don't believe that was the case with Bob Dole or the President's father.

[RobbyS]

The record is pretty clear in each case. Dole certainly doesn't need to "prove" he deserves a purple heart.

[El Gato]

I don't believe that was the case with Bob Dole or the President's father.

Or on the other side of the isle, Senator Inouye of Hawaii, who was awarded the Medal of Honor and who lost his right arm in the process. That was as a battlefield commissioned 2nd Lt. of the 442nd Regimental Combat team in Italy.