[Calpernia]

Here you go:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1557630/posts
Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question

>>>World War II Navy veteran Harry M. Fox, previously indicated that Murtha in 1968 personally asked Fox's boss, then-U.S. Rep. John Saylor (R-Pa.), for assistance in obtaining the Purple Hearts, but was turned down because Saylor's office determined that Murtha lacked sufficient evidence of wounds. Murtha later challenged Saylor for his House seat in 1968 and lost. Fox said he personally viewed Murtha's military records in 1968 as Saylor's aide.<<<<

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[Carolinamom]

Thanks for that source, Cal. I knew that I had read it somewhere...just got the part of its being a commanding officer that refused him the medals....It was Kerry who was refused by a commanding officer.