Corporal Archie Miller of Portsmouth, Ohio was finally orderd home when he received his 5th Purple Heart in 1945. While actually in battle and under enemy fire, unlike John Kerry, Miller was wounded 2 times by sniper fire, 2 times by mortar fire, and was last wounded by a Japanese hand grenade.
(NY Times 08/03/15)
It is embarrassing to even mention Lurch in the same context as this brave man.
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