Kerry Camp Offers Some Military Records

Yahoo! News ^ | 4/20/04 | Nedra Pickler - AP

[cyberaxe]

.....forrest got hit in the buttocks!!.....

.....lol.....

[Mr.Atos]

Obviously, in responce to an extreme hatred for his country, and his own sub-concious guilt and self-loathing, Kerry was the only officer in Vietnam to frag himself.

[SF Republican]

SHOT IN THE BUTT!

[Williams]

republicans will never make much of this, but I note Kerry can't find the records on the 1st purple heart, which is the one that's been questioned by his superior officer. Also, Kerry's campaign and the article are fudging the issue of his request to get out of combat. They make it sound like the NAVY wanted to reassign him, whereas Kerry requesteda deskjob after minor wounds and only 4 months of combat. Considering that Kerry keeps saying his record IS a reason to make him president, I don't think that record reflects the decisions of a future commander in chief.

I believe Colin Powell saw lots of combat on the ground in Vietnam for a lot longer without asking to go home.

[Pukin Dog]

"Shrapnel in left arm above elbow. Shrapnel removed and appl bacitracin dressing. Ret to Duty." Documentation for the second two injuries show that Kerry was deemed to be in good condition and returned to active duty after treatment. But a third Purple Heart meant Kerry could be reassigned out of Vietnam, and a document dated March 17, 1969, said Kerry requested duty as a personal aid in Boston, New York or the Washington, D.C., area. Meehan said although Kerry could have asked to stay in Vietnam, it was the Navy's decision to request that he be reassigned. Kerry left the country in early April 1969.

Oh, he's gone. Here comes Hillary. Live by the Vietnam sword, die by the Vietnam sword. Kerry is so arrogant that he would claim THE NAVY wanted him to go home? Oh man, Kerry is going to catch hell. This should be SO easy to refute.

[I still care]

Not enough. Where are his dental records? His pay stubs?

That is what the press demanded of Bush.

[onedoug]

From my own year in Vietnam combat, Kerry's medals make me proud that I didn't get any.

[talleyman]

Meehan showed The Associated Press a "Sick Call Treatment Record" from Kerry's personal files that included a medic's written note dated Dec. 9, 1968.

No excerpts - we want the complete files - and the name and address of the Medic! (Must have been pretty superficial if all it required was bacitracin - I got hurt worse than that in my garage!)

[ExpatCanuck]

Kerry was the only officer in Vietnam to frag himself.

You joke about this, but the thought has crossed my mind that somewhere in the unreleased documents is the written speculation of some medical officer or superior that a wound was self inflicted.

[stylin19a]

I read on some FR thread that kerry originally tried to get out after 2 Ph's. I never was able to find that documented anywhere. I wonder if anyone else might have tracked that down ?

[Dog]

He got it in the BUTT!!!!!!!

LOLOL!

[Ragirl]

This is not good......he's toast unless he coughs up more details--especially about the first purple heart that is in question. Sounds like his scrapnel wound was very minor.....but he's so arrogant he doesn't think anyone has the guts or the right to question him or his service. He's not the "presumptive nominee", he's toast. Hillary will be moving in as the "reluctant candidate".

[Sacajaweau]

Butt joke coming on...

Man, did he want to get out of there.....

And back to Hanoi Jane

[bayourod]

".....forrest got hit in the buttocks!!..... "

He must have been attacking to the rear. Or maybe he charges backwards.

[wingman1]

During a mortar attack, when an initial round impacted, one of our NCOs received shrapnel in the buttocks. He was dusted off and was back on the morning chopper. We joked about it when he got back to the field. A couple of years later, I visited his home. He had a Bronze Star with V Device and his Purple Heart, in their original boxes, laying on the bottom shelf of an end table.

The last thing in the world I would have done then would be to insinuate that he didn't earn his PH.

As much as I can't stand Kerry, he faced enemy steel.

[NormsRevenge]

UPdate with additional info links

On the Net:

http://www.johnkerry.com

Facsimilies of Kerry's Purple Heart citations are available at:

http://wid.ap.org/documents/kerry/purplehearts.pdf

Facsimilies of Kerry's bronze and silver star citations are available at:

http://wid.ap.org/documents/kerry/stars.pdf

Facsimilies of reports describing Kerry's wounds are available at:

http://wid.ap.org/documents/kerry/actionreports.pdf

[mcshot]

Can't wait to see this scum get slimed. And the truth should do it.
mc

[dmzTahoe]

"Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said the campaign was in the process of compiling the rest of Kerry's naval record and planned to begin posting it on the Internet by day's end. "

So what he is saying is, "after the White-Out dries and we fully edit the info."