So, you've been jonesing for a detailed side-by-side comparison of John Kerry's Silver Star citations? Somebody must have read your mind.
I'm not terribly interested in the medal situation, because from my own service I gathered, perhaps incorrectly, but I doubt it, that bigwigs get more medals in general; but this did catch my eye. I just find it odd that there would be revisions in the first place. How do you even go about getting your citation rewritten? Repeatedly? This is just plain weird.
Posted by floridacracker at August 29, 2004 10:43 AMI'm a Yeoman in the Navy (the guys who -- among other things -- write and route these awards up the chain of command), and even though it's 30 years later, I could go on and on about it. I am absolutely convinced that Kerry is nothing but a fraud.
Posted by: ArklahomBoy at August 30, 2004 08:34 PMSomehow I don't think ordinary service people can get their commendations rewritten and rewritten.
Posted by: Donnah at September 1, 2004 09:12 AMFirst, you'd have to find someone at the command you served at all those years ago who actually give a dang. That's a laugh. And if you do, and can actually persuade them to re-write it and not just re-print it off your old DoD microfiche file, then you need something to substantiate your claims.
Meanwhile on planet Earth, I'm thinking ol' John knows the value of a good bribery.
Posted by: ArklahomBoy at September 2, 2004 08:24 AM