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"TR" |
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25 Oct 2004 09:34:44 PM |
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How Kerry lied to receive his first purple heart |
How Kerry Received His First Purple Heart
John Kerry received his first purple heart as a result of action on 2
December, 1968. The problem seems to be that it was Kerry's own action that
caused his wound.
The first thing to note is that while Kerry's web site contains the action
reports for his second and third purple hearts, the action report for his
first purple heart is conspicously missing.
So let's look at the testimony that was given about the event. First we
have Kerry's own statement.
"The entire sky seemed to explode into daylight. The men from the sampans
bolted erect, stiff with shock for only an instant before they sprang for
cover like a herd of panicked gazelles . "We opened fire," he went on. "The
light from the flares started to fade, the air was full of explosions. My
M-16 jammed, and as I bent down in the boat to grab another gun, a stinging
piece of heat socked into my arm and just seemed to burn like hell. By this
time one of the sailors had started the engine and we ran by the beach,
strafing it. Then it was quiet. "
Then we have the account of Admiral William Schachte (US Navy retired) who
was in charge of the boat that Kerry was on that night.
"My gun jammed after the first burst and I was trying to clear my weapon.
John's gun apparently jammed too," says Schachte. "I heard the old familiar
'Thump-pow!' and I look, and John had fired the M-79 grenade launcher. And
there was silence. That's when I realized that he had nicked himself."
This quote comes from an interview with NBC's Lisa Myers. Lisa continued
her questioning of Schachte and it went like this:
Lisa Myers: You have absolutely no doubt that he injured himself
accidentally?"
Adm. William Schachte: There was no other fire. There were no muzzle
flashes. There was nothing coming at us from the beach.
Myers: There was no enemy fire involved.
Schachte: None.
Myers: You're absolutely certain?
Schachte: Yes.
Myers: 36 years later?
Schachte: Hey, listen, when somebody's shooting at you, you know it.
Myers: But you are, in a sense, saying Senator Kerry is lying and did not
deserve his Purple Heart.
Schachte: I'm saying that he did not deserve the first Purple Heart from
what I saw. You can characterize it anyway you want."
Later Kerry went to have the tiny piece of shrapnel removed from his arm.
The doctor who treated him was Dr. Louis Letson. This is his testimony.
"I know John Kerry is lying about his first purple heart, because I treated
him for that injury."
"The fragment was about the size of a match stick," Letson said. "It was
sticking out of his arm. I grabbed it out and put a Band Aid on it. It
didn't require an anesthesia or sutures."
More recently an inspection of Kerry's personal logs show that he made an
entry nine days after this event in which he said that he 'hadn't been shot
at yet,'
Since the exposure of Kerry's log the Kerry campaign has backtracked and
admitted that the wound might have been self inflicted. The assertions of
the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were verified.
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| User: "Alexandre" |
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| Title: Re: How Kerry lied to receive his first purple heart |
26 Oct 2004 06:56:50 AM |
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"TR" <TR@aol.com> wrote in message
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Kerry went to Vietnam and served honorably in battle, was wounded twice, and
was honorably discharged. George W. "Howdy-Doody" Bush used his father's
wealth and position to get into the National Guard to avoid active duty.
Better a war hero than a coward in office.
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| User: "TR" |
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| Title: Re: How Kerry lied to receive his first purple heart |
26 Oct 2004 11:41:15 PM |
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"Alexandre" <alias@hidden.now> wrote in message
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"TR" <TR@aol.com> wrote in message
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John Fraud Kerry went to Vietnam and served dishonorably.
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| User: "Alexandre" |
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| Title: Re: How Kerry lied to receive his first purple heart |
27 Oct 2004 04:56:21 AM |
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--
Excerpt from "What is A Liberal" Speech by John F Kennedy -- Sept. 14, 1960
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I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in
human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart
as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as
the source of our invention and our ideas. It is, I believe, the faith
in our fellow citizens as individuals and as people that lies at the
heart of the liberal faith.
"TR" <TR@aol.com> wrote in message
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"Alexandre" <alias@hidden.now> wrote in message
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"TR" <TR@aol.com> wrote in message
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John Fraud Kerry went to Vietnam and served dishonorably.
Kerry went to Vietnam and served honorably in battle, was wounded twice, and
was honorably discharged. George W. "Howdy-Doody" Bush used his father's
wealth and position to get into the National Guard to avoid active duty.
Better a war hero than a coward in office.
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