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manelly
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I was under the imperession that Kerry received his 2nd and 3rd purple heart around the same time and that the 2nd PH he received was from the Dec 2nd incident.  hmmm
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taz
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| i read somewhere that one theory is that KJW refers to the radio guys initials since they seem to appear on other documents as well. |
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EODARMY
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject: Where exactly is the quoted reference to Rassman's Purple He |
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| Where exactly is the quoted reference to Rassman's Purple Heart? |
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EODARMY
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject: Rassman Purple Heart? |
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| Exactly where and what is the reference to a Rassman Purple Heart? |
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manelly
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There is a link somewhere around here to Documents that Rassman received a purple heart on 3/13/69. I am looking for it.
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manelly
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Here is the topic link
http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6137&start=0
Here is the Document link
http://66.77.82.170/zheka/
Rassman is listed on pg 2
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EODARMY
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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Thanks!
And the source of this Purple Heart? The rice fragging or the underwater mine? |
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EODARMY
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:50 pm Post subject: Rassman not on Spot Report |
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| The Spot Report shows 7-USN-WIA and one MSF -KIA (BT) from a booby trap earlier in the day. But no Rassman WIA mentioned in the Spot Report. Very curious that he has made no mention of this! |
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manelly
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 This is a link to another thread with more info pertaining to this.
http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5552
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sevry
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| manelly wrote: | | There is a link somewhere around here to Documents that Rassman received a purple heart on 3/13/69. I am looking for it. |
No - it's apparently just a General Order that lists the day for the action which Rassman was decorated. It 13 MAR, alright. But lots of things happened before they hit the fishing net. One of these guys was killed, earlier, by a booby-trap. His Recommendation and Citation are not public record. I can't imagine that, even in Kerry-world of that era, that he'd get a Purple Heart for falling overboard. On the other hand, there's no mention that he was injured that day. If he was a guy whose job it was to write people up for medals, then how did he write himself up, if he didn't get injured? Who witnessed his injury? |
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